“Is Maneskin’s popularity a coincidence or a sign of a deeper shift in mainstream tastes?” This question asked the well-known US magazine The Atlantic, then sharply focused on the success of Italy’s most popular rock group (and very famous in the US). to critisize. The masthead traces the evolution of the band’s fame, which began in our country with second place at X Factor 2017 and burst out worldwide after winning the Eurovision Song Contest. In addition to the fact that the Beggin cover became the second most played song worldwide tick tock in 2021. So Spencer Kornhaber in an op-ed in The Atlantic entitled “This is the Rock Band Set to Save Rock and Roll?” raises some doubts and reflections on what lies behind the rise of a rock band in a run by erahip hop. «Of course Maneskin make music with very daring ingredients. But Maneskin’s first mostly English-language album, Rush!, out Friday, “proves emphatically that the band’s appeal isn’t really their music.” impersonations of groups like the pop and rock band “Jet”. And that some attitudes that want to remind you of the greats of rock, like some lyrics that deal with taboo subjects, are “timid attempts to shock and annoy”.
“Your songs? Recycled and mediocre»
The attack continues: «Maneskin’s songs are clear recycledso awesome mediocreso much so that the idea of the group igniting a culture war between rock and pop — and with it clichés about truth and untruth, passion and product — seems at best tragic». Even the choreographies they perform are endorsed by the American magazine “limp». Finally, the underlying thesis of the editorial is that the rise of the maneskin is a big sign that rock in today’s music industry “can explode like Disney’s tunes. All it takes is one memorable TV show». The magazine, partly in favor of a final note, acknowledges that the band is careful not to take a clear position when asked whether or not they represent a historic change.
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