«I would love to live a true love. I would like to know that I belong to someone ». Romantic Arisa, with his dream of love stuck in the drawer. With the desire, on the threshold of forty, to be told “forever”. She says it with her heart perhaps still dripping, in a phase of serene reconstruction, of new balances and the right perception of oneself. Thanks to music, to loved ones, to the wind that brings her a summer of Italian squares, finally on tour with the album I was Romantic a record poised between romanticism and carnality.
Meanwhile at the 36th MiX Festival in Milan she will be crowned Queen of Music. Is there a special thread that binds you to the lgtbq + community?
«I don’t know if I am a champion, I think I am a person not different from the others who, however, with his own tools reaffirms what is right in this historical moment. And it is the value of personal freedom. I am honored to be perceived as a point of reference, in fact I started very early to understand that something was wrong. In 2010 I went to Sanremo with Le Sorelle Marinetti, there had been episodes in which I was particularly impressed and I had the opportunity to respond with my music ».
She was also godmother of the Padua Pride. After the cover-up of the Zan Ddl, at what point are we on the road to rights?
«Padua is one of the historical Prides, it was wonderful to be there. I try to give a voice to the voiceless. And I must say that Italy has put the Zan Bill on standby because someone has played dirty with communication by leveraging the laziness of the average Italian who does not inform himself. I don’t want to incite a revolt, but we make everything go well. It takes a shot, which comes only from real interest in people. As a believer I say that together with faith one must exercise a critical sense ».
Then there are tragedies of silence and loneliness that leave you speechless, like that of Cloe Bianco, a transgender teacher.
«A very sad and disconcerting story. If we have to commit suicide in 2022 because we are not accepted, it seems to me that even the work that we artists do is null. The acceptance and inclusiveness we talk about so much are not an acquired value ».
She too recently spoke of her sadness, overshadowing a struggle to live and at times a sense of loneliness.
“Loneliness is a feeling that is not completely foreign to me. But today I live it in a positive, almost Buddhist sense, I regenerate myself in solitude because on the other hand I have a full life. Being with myself makes me re-connect ”.
Are you fascinated by oriental philosophies?
«Yes, with Maestro Franco Battiato we loved talking about these things. The beauty of Buddhism is that it does not dispense precepts and impositions but a way of life that has serenity and self-awareness as its goal. The figure of the Madonna, however, keeps me tied to Christianity, it is an incredibly inspiring symbol ».
How are you doing right now?
«The heart is undergoing great reconstruction, it is the heart of a 40-year-old girl who has lived through total loves and many phases. I’m working on myself, on loving myself. When you love yourself you are much more lovable ».
In the meantime, he will cross Italy with I was Romantica little summer tour, bringing live the last album accompanied by Giuseppe Barbera on the piano and, on many dates, by Jason Rooney on the console. Does contact with the public, the squares, the return of live music help you feel better?
«They give enormous emotions. Every now and then I lend myself to television, even to dance, but in reality my profession is the voice. And what I love most is live singing. I love watching who comes to see me. I sing of feelings and feelings drop all barriers. Because each of us has the memory of a past or present love. With emotions we communicate at another frequency ».
And the famous sexy twist?
«In August I turn forty, I want to see myself well, I want to give myself the opportunity to live another youth. Based on this I try to make myself more satisfied with myself and it makes me feel good to receive compliments from people, even on Instagram. I like to see myself beautiful, I like to think I can still be desired by someone ».
In short, the one with Rocco Siffredi was just a provocation
“But no, we met. He is a courteous man, polite and of great depth “
How can the desire for a definitive love and freedom be reconciled?
“That is the question. I am not a servant of the sacred seed and this basic selfishness leads me not to be exactly the woman of dreams. But I believe in love there can be freedom and at the same time the awareness that one belongs to one another “.
The MiX International Festival of Cinema LGBTQ + goes on stage until June 19 in Milan at the Piccolo Teatro Strehler, the Casa degli Artisti and the CAM Garibaldi.
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