2023-11-24 23:39:31
The host of Sanremo at Milan Music Week announces that Paola and Chiara will host the PrimaFestival
“Protest is fine but violence is not”: this is the message to rappers and trappers launched by Amadeus at Milan Music Week. When asked about the controversy over the sometimes misogynistic contents of trap, Amadeus explained with regards to Sanremo that “I have never censored any text, but given the daily violence we experience we must all reflect, it takes a sense of responsibility and general education , we must not blame anyone, music, institutions, families, but set an example.”
“Often – he underlined – violence against women starts in the family when you see a father beating the mother, then a law is also urgently needed, but violence against women is not right or left”. «We need – reiterates Ama on the eve of the day against violence against women – sensitivity and common sense which obviously must be brought to music, but it doesn’t mean that a boy can’t listen to a certain type of music because pointing fingers doesn’t help solve the biggest problem. I know rap and trap and it’s not all like that, there are protests and hardships that are told through music as happens in America, England, France and elsewhere, because there is no possibility of doing it elsewhere, but this does not justify violence against women, I also say to these artists: a little sensitivity.”
Then he extinguished any hope of seeing him again at Sanremo after this 74th festival, his fifth and – as far as announced so far – last as a protagonist. “I would never just be the artistic director, in the most absolute way, I have to drive the car I prefer to argue with myself than with someone else. After the third year I wanted to leave but the Ad Fuortes asked me for another two years. I immediately asked Rai – he recalled – to trust me and have complete autonomy”.
So, in complete autonomy, “Ama” thought of “for the Primafestival 4 names, two very dear friends of mine who I called to be presenters: they will be Paola and Chiara”, she added, surprisingly introducing the Iezzi sisters on stage. At their side will be the TikTokers Mattia Stanga and Daniele Cabras, also guests of the Music Week. “Amadeus managed to bring the young audience to merge with the traditional audience of the festival” said Chiara. «We are very excited to live this experience in a different version» added Paola. “We love Amadeus because it manages to create surprises in a world where there are none anymore†concluded the Iezzi sisters. This is also because in his work «I have no interference, I am very happy – he underlined – with how I am working, then there are always controversies, Baudo told me `if there are no controversies in your festival it is a ´ shit!’. I call him at every Festival, he was the one who gave me the best advice, he told me ‘remember that you have to decide everything yourself’, also know how many barriers there are in front of the Ariston, because if you entrust something to others and it goes really badly they will always come to you. I reflected on his words and applied them, it’s the only way to bring Sanremo home.”
To find out about the protagonists of the 74th festival we will have to wait – he anticipated – “Sunday 3 December at lunchtime, on the 1.30pm news, where we will give the names of the competing singers”. For the festival there were “over 400 proposals among the big names, more than 1000 for young people. With the songs received, we could have 2 festivals, the problem is who to remove from the 50 songs selected from 400”. Certainly, “coming from the radio I have a pop taste, for me the songs must work on the radio, in streaming”. In this festival “there will be no Italian super guests, but my super guests, who are the competing artists”.
November 24, 2023 – Updated November 24, 2023, 10:46 pm
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