Damiano dei Måneskin: because he defines “pop” I guns n ‘Roses
Engaged in promoting his first solo album“Funny Little Fears” out on May 16th, Damiano David was Guest of the podcast “Lipps Service”created by the drummer Scott Lipps in collaboration with the American music magazine “Spin”. During the chat with Lipps, among other things, the Måneskin frontman has resumed his previous statement released to “GQ” in which he defined the Guns n ‘Roses a “pop band”. By inserting himself into the always current debate on gender classifications in music on his evolution over time, Damiano therefore has clarified his point of view on the link between the success in the rankings and the very concept of “pop”.
“I always thought that Anyone who reaches the summit of the rankings at a time is pop“, Damiano explained:” Why Pop means ‘Popular’therefore they dominated their time, and they were pop. “adding A context further to his interpretation of the term “pop”, referring to the different musical eras, the Roman singer continued: “He did not play like the pop that we all think about today, but it was the pop of that moment“.
The album that will mark Damiano’s solo debut without “his” Måneskin will include 14 songs, including the singles “SilverLines”, “Born With a Broken Heart”, “Next Stume” and “Voices”. According to reports from the Swiss newspaper Le Matin The singer could offer an anticipation of his first solo album on the stage of theEurovision Song Contest of Basel, of which it should be a guest. The 2025 edition of the continental singing competition, which Damiano won together with his band in 2021 with “Zitti e Buoni”, will be held in the Swiss city from 13 to 17 May. Subsequently, the singer will be engaged in world tour linked to “Funny Little Fears”, which will start on 11 September from Warsaw, Poland, and will arrive in Italy for three dates scheduled for October 7th at the Unipol Forum in Milan el ‘11 and 12 October at the Palazzo dello Sport in Rome.