Maneskin, our Twenty years beyond generation gap

    "We tell our 20 years. To talk to our peers, but also to people older than us". The Maneskin, a revelation group of 2017 after participating in X Factor, are back after a period of silence and a few months spent in London, with a new song entitled Twenty years, which comes out on October 30 and promises to be the first step for new projects and for a new artistic phase. A manifesto song "to shorten the generation gap, bringing to light emotions and sensations that are universal and can unite all generations", say Damiano, Victoria, Thomas and Ethan who presented the single with a live performance - without an audience - among the imperial palaces on the Palatine Hill of their Rome. Written by Maneskin (who started from street performances in the capital, reached the top of the charts and won a double platinum record with the debut album "Il ballo della vita") and produced with Fabrizio Ferraguzzo, Vent anni è una rock ballad written in the form of an open letter in which Damiano's thoughts are intertwined with those of his more mature alter ego. "I wrote what I myself would have liked to hear from someone more adult now that I am twenty years old - says Damiano, idol of girls, who rejects the definitions of gender given only by clothing or by the choice of applying nail polish or kajal . Words addressed to peers, but which remind even those who are no longer in their twenties how much "the doubt of not being anyone will hurt", as much as that age is scary, but at the same time it is natural to make mistakes, driven by the desire to do something great because "you will be someone if you remain different from the others." To sign the launch campaign of the song, born during the lockdown, the photographer Oliviero Toscani who portrayed the four boys naked and tight in an embrace. "We wanted to represent the love without superstructures and prejudices - explains Victoria -. Sexual freedom and freedom of one's body, to be oneself. "Four guys with very clear ideas and a solid musical background, born from listening to Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Genesis, Pink Floyd." Serious people. We have been very influenced by the eighties and as a group we try to return to an analogue sound, different from what is in fashion today ", explains Victoria." We want to do something that goes beyond profit, we don't want to be passing through, but do something meaningful in this life. Make your mark, "they agree." If we hadn't been able to be musicians, our life would have been empty, but none of us had a plan B. We went all-in and luckily we had a poker d ' axes ". Participation in X Factor was a means not a goal" to use it as a springboard and be able to give resonance to what we wanted to say. We had a project before entering "." And then - Damiano comments - we are very strong! ". The Maneskin will also be the protagonists of the episode of the web series" Star Walks - When PArCo meets music ", entitled" Twenty years on the Palatine Hill " , which will be broadcast online on November 2 on the Youtube channel of the Archaeological Park of the Colosseum. (ANSA).