It’s the time of maturity. Collect the fruits that have ripened after a long journey that ends with victory in “X factor“In 2009 and starting all over again with even higher goals. Marco Mengoni never stops. Yesterday he made his debut at the Mediolanum Forum of Assago (Milan) With the first stop of a guided tour of the completely sold out palaces comes the second chapter of “Materia”, “Pelle” there is his voice in the film’s soundtrack “The hummingbird“With an unpublished work by Sergio Endrigo and announced the tour in the stadiums in the summer of 2023. Hours before the show, Mengoni revealed that he’s even more excited because he’s “acting on the show it’s a bit like whispering in a friend’s ear, it’s all more intimate”. And indeed, the concert – which follows on from what was seen in the stadiums of Rome and Milan this summer – resonates even more powerfully with 25 songs in the lineup for over two hours. It’s the most complete show for an artist who now offers a 360 degree show without smearing.
“I have started a writing path very interesting for the second chapter of ‘Matter’ – Mengoni explained to us – The starting point was born from the DNA test. I realized that I’m 35% Italian and it’s very little, I imagined more. This discovery went hand in hand with writing the record, which embraced sounds and musical cultures different from anything I studied. The concept is that of skin because it’s nice to go through another person. I enjoy contact with others and also connect with others because It’s like I’ll always be rich. In a difficult time like the one we live in, I bang my fists on the table and say that by knowing each other, we should cross paths and understand each other. ‘skin“is the right title because it is one of the most sensitive senses we have and when we touch a person we understand many things. Just by looking at the scars, wrinkles and dark circles under the eyes due to fatigue, we can understand the uniqueness of a person.. I had a minor accident and had knee surgery, now I have a scar that reminds me of that bad time when I was addicted to others for a month. I couldn’t walk, I couldn’t do anything. That scar will stay with me forever and it reminds me that I’ve learned that sometimes it’s good to ask for help. A nice conquest for someone who has the character like me, the he doesn’t have to ask anyone for anything because I always have to do it myself. The summary of all these concepts is in the passage “Unatoka Wapi‘, the piece of the record that was most contaminated. Gut and with a great rhythm rearranged by new Cristiano Crisci who knows African rhythms very well. It was nice to be enriched by all this, to know diversity and to be permeated by diversity to enrich oneself.
The songs on this album were written two and a half years ago and some even 5-6 months ago as the collaboration for ‘Through You’ with The list representative: “I met her in the Arena of Verona. We attuned to her straight away, we talked and went into the studio ten times to do a piece (this had never happened to me in my life), Let’s say they had a great desire to make music (laughs, ed.). Many beautiful debates were born with them in the breaks. They have two very strong characters and I also used stoneware, so we entered into discussions that have had good results. ‘Once more’ is a duet with Samuele Bersani andd is another gem of the record: “It’s impossible to argue with him. I love him madly and he is a unique artist. I met him for the first time in the auditorium in Rome and a wonderful friendship developed. It’s a lot of fun and I never thought it would be like this. If someone read our news exchange, they could turn us into a comedy series. I was undecided whether to put this track on the record so i asked him for an opinion. His answer was, “I kind of want to be there.” It was like this. A little birthday present I gave myself as I never celebrate it as it falls on Christmas Day. There is also the unreleased “love distant love”written by Sergio Endrigo this will be the main soundtrack of the film”The hummingbird” out Francesca Archibugitaken from the book of the same name by Sandro Veronasi, will be released on October 14. “I’m warning you, it’s going to be a movie that will have you pulling out your tissues – Mengoni expects -. This song was pulled out of the drawer by the daughter who invited me to audition. The first time I sang it, I cried like a baby. It’s a delicate lyric, light years away from our bindi-initiated epic, like ‘Our Concert’”.
There’s no shortage of more intimate songs like “Respira,” which was “born in a moment of total darkness in my psyche. I was leaning against a low wall in the middle of the street while my cousin spoke to me, but I wasn’t listening. I thought about my life and started flashing thoughts, memories, loved ones that I had lost. I had a very strong physical excitement, I threw myself on the floor and wrote this song. “Ask me how I’m doing” comes from the importance you place on the other and sometimes I want people to really ask me how I’m doing. It’s always very superficial when we ask ourselves, “How are you?”. and the answer is ‘well, well and you’re breaking up with everything. I wish there was more affinity.” The mood of the artist is that of a boy on alert: “This is a difficult moment, we are fighting tooth and nail so that all the progress we have made is not lost”. Finally for the near future Could there be a participation among the big ones at the next Sanremo 2023 Festival? The victim replies: “It will be an extraordinary festival as only Amadeus can“. Meanwhile, the limelight of the tour in the palaces turned off at the end of October, we are already thinking about the next chapter of “Materia” that could be the focus of the tour in the stadiums, which will take place on 20. 2023 Padua, June 24 Salerno, Bari June 28, Bologna July 1 and Turin July 5. Are Rome and Milan absent?There may be more surprises (and announcements) in the coming days.
LADDER MENGONILIVE 2022 MILAN 5/10 1. Changing a man 2. People 3. No stress 4. I want 5. Muhammad Ali 6. Psycho killer 7. Believe me again 8. I will trust 9. All my memories 10. Light 11 .Protect yourself from me 12. A sad song 13. Words in a circle 14. The essentials 15. In the city 16. You know that 17. Hola 18. I really loved you 19. Two thousand times 20. Warrior 21. But today Night 22. Ready to run 23. I’m waiting for you 24. One more time 25. Good life