Arisa, being happy is not a sin

Arisa is constantly evolving.

As an artist and, perhaps, even more as a woman.

And once again, competing for the seventh time at the Sanremo festival with the song written by Gigi D'Alessio You could do more, it returns with a new look, a new awareness and a new artistic challenge.

"I need to see myself always different - he says -. I change because changing gives me new points of view and I identify with the people I have close to, as David Bowie said, by making the necessary relationships".

With a certainty: "Today I realized that I can do without everything except myself".

You could do more is the story of a moment of liberation from a toxic relationship, it is the story of a woman who seeks the strength to say enough to the continuous attempts to keep up a finished love.

"There is my story, but there is everyone's story. When I listened to the song for the first time I felt a great truth. And I need to sing authentic things to hear them mine - explains one of the most beautiful voices and refined ones of the Italian panorama -. The song is a reflection of who I am today. A message? Learning to love yourself, to recognize the love of others. When we are in a situation that is not congenial, we must be aware that in life we ​​must be happy. It can be done, it is not a sin ".

The song, "with a slightly dreamy and soft sound, deeply melodic and visceral", will be part of the new album by Arisa which will be released in the spring and which marks, also in this case, a new restart as an independent with Believe.

"I feel in control of my music, before I could not have been, I was inexperienced and unable - explains the singer who is also engaged as a teacher in the school of Amici di Canale 5, after the experience as a judge at X Factor -. Now I am more courageous and I throw myself into things. If I think that a piece written by me is beautiful, I am no longer ashamed to carry it on and to make my true style known ".

In his career, the Festival - with a victory among the New Proposals (in 2009 with Sincerità), one among the Big (in 2014 with Controvento), a co-conduction (in 2015) - has always been a fundamental step.

"When something gives you so much, you have to give it back. This year Sanremo promises to be with many difficulties, but let's go and do our job and we will adapt. A part of show business workers may have the opportunity to get back on their feet: back off it would have been a mistake and we will do our best to make a big party and cheer up the Italians ".

And then he continues: "the crowd in the street and the audience in the hall will miss a lot, I will miss looking people in the eye to know if I am making them happy or not".

The stage and even more the freedom to sing is what has been missing most in these months of stop for live shows.

"The voice needs to come out, to express itself: I can't wait for it to get off to a good start. I think I'm on earth to do this and nothing else. Live streaming? A beautiful idea, a way to defeat external threats and to say we are there, let's go on. I come from Basilicata, where you get used to everything ".