Flake is reluctant to give details about his private life – but he has revealed some things.
Christian “Flake” Lorenz is undoubtedly one of those celebrities who protect their private lives. What the keyboard player from Rammstein reveals, he likes to have it in his own hands. Over the years, however, the musician has revealed a lot about himself, his family and his origins.
For example, it is known that he has been married to the visual artist Jenny Rosemeyer since 2008. The couple has several children, but he’s keeping details to himself to protect them. Only daughter Mimi has occasionally appeared in public at her father’s side for several years. Both have already moderated an episode of Flake’s Radio1 show “The Broadcast” on the subject of youth. In addition, they are the protagonists of a clip for “Better World Cup”, an initiative of the Berlin city cleaning department to avoid single-use waste.
What is known about Christian “Flake” Lorenz’s parents?
Flake’s father, himself a big blues, country and jazz fan, worked as an engineer at VEB Elektro-Apparate-Werke Berlin-Treptow “Friedrich Ebert”. The mother worked at the Humboldt University. It is also known that Flake has a brother named Peter who is three years older than him. He works as a comic artist under the stage name Herr Auge Lorenz.
About the origin of the musician
During GDR times, the family lived in what is now Pankow. The musician also reports about growing up in East Berlin in his book “DerKEYFICKER”. In it, as well as in his second book “Today, the World’s Birthday”, Flake explains that he still lives in Prenzlauer Berg – even if the Berlin district has changed significantly over the years, he remains true to his homeland.
The GDR significantly influenced the later keyboard player. So much so that he says: “So that nobody really gets the idea that I could be a westerner, I’d rather say as a greeting that I come from East Germany. I’m really proud of where I come from. I am proud of how the Nazi past was overcome in the GDR and with what strength and enthusiasm a new country was built.”