Still with the unexpected (first place at the Sanremo Festival) and the incredible (triumph at Eurovision) in their eyes, the Måneskin are sitting on the sofa of the villa-studio they rented – to start writing songs and rehearsing them – like we are after the battles won: lying in a calm and unreal silence, alert and a little irreverent, happy.
In the garden there are ping-pong and the swimming pool, the light of summer when it is at the beginning calms the countryside around, and filters in through the large windows, and goes on the shiny black of Ethan’s hair, which mingles with the eyeshadow on the eyes and the butterfly tattooed on Thomas’s bare forearm, which completes the picture of the gold crucifix between Victoria’s neck and undershirt and ends up on the dark enamel of Damiano’s outstretched hands.
It is a human fresco, a Theater of wrath – to say it with the title of the last album already platinum – in which their heralded twenties, their femininity and ritual virility become a proud and challenging rite, a generational pop glam rock manifesto of freedom conquered at a high price in a finally unconditional self expression.
To look at them from any side and from any other age is to think that a great love will be born in those who will understand: this new way of being in the world, the sovereign and true kingdom in which “diversity = exceptionality” they hold, the power of the artistic revolution and cultural heritage of which they are healthy bearers in sanctioning in every text and gesture the right to live according to one’s own nature beyond «the people (who) speak, the people (who) unfortunately speak, and don’t know what the fuck they’re talking about».
We take ourselves where we are afloat, where there is no lack of air.
Miley Cyrus greets you – Numbers of a phenomenon
«The streams of Shut up and good they grow second by second, and take us above the Muse, on the top of the English charts, twelfth in the Spotify Global Chart. Almost tripled followers, in the post Rotterdam (from 1.4 to 3.3 million, ed). Contagious and universal madness: T-shirts and merchandise sold out in 10 minutes. Like records, tickets for a tour that adds dates and expands on maps. They are even looking for us in festivals where the Rolling Stones have passed ». Thomas
«After the instrumental controversy over cocaine that mounted us against France, which was later denied by my drug test, murals with me testimonial” No drugs “pop up in Spain. Some tweets made us laugh: «Congratulations, Italy! I’ve never been so sure that four people have fucked each other. ‘ Miley Cyrus started following us. “You are great”. “You more” ». Damiano
From garages to stars – Story of a flight
«It was only 2016, and we were playing in restaurants, on the street, in via del Corso. Damiano without even a microphone, Thomas’s guitar with crazy strings, Ethan drummed on a cajón. At the occupations of the high schools of Rome (Kennedy, Virgilio, Mamiani) we had our first confirmations and half an hour of fame, between those who criticized us and those who “kill that cool”. One of the rare times in which they would have paid us – 50 euros each – we offered them to those after us to make us play for them, later in fact, as there would have been more crowds. We already understood how it worked. The visibility was worth more than the money. We still think so ». Victoria
The intimacy of rock – Choice of a genre
«Music allows this miracle to be extended to other very personal and private topics, even difficult and delicate ones. They are and remain deeply yours, but at the same time they become a confession that reaches a wider audience, and in this passage which is like a delivery, they also find their place in you, their elaboration. They are overcome, they are accepted. One moment he is aggressive, one moment later a ballad. Cathartic”. Damiano
Against panic – The stage as therapy
«I have suffered a lot from anxiety and panic attacks, it is a problem that I have worked on thanks to a course of psychotherapy, to my friends and family. Playing has helped me not to let myself be paralyzed by my fears, not to be limited in my private and professional life. I have learned to accept, to live with this side of me. I don’t hide it. For him I don’t feel ashamed ». Victoria
Analysis as a necessity – Trust saves
«This belief that the psychologist goes crazy is a widespread ignorance. Nobody is born learned. And it is often difficult to understand why we are here, let alone the derivation and direction of our desires. It is a long and legitimate journey towards clarity, an accompaniment to becoming transparent ». Damiano
Be out of your mind – But different from them
“Already in feeling a strong passion for something that is not a canonical profession but an artistic language, it places you on a level of anomaly, which is neither superior nor inferior to others, but puts you in the condition of what breaks the mold and he is also at a loss, the one who bears great risks in attempts that who knows if they will ever take you somewhere. “What good is it if you don’t camp?”. You want to give it an aesthetic to this dream of yours, but it becomes “how strange you dress! So you’re gay! ”, I’m 22 now and I start laughing, but at 17 it had an effect on me too». Damiano
The beauty of uniqueness – Of believing in it and defending it
«After all, we are all different not because we want to be alternative but because really no one is the same. Justice is being judged on what you do and not what you are. Justice is equality, respect, beauty ». Ethan
Fluid sexuality – Pride and freedom
“Heels for men we like, kisses between us, we have an open, extended mind, and we are proud of it. The horizons become vast, beyond the oppression of conservative families. With information on the Net, knowledge is enriched and with it the possibility that minorities will be fewer and fewer minorities, because majorities will be fewer and fewer. This will lower the volume to insults and bullying. If social networks arrive in a village of 50 souls to reveal to someone who is afraid of the dark that someone has felt that same fear, there is no longer the need to give it a name, to this fear, to brand it with labels that in turn they limit, they force. Definitions have always had this effect on me. Gender should not even be considered in a person’s judgment. Let alone the orientation ». Victoria
Sexism – A culture to be dismantled
“Emma drops the bomb:” At Eurovision in my day they massacred me for a pair of shorts, Damiano – naked torso and heels – instead they said nothing “. The easy judgment against the female is more ferocious, constant, demeaning (if I have a lot of sex I’m a cool and Vic a whore, where I show myself strong I’m a leader and Vic a despotic and pain in the ass, who is successful because she is hot). As a male I am privileged, the harassment I suffer is not comparable to that experienced by a woman, the comments on my aesthetics are focused only on my aesthetics and do not insinuate anything about my professionalism and my competence, while women are victims of this kind of thinking in a systemic way. But I happened to find myself out of nowhere with someone who, pulling me to her for a selfie, started licking my face… what do you want, did you ask me? Consensus exists, and it is a must ». Damiano
Grow yourself – The only commandment
«For me, conformity is the opposite of education and the asphyxiation of expression. Fortunately, I did not suffer heavy bullying, such that the judgment of others changed me. But the matrix of my crumbs and the aggression it marks is the same. If I’m a kid who dances and loves dolls you have to let me. I was a kid who wanted long hair and played with Barbies. My friends as a teenager used to look at them: “You have to find someone with a short cut to put next to you”. My grandparents took them off me: “Stop it, they’re not for you” ». Ethan
“At six I already didn’t tolerate the distinctions between masculine and feminine. I’ve always had strong ideas about how I wanted to be. I refused things typically defined as a child, and around me they made fun of me for skating, playing soccer, not wearing skirts, giving myself the chance to be as I wanted. I suffered a little, I suffered a little, but I had courage, and today thanks to that courage I know that I could have been much more hurt, or I would have risked leaving the most important decision to others: the one about me. “. Victoria
Love in progress – The music, the girlfriends
“I have been married to music and for 20 years. I can’t wait to celebrate the golden anniversary ». Ethan
“Everyone has their own experiences, sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s bad, it’s always none of the other people’s business.” Thomas
“When for the first time I felt feelings and attraction for a girl it was a bit confusing because I had never had the courage to go beyond the limitations that I had imposed on myself. For society, being heterosexual is the norm and therefore often one automatically pigeons into that way depriving oneself of the freedom to experience many different shades and facets of love. Once I got over the initial insecurity of having to question one’s own certainties, I lived my sexuality in a very natural and free way, as it should be for everyone “. Victoria
“I had the paparazzi under the house morning and night. So, after four years of relationship, I mentioned his name. I still have the paparazzi under my house morning and night, but at least I don’t have to hide anything anymore ». Damiano
The value of the group – Phenomenology of protection
“But the real engagement, the real family is between us, our band. We believed in it from day zero, even before calling ourselves Måneskin (Moonlight in Danish), even before Ethan drew a giant one, of the moon, on the poster of the first concert of our life. We share everything, even the pain of the tragedy of Seid Visin, who committed suicide at 20 because he was a victim of racism. Group is what we should all do together: stay united and not retreat in the slightest in the face of abuses generated by a distorted vision of diversity ». Thomas
I’m not old enough – Like Gigliola
«Before us, the only one to win Sanremo and Eurovision together was Cinquetti (1964). What if there’s something I feel I’m not old enough for yet? No, honestly no. Maybe for the children. For children I am honest: I am not of age ». Damiano
Touched the sky – The fears that remain
«We are more than in the dream, we are in the conquered dream. To fly high, the risk is to fall and get hurt, but we will strive not to end up like Icarus, who burns his wings with the sun. Everything is in our hands. And this – somewhat presumptuously – reassures us rather than frightening us ». Damiano
FASHION CREDITS
Chiffon blouses and trousers, Ebelieve. Jacket, shirts, pants and dress with sequins, Gucci. For boys: jewelry, Cartier. Page 34: jackets, jeans, trousers, embroidered blazer, jersey jumpsuit, necklace (Thomas) and belts, Saint Laurent By Anthony Vaccarello. For Thomas: bracelet Bulgarian. For Victoria: boots, Christian Louboutin. Michele Potenza and Arianna Beachi collaborated. Lisa Farneti make-up. Hair Gaetano Pane & Mattia Caldari for Toni & Guy Italia. Manicure Simone [email protected]. Set Designer Chiara Guadagnini. Assistant Tommaso Rigo.
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