Self-referential sleeveless T-shirt (the writing is Last in yellow), jeans, sunglasses, cap on the contrary, a big smile and the palpable joy for having finally realized the dream of a concert at the Circus Maximus, scheduled for the first time in 2020 and then postponed for Covid.
So Ultimo (stage name of Niccolò Moriconi), born in 1996, young Roman singer-songwriter accustomed to pop star numbers (52 platinum records, 17 gold records, more than a billion total streams on the Spotify channel, 550 thousand tickets sold in the new tour that began in June) opened an overwhelming performance that retraced his musical journey through about 30 songs (including medley), welcoming him 70,000 people of all ages who never stop singing.
Among them there is no shortage of VIPs,
from Mara Venier with a lot of bandana dedicated to the singer-songwriter at the head of Lorella Cuccarini passing, from Manuel Bortuzzo to Ludovica Martino.
A performance experienced as a homecoming: "How nice that I can speak Roman quietly" he radiates, introducing in the second part of the concert one of his then personal songs, Fateme cantà,.
An exhibition followed by his Poetry for Rome "dedicated to his city written in 2019. Among the verses:" It's a losing battle with corrupt politicians but you talk about it and then laugh because in Rome you don't care (... ) "Ultimo's artistic journey has so far been marked by four albums (the first Pianeti is from 2017), and started as a child; at the age of 8 he began studying piano and composition in Santa Cecilia; at 14 he was already performing in clubs and at 22, in 2018,
won among the new proposals in Sanremo with The dance of uncertainties.
On a stage more than 30 meters high and more than 60 meters wide, formed by two U, one vertical and one horizontal that takes him into the audience, the musician offers a full immersion almost without pauses (the first "Ah belli! Comes later the third song) opened, among the tens of thousands of cell phone lights with Buongiorno alla vita, from his latest album, Solo, written in pandemic released in October 2021. A departure accompanied by the piano, to immediately move on to pop rock sounds, of songs in which Niccolò explores above all loves, encounters and himself, such as Those boys, Where the sea ends, Fall into your eyes, and the new single 'Vieni nel mio cuore' and 'Niente', intense self-portrait ("But the mine is not a stage name,
It is the name that reality chose for me that day "), such as 'On the final' (And it's always me who spoils everything on the final, Who pushes people away, But then I can't stand alone").
The song precedes the acoustic medley in which Ultimo for the first part is accompanied only on the guitar by a very special person for him: "Rome Rome Rome Rome Rome ... I want to make a presentation, Maestro Pierlu, the one who taught me music and that gave me the opportunity to be here today. - he explains -. Maestro, if I do a cantata? "
he asks, toasting together with a glass of wine before singing "The child who counted the stars', 'The elegance of the stars' and' That house we had in mind '," I hope I have given you back a small part of what you gave me"
Ultimo tells him embracing him, before continuing the acoustic part with his band, From 'Never know where to go to' Peter Pan.
He returns to pop rock for your details (with which he finished second among the big names in Sanremo in 2019) or PIaneti.
Before the last exciting part on the piano (from 'Giusy' to '22 settembre ') comes a short speech ("I generally prefer to speak through the songs") and a tip for the kids: "live inside your passion, the your plan a, without a plan b, you must be obsessed with it - he explains -. When I started writing songs at the age of 14 I honestly believed it ... but I never thought my bedroom would become so big ".
Grand finale with an encore.
Dreams hanging ("the song that photographs my life"),
introduced by his run under the stage, touching the hands of his audience and closed not holding back the emotion.
Then the scream 'We won! ".
