Love, ping pong and social casting: Måneskin’s “revolution”

Gives a few months to this part, photos and videos of the gods circulate on the web Moonlight who perform in via del Corso, a Roma, in front of the frenetic coming and going of the gods passersby. Imagine that, after the triumph of the Italian rock band at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, seem to a lifetime ago: yet they have barely passed five years since Damiano David, Victoria De Angelis, Thomas Raggi and Ethan Torchio played in front of famous shops of the Capitoline shopping.

“We were in the square of the church and we competed with the street artists por to occupy the best place », said the four, still at the time minors. «We were going strong, those live shows paid off between 50 and 100 euros the hour, then there was also the tourist or the sheikh who passed by and left us 20 euros on sympathy. With the pennies collected we made the first single ». And from there it was an escalation of popularity in record time.

Together since November 2015, they participate in the Pulse – High School Band Contest the following year and they win it, debuting shortly after with the first official concert at the Meeting of independent labels. The boom comes thanks to X-Factor 2017: with the suggestions of Manuel Agnelli they rank in second place, however, gaining media attention e the love of the public. This year the real consecration, with the triumphs a Sanremo e Rotterdam.

«We are ready to smash everything, to make our revolution », they announced a Hyenas last December, and indeed have been up to their word. Their battle against the schemes it is intertwined with the dream, which is the same as that of many other boys: «We are normal teenagers, to which adolescent life is close, ”Damiano said. Who sings Silvestri since he was 6 years old, he has been supporting Roma together with brother Jacopo and was a basketball player.

“I had the posters of Kobe Bryant and of Francesco Totti, today I have mine ». Cheeky and respectful at the same time, it reflects the soul of a group which – while keeping his feet on the ground – he has always nurtured in himself the belief to be able to break through. Despite someone, a school, argued the opposite: «We dedicate our victory to the professor who told us to stay quiet and good“They told theAriston playing with the title of their song.

On the other hand it all started there, tdes desks and blackboards: Damiano, born in 1999, was a linguist Montale, while guitarist Thomas and bassist Victoria were al Kennedy. Drummer Ethan, «the Indian sage of philosophy “sticazzi”», He arrived responding to an announcement on Facebook: «He showed up with short sweatpants like pajamas, the mustaches, the low tail. And he even had sandals with socksThe others recalled.

From the province of Frosinone, the large family, the years spent on the set with his father the director and that rediscovered battery in a carton: destiny – and social networks – brought him to the Måneskin. What does it mean “Moonlight»In Danish, la source languageand Vic: it was she, it seems, who chose the name, and also a dictate the line as regards the outfits: «I have always suffered from labels, because they make us feel wrongHe said.

“Look, lei.” directs us allThomas confirmed. «Before, I didn’t pay attention to mine only fixation it was for the guitar ». If they share the rooms – they said – he sleeps with Ethan while Damiano is with Vic: gossip has often murmured of one presunta love story, but they never confirmed. And indeed, in the last days the wooed frontman came out on social media introducing his girlfriend, Giorgia Soleri.

The private life, in the Måneskin house, remains anyway in the safe: on the Instagram pages the four boys tell the story of professional projects, they let their music speak. Versus stereotypes and clichés, in fact. A rock revolution, which passes through friendship. Summarized in one game of ping pong, to celebrate Eurovision: «These are the important things».