(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 13 - He is twenty years old, she is 83.
Blanco and Mina.
The rebel and the tiger.
Everything to divide them, the music to unite them.
A duet, Un briciolo di allegria, to confirm the timeless and boundless space of the seven notes, which comes out accompanied by a video with a Hitchcockian atmosphere that will be in the new albums of both artists.
Blanco's to be released on April 14, Mina's the following week.
"And to think that the piece as it was didn't even convince me -says the young man from Brescia, born Riccardo Fabbriconi-. So I said let's call Mina and obviously they all told me to fuck off. And instead... But I never met, I didn't even talk to her on the phone. She remains an unattainable goddess. An artist who always looks ahead, in evolution".
A shred of joy is just one of the most precious pieces that make up Innamorato, Blanco's second studio album (after the resounding success of Blu Celeste), anticipated by the single L'Isola Delle Rose.
"If Blu Celeste was a staple, Innamorato is a transitional album - the young man says - which will lead me to something else".
In Innamorato, which confirms the partnership with the producer Michelangelo, Blanco returns with all his authenticity, his audacity, stripping himself of any superstructure.
Twelve songs to be in love, "not only of love, but of life, of family, of many things".
In more than one song the reference to drugs is caught.
"Sometimes I take drugs", he says smiling, and leaves us wondering whether to believe him or not before adding: "
Among the twelve titles, Scusa also peeps out.
Something to be forgiven?
"No, nothing in particular. Sometimes I feel like an asshole, but I'm good, but sometimes a bad day happens".
Like this year in Sanremo, when he kicked roses on stage?
"I'm sorry to talk about it again. I reported the audio problem already in the tests, but it has not been solved. In fact, I was told to go ahead. Would I do it again? Don't ask me".
In the summer it is expected for the first time in stadiums: on 4th July at the Olimpico in Rome and on 20th July at the San Siro in Milan.
(HANDLE).
