This article is published in number 1 of Vanity Fair on newsstands until January 6, 2020
When he crosses the entrance, he brings a ray of sunshine with him. Enter the Zog in Milan, a bar on the Navigli in full New York style, as if it were your home. He takes off his coat in houndstooth, shakes her brown hair, straight and parted in the middle, passes through the stools where perched boys of all nationalities work, headphones on their heads, laptops on their knees. He reaches the counter. He leans over and hugs the bartender as if the coronavirus didn’t exist.
But immediately he justifies himself: “I’m buffered, I can do it.” Then she smiles so big that red lipstick crosses her face. Brianzola moved to Milan, 35 years old, a past as a singer and a present as a presenter, Melissa Greta Marchetto today is particularly happy. Because her favorite place has just reopened and she is cheering on the workers. Because she woke up in the arms of a fresh fresh love. Because he is about to embark on a rather important professional adventure. After five years at Deejay TV and as many a Those who football, is about to conduct, together with the journalist Gino Castaldo, a program of his own: Music Warehouses, broadcast on Raidue from 2 January.
The biggest news?
“It will be the first program to promote the music of the moment and to make artists very distant from each other interact, such as, what do I know, Sfera Ebbasta and Zucchero”.
Five singers you would like as guests?
«My absolute favorite is Elisa. I love her so much that I’m almost afraid to meet her. I think I would tremble like a little girl. Then there are Fabri Fibra, Salmo, Diodato and Mara Sattei, the Italian Billie Eilish ».
Among the objectives of Music Warehouses is there also to lend a hand to the concert industry, suffocated by the pandemic?
«The hope is that. Many talk about streaming, but streaming can never replace the live performance which, for now, shows no sign of restarting. For many entertainment workers, the world stopped at the first lockdown ».
How did you experience the lockdown?
“I was lucky: my parents didn’t get sick and I didn’t stop working. I was leading The Sbandati on Rai Radio 2 from home ».
Elegant from the belt up for the direct in Zoom, paiamone from the belt down for laziness?
“Fully dressed from head to toe. Living alone, I felt the need to discipline myself. I woke up early, I ate well, I didn’t want to let myself go. “
Disciplined in all aspects of life?
«Disciplined and pain in the ass: I’m a perfectionist who splits hair in four. On the other hand, for my parents order, rigor and a sense of duty are very important ».
Strict parents?
«Let’s say rigid: I received a lot of no. But not for the important things. Example: when I communicated that I wanted to enroll in a musical academy, they supported me ».
Why then did he abandon that path?
“It wasn’t mine. Just think that I was the only one in the class who skipped the dance lessons: I was a landslide ».
Yet he comes from a sports family: his father trains the national ice skating team, his mother is a teacher of physical education.
“Yeah, but I don’t have coordination. As a child I did artistic gymnastics and, more than once, I left my dignity on the beam. Apart from that, I felt that I was not born to act. ‘
What was it born for?
«To spread the talent of others. Part of the management lies in this and, so far, I think I have made the right choices ».
Choices are also made with “no”.
“And I said some. I declined programs that were beyond my interests ».
What are you interested in?
«Culture: I am enrolled in the Faculty of Cultural Heritage».
She graduated?
“No, I’m missing some tests. Sooner or later I’ll finish it ».
What else will he do sooner or later?
“I will lead Sanremo.”
I see you are dreaming big. Even on a personal level?
«I would say yes: I want many children».
She is engaged?
“There is a person.”
Will this person faint when he reads “so many children”?
“I do not believe. I think he wants the same things I want. ‘
Do you think so or do you know?
“We haven’t talked about it yet. It’s a fresh story ».
Fresh enough to spend separate quarantine?
“Exact”.
Why does he live in another city?
“Unfortunately. Distance weighs on me. Maybe as a child I experienced my father’s long absences for work. Not that I suffered: my mom was very good at making me understand that dad was doing it for us. But I sensed that it is not easy ».
When you live far away, however, every encounter is a honeymoon.
“Yeah, but I always think about the moment of parting.”
There is a beautiful phrase in an Ella Fitzgerald song: “Every time we say goodbye, I die a little.”
«It seems to me to lose an arm, a knee…».
They go on the radio You Get What You Give of the New Radicals. Melissa Greta starts humming it.
“Oh my God, how beautiful this song is. It’s part of the soundtrack of my life ».
In the 2020 soundtrack, however, what is it?
«Along the way by Claudio Baglioni. Along the way you will see, because tomorrow is better … It has been a difficult year for anyone. Even I, an optimist by nature, faltered. But in the end I found my recipe for staying positive ».
Would be?
«Fly light on the present. And focus everything on the future ».
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