«Music has always been part of my life. At the age of seven I started playing the piano. But it has always been at home. I remember when I was a child, my father was stopped by people on the streets and I didn’t understand why ». Matteo Bocelli he is 24 years old, has an important surname and a career that is already well launched. Her new single is called Time and it is in the commercial of the new Fiat 500 electric car. “Everyone expected me to follow in my father’s footsteps. But, even if opera is my passion and I studied at the Conservatory in Lucca, I decided to throw myself into pop “, says Matteo in the video interview with director from Vanity Fair Simone Marchetti.
The English / Italian duet he co-wrote for the album Yup by Andrea Bocelli, Fall on me, topped the charts worldwide, reaching over 300 million combined global streams. But how does one coexist with the label of son of? More: son of Andrea Bocelli, international music star. «I am very proud of the goals my father has achieved, he has fought all his life to get to where he is now. He has helped me a lot in my career. I knew that as Bocelli’s son the expectations would be high, so my path is inevitably more tense, while art should be free ».
Among the best moments spent with his father, Matteo remembers his participation in the Sanremo Festival in 2019: «The emotion felt on that stage is not comparable to anything else in life. I remember very well my grandfather Sandro leaning against the wall watching his son perform and I thinking what a mix of fear and joy he must feel. The blind son no one bet on, because he was the one who would go to work at the switchboard: see him there again. After that performance, the car ride with my father was one of the most beautiful ever ».
Matteo is already a star in the United States: he has already participated in the most important TV shows, such as the Kelly Clarkson Show, Good Morning America and the two Christmas specials of Pbs (in the presence of President Joe Biden) and CNN.
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