In an interview with Corriere della Sera, Piero Pelù he retraced two difficult moments in his life: the accident at work and the depression that overwhelmed him in recent years. The singer became famous together with his name band Litfibabut on June 7th he will return to the music market with his new album entitled Deserts.
In recent years, however, it has not been all downhill for the singer. In 2023, for example, he had to suddenly stop his tour due to tinnitus, a hearing disorder that did not allow him to continue with the shows that were filling the major arenas in Italy. But what happened in detail? Finally, after a year, Piero Pelù explained in an exclusive interview with Courier that there was an accident at work: “It was an accident at work. I was in the recording studio and I suffered an acoustic shock. I had changed headphones and the sound engineer didn’t do the calculations well: I lost consciousness, I fell to the ground. Added to that were my mistakes: I didn’t do the checks immediately and I overlooked the problem.”
He himself admitted that the damage is irreversible: “I’ve recovered a little but you can’t recover from these shocks. I can surround the problem with technology – he said – A well-calibrated acoustic system allows me to face the stage again: I have to create sound hell outside, but in the headphones it’s as if I had Casadei”.
In addition to that episode, Piero Pelù had to face a difficult period marked by depression, which still has effects on him today. In fact, he admitted to being followed by professionals: “To health concerns, the thoughts related to the end of Litfiba added up. I sought professional help, which I still turn to, and I was able to open some beautiful doors. In ‘Damned Heart’ – song from his new album – for example, I sing ‘I need you’: we rarely say it, but we need others so we don’t get lost in those black holes I’m dealing with”.
