Il Pagante and Lorella Cuccarini: “Dear Santa Claus, give us back our freedom”

A package for you is the song that anticipates the release of Devastating, the new album by Il Pagante, the group born in 2010 formed by Eddy Veerus, Roberta Branchini e Federica Napoli to make fun of the life of the Milanese and that in recent years has given a voice to young people. Eddy says «It was the end of August, we had closed the new album and we realized that something was missing, a winter song. From the idea of ​​Merk & Kremont, who is my cousin, we made this Christmas piece. We wrote and produced it in a week and immediately thought of Lorella. It seemed perfect to us. ” And perfect it is. Lorella Cuccarini, “the most loved by Italians” tells us with a smile as big as Christmas how her love for this party is infinite «And we didn’t even know that» laughs Eddy. «I immediately liked the song as the idea of ​​collaborating with a group so loved by young people that I already knew well thanks to my children. I felt that it represented me a lot, this piece brings back a great energy and sunshine. I always have the desire to do new things, in the world of music I had already been there several times, but it was a long time since I published something. I was looking for the right opportunity. And a featuring by the way I had never done! ” She then returns to singing, celebrating one million streaming, in a professional moment in which she is immersed in songs and singers. It is in fact in the cast of Friends of Maria de Filippi with the role of prof among the singers (the year before his debut in that role among the dancers).

«When Maria made me this proposal I was in doubt. I started out as a dance teacher and it seemed so strange to change. Yet Maria explained to me that I could be the only one who could fill both positions, having had a role in both dance and music. So I thought I’d try. I trusted and she was right. I’m having a lot of fun. It’s kind of like it was my first year, ad Friends. The approach one has with the boys who sing is different. I’m getting hooked. And I’m waiting for the evening with a team that I deeply love ». Working among young people, talking to young people. Lorella together with Pagante creates a generational bridge by singing the perfect soundtrack for a Christmas that needs joy.

We met them on video, to play together with the lyrics of their song. The result is a double, even quadruple interview, which sends a message to Santa Claus.

Ready for shopping before Christmas night, how are you gifts?
Lorella: «I’m one of those in the last hour, but without stress. I think thoughts, also because realistically I don’t need to wait for Christmas with the people I’m in closest contact with. If my kids need something I take it. I like to take a thought to leave under the tree. But time is very short, I am the one who runs in the last few days, staying even four hours in traffic. Every year I repeat to myself that I should think about it first, but giving gifts in September seems out of time … In the end I enjoy waiting for the last minute. And if I do not find … I am satisfied ».
Roberta: «For the first time I finished the gifts on time!».
Eddy: «Well, I have practically not started».
Federica: «We have very little time. Sunday we were in Rome for an evening and I took the opportunity to make gifts inside the airport. But I will avoid chaos, luckily the web helps “.

I want the best Christmas there is. Which?
Lorella: «It’s the one in the family. I feel good in the holidays, especially on Christmas day. When you are with the people you love for me it is Christmas every day. I like to make the tree, to cook, to set the table in a certain way. I’m traditional. Never a particularly large lunch, now is not even the period, maybe with some friends even the days after, but always in a restricted way. My children are grown up now, they are from 27 to 21 years old, yet that day they too cannot think of being away from their family, and I like this very much “.
Federica: «The best Christmas is when you are with the people you love, your friends. I don’t have a big family ».
Roberta: «Our family this year will be made up of our fans».
Eddy: «On the 24th we will play near Milan in the Varese area, on the 25th we will be in Abruzzo».

As children?
Eddy: «As long as Santa was there he was beautiful, with his grandparents and his family, with gifts. The first six or seven years are the most beautiful of which I have a positive memory. From then on, every Christmas is a bit always the same ».
Lorella: «I don’t remember a particular Christmas, but I love the ones from when I was younger and my dad was still there. He left home when I was nine, it was nice to be all together. Letters were made at school to then put under the parents’ plate and for me it was a sacred moment ».
Roberta: «My mom kept them all. Including those to Santa Claus. Sometimes I read them and smile. I asked for such useless things … But it was nice, we were together with all the relatives. I have a sweet memory of my grandmothers. With their absence the Christmas spirit has disappeared ».
Federica: «The big family and Santa Claus made that day the most beautiful».

A package for you, in your what should be inside?
Lorella: «If I had to make a wish right now inside my package I would like to find a nice trip. We have been stuck for two years, it is difficult even to think about the idea of ​​taking a trip all together. But the ideal package would be that, all together. In a summer destination, by the sea. Something beautiful to share outside Italy ».
Federica: «A trip for us too».
Eddy: “We shot the video in New York but we would like a vacation.”
Roberta: «In the only free moment I went to MoMa, I hadn’t been there for years and I took a little thought of my dog. But we have always worked. I was left with the desire to go far away, in the heat ».

We were bad children. Butter?
Roberta: «I consider myself good».
Eddy: «The answer is subjective. If a bad one is a rascal … then I’m bad. Someone has to do it! “
Lorella: «I enroll in good children. I guess none of us have ever done anything wrong. Of course, it happens involuntarily ».