Riki, I was fed up and so I disappeared for a while

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 30 - In 2017, thanks to the participation in Amici, he is the Italian artist who sells the most records ever (310 thousand physical copies). The following year he sold out on the other for his first tour, which also includes the Assago Forum. Likes on social media multiply (only on Instagram it has over a million followers). Success, fans, popularity: everything seems easy for Riki Marcuzzo. But at some point something breaks and he says enough. "I don't deny it, I was fed up - says the 27 year old from Segrate -. I was attacked at the restaurant, I couldn't go around. Success took all my energy away.
And so I disappeared for a while. "Now, after a year's break, he is back: more mature and with clear ideas." I don't want to be labeled just like the talent of a handsome boy anymore - he vents -.
I want to show that I have a 360 degree thought. I know I will no longer have that fanaticism of three years ago, but to be honest I don't want to. "
To start again, he chose the Sanremo Festival, where he will be busy with the song We know both. "I can't say I don't feel the pressure, but I don't blame it. What will be, will be. I don't care about the result, I'm at peace with myself- he adds -. At Ariston I will try to be who I am".
Even making some mistakes, such as that of averspoilerato on social media the cover L'edera. "I did it naively, I'm used to sharing everything on social media and I didn't know it went against the rules. When they told me that I had made a mistake I immediately deleted the 20 seconds of video from social media". Rai, taking into account the artist's good faith, will not proceed with his exclusion.
To participate in the festival, he postponed the release of the new album (will see the light before summer) and postponed to October the two dates in the sports halls of Rome and Milan, initially scheduled for February. "The disc - he explains - is the right passage between what I was before and what I am now".
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