Rose Villain is one of the revelation names of 2023. The release of her first album Radio Gotham (gold certified), the summer hit Fragole with Achille Lauro, the new single Io, me ed altri guai, her first live show: the culmination of a a rich and satisfying year for her, now she is ready to (re)go on stage at the Ariston - where last year she was a guest of Rosa Chemical on the cover night - competing at the Sanremo festival with the song Click Boom!
"I like to think that this is a debut, I have a song that represents me 100% and I'm enthusiastic. I wish February 6th were tomorrow, the wait disturbs me, but I'm calm even if everyone around me is agitated. I'm only worried about tiredness but I have a crazy desire to make myself known to those who don't know who I am", he says because there is a risk that out of 30 artists he hires, someone might go unnoticed.
"But it won't be me. You will notice me - says the 34-year-old Milanese, self-confident -.
Not everyone will like me, but I want to get to the heart and create as many connections as possible with the public, so that they can see a little sparkle of my art. An artist exists when there is someone who listens to him."
Women - always too few - have never had an easy life in Sanremo, and the last victory by a singer dates back to ten years ago, with Arisa in 2014. "Being a woman can make the difference. It's clear that there is something that doesn't work. I would really like it if one of us were to win again, and I'm curious to hear the pieces by Fiorella Mannoia and Loredana Bertè. In the meantime, I'm applying", she says, laughing and following the advice of her friend Achille Lauro, who frequented that stage a lot: "simply be yourself, who makes no mistake."
Meanwhile, she is also ready to release her new album which will be released - not surprisingly - on 8 March, International Women's Day.
"After having explored my darkest part with Radio Gotham, I now feel like I'm in a period of bloom, as if I were a rose in bloom, and therefore it's called Radio Sakura, like the cherry blossoms in Japan. A record in which I put myself bare. It's the best music I've made so far."
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