Who or what does Noemi need?
«”I don’t need you” – this is the title of the singer-songwriter’s new single which comes out on April 26th and announces her return to the stage from May to September – is a universal slogan that starts from me and my sensitivity. In a life journey there are moments in which you have to be self-sufficient, in which you need to feel strong alone without having to show it.”
On social media, however, we all want to be more beautiful…
«We present ourselves as if we are stronger than what others think of us. We have little faith in ourselves, we trust too much what others say.”
In music this becomes the dominion of numbers: platinum records and sold out…
«It’s a phase in which it goes like this… It’s aattitude stressful that doesn’t belong to me. I remember that there were also Whitney Houston’s records, millions of them. Today everything is more spasmodic also because every single song, and not just a record, is measured.”
What did you give up?
«With anxiety, I try to feel okay without the need to have the necessarily positive judgment of others, I no longer feel the need to please others. I want to lighten up, I don’t need so many things around me because otherwise I would stay the same and not change.”
And what doesn’t he say enough to?
«To sleep (laughs)… Seriously, I don’t give up on people. The title phrase is like dynamite, it must be treated with caution. That is, we must not push it and lead to egocentrism. I don’t give up on friends, on beer, on music to share, on walks… on normality.”
This song mixes pop, urban and gospel…
«I found myself with two very young authors and producers like Golden Years and Drast. I continued the search, which began two years ago with “Metamorphosis”, of a link between contemporary electronic sounds and acoustic ones which I continue to need because my voice is eaten up by sounds that are too acidic and I need something soft to rest it on” .
The song lasts only two and a half minutes. The cruel logic of platforms?
«No, I felt that the statement in the lyrics of the song did not need reiteration so as not to become redundant. It’s a song that I think is good for letting off steam. “You Oughta Know” by Alanis Morissette comes to mind, which brought both a message of empowerment and lightness, it made me jump in bed.”
Alanis presented herself as an emancipated woman. Does that have anything to do with it too?
«Yes, in this message we can also read an emancipation of women which I see as something necessary in this historical moment. Paola Cortellesi’s film There’s Still Tomorrow comes to mind. Especially the scene of the gesture she makes to her husband in the finale. It’s as if she wanted to stop him with that hand, it’s a way of saying that she’s enough on her own.”
It’s also great for Una senza centomila, the concert on May 4th at the Verona Arena in which she will sing with her colleagues against violence against women…
“Of course, it is a way to support the work of the foundation, of which I am part, which helps women victims of violence.”
He will lead the May Day Concert. How do you prepare for your TV debut?
«On stage, I always feel at ease. I will also sing, but talking to each other will be a new journey. My patron saint will be Raffaella Carrà. I worked with her on The Voice: I was struck by her attention to her details.”
May Day is still divisive…
«It is a political and heartfelt stage. We are going through a complex historical period and I hope that music helps to relax our spirits. Anyone who wants to send a message is free to do so, I hope it is a message of rapprochement and not divisiveness.”
It will be with Ermal Meta…
«A very cool and sensitive person, an artist who has the courage to tackle complex issues such as violence against women or immigration».
Perfect presentation. Do yours now…
«A recognizable voice, a recognizable hair… here you are… Noemi!».
As a woman, how do you experience the often misogynistic and violent texts of certain trappers? The government, according to the word of Undersecretary Mazzi, would like a control over those words…
«You can’t gag artists who must be free to express themselves as they want, for better or for worse. I believe that younger listeners need a cushion, help from family and parents in accessing the lyrics. Family makes the difference. If I were a mother I don’t know if I would let a 10 year old son listen to certain lyrics because he doesn’t have the tools to understand them. Family makes the difference. And I think it was also like this in the Seventies with certain lyrics of rock songs.”
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