There is a red thread that binds the Maneskin and Lucio Corsi: it is Ottoman

There is a red thread that connects The Maneskin, winners of the Eurovision 2021 with “Zitti e Buoni”, to Lucio Corsi, who this year will represent Italy on the stage of the international event organized in Switzerland: it is Tommaso Ottomanto whom the general public gave a face because guitarist, producer and co-author of the Tuscan singer-songwriter, with him in the spotlight of the Ariston. And they will also be together under those of the Eurovision where they will present “I wanted to be a tough”of which the musician also shot the video. “Tommaso is the only one with whom I can write songs”, so he presented him so courses.

Ottomanwhich is part of the Sugar Music Publishing roster, born in 1990, he is a 360 ° creative, a chameleon -like and extremely interesting figure For the music scene, but not only. In Italy, in fact, it is known mainly for its activity of directorclosely linked to the world of music. He wrote and directed many of the most experimental and compelling video clips of the last few years for artists such as Måneskin, Lucio Corsi, Jovanotti, Chiello and Baustelle, winning the prize twice in the twice as “director of the year” at the Videoclip Music Awards. The Maneskin triumphed at the MTV Video Music Awards 2023 in the Best Rock Video category thanks to the clip of “The Loneliest”a piece contained in their album “Rush!”, Binging five legendary groups: Muse, Metallica, Linkin Park, Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers. Just that video was written and directed by Ottoman.

He also made the original short films “Fear” for Cam Sugar, distributed by Mubi, inspired by the soundtracks of Italian cinema of the 70s. But Tommaso is above all the author and director of memorable advertising campaigns for fashion brands of the caliber of Prada, Gucci, Versace, Armani, Missoni, Bulgari, Roberto Cavalli and Monclerof which he also took care of the sound part. “My father is a carpenter, my mother has a clothes shop. She has always been extremely creative with clothes and manual jobs: she could have created her own brand, but she never had this ambition. My father, on the other hand, invented a country festival. I believe that both, involuntarily, have transmitted me something, “he told Wumagazine in 2023. His musical talent led him to collaborate As a musician, producer, composer and art director with various artists of Italian discography, including Lucio Corsi, Geneva and Chielloof which he edited the artistic direction of the latest album and composed with him songs such as “Limone” and “Room 107”.

The multifier and the tendency to experiment with Ottomano They allow him to operate on different levels within the creative sector, maintaining a coherent, unique and deeply recognizable artistic line. But how did you get to video clips? “I started with Lucio Corsi and other smaller artists in Tuscany – he continued in the interview – iOE he were born in the same country: I followed him from the beginning in the artistic direction and I produced and written with him the songs of his latest album. Arrived in Milan I didn’t know anyone, but I got away with it: if you have the big tough, do everything. When ‘love and violence’ came out of Baustelle I got an idea for the intro of the album ‘Love’: I shot the video in which my girlfriend licks the shower glass. I found the way, through common contacts, to show him to Francesco Bianconi, who gagged himself and asked me to turn the next. The first real production I made was therefore that of the video clip of ‘The Gospel of John’ “.