Ghemon in Sanremo 2021: «Beatings, rip-offs, falls. But now I’m hurt and happy “

A cat on his back to remind him that so far he has lived (“at least”) seven lives. Ghemon, born Gianluca Picariello, 38, arrives in Sanremo with a new look, a new album and a new desire to make music. And they lived hurt and happy, and his Sanremo song Perfect time, are difficult to classify or pigeonhole because Ghemon defies any definition.

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“They lived happily ever after is a fairy tale condition. Happiness, on the other hand, is relative, it is also in the barrel, in the scratches you take “, tells. Since childhood: «Helmets, you get hurt, and then you get up. When you grow up it takes longer, but in the end you always get up again ».

The cat on the cover: “It’s a little bit how I feel. It is very good, but in a rampant position, ready to start scratching ». And they lived hurt and happy was written between July and December 2020, just after releasing another album, Written in the stars: “Since we were closed in the house, I looked inside and realized that I had so many other things to say. I made the best of such a difficult period without knowing exactly what I was doing, not being able to make plans ».

Hair: “I wanted them long, I haven’t cut them since January 2020. This was also my wish, it reflects how I feel at the moment”. The Sanremo stage: «The sensations in the tests were very good, the emotion very strong. I wanted to present a song that would serve as an alarm clock in the morning to wake up smiling and grateful for what you have despite the blows you take.

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