Reggaeton sound, a decisive hint of the Eighties. A universal text, which speaks of everyone without telling anyone. Bad luck, latest single by Letter Frame, is not a foregone conclusion, not for the artist who, in 2008, triumphed at Friends of Maria De Filippi. “Almost, I was afraid to publish it,” says the singer, who, two years after the publication of Light luggage, has promised an unreleased album, which embodies «a return to the origins and a part of experimentation with cause».
Marco Carta, whose Bad luck has sealed the collaboration with the stylist Alessandro Enriquez («A friend of my boyfriend, Sirio Campedelli, whose creations have been able to tell the years in which I was born»), is resolute, when he speaks. «I tried to accustom my audience to a progressive change, which started with Sundays at Ikea“. The single, the first one who was asked to anticipate the upcoming album, is «An electronic piece, where Eighties sounds predominate. Bad luck he came later, bringing with him a reggaeton that has no peasant drifts. I hate peasant music ”, explains Carta, saying he is ready to give up summer just to go back to playing live. “It doesn’t matter if I don’t go on vacation, if I don’t get a tan. I am dark in complexion, I will recover next year. What I would like today is to go back to work: go back to cursing the highways, the heat, the suffocating lights of the spotlights. I would like to go back to normality and the boredom it generates from time to time ».
So, along with the new album, it will also launch a real tour.
«The idea is this. In the summer, I would like to run in. I have nine records behind me, and I don’t miss the repertoire. I would like to go back to singing and pick up the rhythm. Once the album is released, then, I would like to think about a real tour ».
What disc will it be, your tenth?
«A creation halfway between the old and the new. Some songs are children of a desire to experiment with new sounds, others could be defined as a My Strength 2.0: that is, there will be a return to the origins, with somewhat poignant ballads. I was inspired by my years, the Eighties, which are more present today than ever. I wanted to recall, on an ideological and graphic level, almost, the Venditti with wide coats, with square glasses ».
With My Strength Sanremo won. Are you going to try again?
«Sanremo is an extraordinary showcase. Out of respect for the music, for oneself and for what has been done, however, I find it right to return to Sanremo with something strong. It happens, however, that some artists, in order to bring something to the Ariston, bring mediocre pieces, not up to the past. I would like to return to Sanremo with a strong song, which can replicate that same success. I would like it to be this year, but it is still far away ».
When will the new album come out?
«There is no certain date to date. By intention, it should be released between the second half of September and the first half of October. Much, however, depends on the current situation. The pandemic has slowed down the making of a record. But I believe that not all evil has come to harm ».
That is?
«The album has a tracklist made up of songs that, in the light of the period we have lived and are living, take on different shades and depths. Some, I have added over the past few months. I didn’t want to mention the pandemic directly, because I can’t take it anymore. The pandemic is everywhere: in the masks we wear every day, in the feelings we have. To mention it would have been superfluous. What I have done is talk about emotions induced by the pandemic, fear, loneliness, frustration ».
Bad luck, however, it speaks of a consummated love. Fiction or reality?
«The role of the singer, at times, is that of an attentive observer: a scrutinizer, capable of spying on the lives of others and grasping their meaning. This song was born from a thought that arose in winter, during a Rimini night. I don’t think it’s an original thought, but I think it often happens that you love each other so much that you turn into brothers and sisters. Love changes shape, sometimes it simply ends up becoming affection. And I think the situation is very common. I was the first to experience it ».
Today?
“Time ago. I do not know if I was too young, too hungry: at times, too determined to recover a part of the transgression that I have not had the opportunity to live. But I found myself getting bored, my thoughts wandered to other shores ».
Are you referring to that healthy transgression that is often an integral part of adolescence?
“Yup. I remember that my friends were having their first experiences and I, then, had only the inkling of my homosexuality. My adolescence dates back to fifteen years ago and, although it may seem like yesterday, the world was a totally different place from what we live today. I had my first boy at twenty-one ».
His outing dates back to 2018. Why did it take so long to focus on his identity?
“My identity has always been in focus. In the early years, however, I found it difficult for a pop star – a label that is applied to every young person who comes to music – to be herself. I was idolized by all the little girls in Italy, I wondered what would happen if I shared what I wanted so much to share ».
What finally pushed her?
«It made me suffer the idea of having to hide, of not being able to walk hand in hand with my fiancé, with whom I celebrate seven years of love in October. I was never interested in introducing myself to Muccassassina shouting: “I’m gay”. I just wanted to live my relationship normally ».
On social media, however, he is very shy.
«Sirio is very reserved. He doesn’t feel comfortable in front of spotlights and cameras and, I think, he would never do a shoot for some newspaper. I really like his concern for privacy, because in the past I have met people who aspired to fame. Sirio is different, so it worked ».
So, are you always planning to marry Sirio?
“I would very much like to get married, and I certainly will. First, however, I would like the health emergency to be over. I would like to remember my wedding day for my whole life, celebrate with friends and a serenity that is true and all-encompassing ».
At one time, he also expressed a desire to be a father. Does this also survive?
“Yup. I was talking about it the other day with a friend. I find it sad that in Italy a homosexual couple cannot have a child. The rented uterus is a very distant practice from the ecclesiastical spirit that Italian has, and I understand that. However, there are thousands of children growing up without parents, in orphanages. I wonder why not give them two dads. I find it a waste that such small creatures are left to rot in loveless places. ‘
What, adoption, is also forbidden to singles.
“It’s awful. I grew up without a father, and my mother died when I was ten. I went to live with my grandparents then, and I have never lacked love. In the institute, they give you food, they give you drink. They don’t give you love. Love cannot be bought ».
Would you like to adopt, then?
“I would like to adopt and I would like to give birth to a child with a rented uterus, a terrible name for this practice. I do not find it inhumane, if at the origin there is the conscious and compassionate act of a woman, who decides to help a friend, a family member, a stranger. Exploitation, that and only that, is to be condemned ».
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