- Italy should have been represented by Diodato and his song Fai Rumore on Saturday in the Eurovision final - which was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
- Fai Rumore , which means "You make noise" in Italian, took on another dimension when the Italians used it as a kind of hymn during confinement.
- Saturday, in the special Europe Shine A Light , broadcast notably on France 2 from 9 p.m., European audiences will be able to discover this song and will see Diodato perform it, alone, in completely empty arenas in Verona.
There are songs whose fate escapes their creators, which the public appropriates by adding a symbolic charge to it. Fai Rumore from Italian singer Diodato is one of them. Thanks to her, the 38-year-old artist, a voice known and appreciated on the other side of the Alps, won the Festival de Sanremo - the transalpine variety championship, as popular as calcio - in February. Saturday, he should have interpreted it in the Eurovision final in Rotterdam (Netherlands) to defend Italian chances.
In the meantime, the Covid-19 pandemic has arisen, particularly in Italy. In this context, Fai Rumore (“You make noise”, in French) became a hymn sung on the balconies from Turin to Trieste, from Rome to Bari. "I don't know if it makes me feel good, if your noise suits me." But make noise, yes. I can no longer suffer this abnormal silence between you and me, ”proclaims the refrain of this ballad taking on a whole new meaning in homes forced to confine themselves.
"When I wrote this song, I started from my intimacy, from what I felt," Diodato explained this Thursday at a virtual press conference which 20 Minutes attended. He then had in mind the silence that could settle in a couple on the verge of break-up, the difficulty in communicating, the words that were conducive to misunderstandings.
"Emotional peak"
"I thought I had reached the emotional peak by winning the Festival de Sanremo and then with the love that the public showed me [the single came in at the top of the sales]," he continued. But I never imagined that this song would become a cry of liberation, that it would be sung on the balconies to express our humanity. It upset me. "
When, at the end of March, the first videos filmed throughout Italy poured in on social networks showing a population mobilized to the rhythm of Fai Rumore , Diodato had already confessed to being turned upside down. "The situation we are in leads us to reconnect to the important things and, paradoxically, between us," he wrote on Instagram. That so many people have chosen to express their desire to live, to communicate, to break the silence with this song fills me with strong emotions. It makes me cry, sing, like crazy, in this little house where I am confined. (…) We will come out stronger, more united, more aware and we will no longer want to do without our beautiful noise. "
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Non so se esistano parole per descrivere emozione che questi video mi stanno dando. Quando ho presentato questo brano ho più volte detto che era un invito à rupture il silenzio, a fare rumore, a far arriveare propria umanità. May avrei pensato a tutto questo. The situazione a cui siamo costretti ci sta rimettendo in connessione con le cose davvero importanti e, paradossalmente, tra noi. Facciamo tesoro di tutto questo. Che in tanti abbiano scelto di manifestare la propria voglia di vivere, di comunicare, di rompere il silenzio con questa canzone, mi riempie di emozioni forti, mi fa piangere, cantare, come un pazzo, da questa piccola casa in cui sono rinchiuso, insieme see you. Restiamo a casa, aiutiamo medici, infermieri e tutti gli eroi che stanno combendo in prima linea. Ce la faremo, torneremo più forti di prima, più uniti, più consapevoli e non vorremo più farne a meno del nostro bellissimo rumore. 💪🏻❤️ #Repost @ tg1_rai_official with @get_repost ・ ・ ・ Tra le canzoni che in queste ore uniscono l'Italia dei balconi c'è anche “Fai rumore” di @diodatomusic Sentite che meraviglia #instaflashmob # covid19 # andràtuttobene #iorestoacasa #iorestoacasa #restiamouniti # tg1 🎶
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"I never tire of Fai rumore, " said Amadeus, the artistic director of the Festival de Sanremo 2020, who took part in this Thursday's conference. “We liked this song from the first listen, in the fall. We figured that she absolutely had to compete. Seven months later, she is regularly on the radio. It will remain in the history of the Festival, ”he prophesied. And Amadeus to sum up: "She went from Sanremo to the balconies of Italy, and now she will go all over Europe. "
European audiences will discover this song on Saturday as part of Europe Shine A Light , a special program broadcast around the world, notably on France 2 from 8.50 p.m., instead of the Eurovision final. "It is true that I could have participated in the most watched musical spectacle on the planet [Eurovision attracts some 200 million viewers each year] but I tend to never see the glass half empty. I don't stop at the negative aspects, I think about everything that life has offered me, ”says Diodato.
"Time suspended"
Thanks to Europe Shine A Light , he was able to sing his song in the Arena of Verona. "The image is spectacular," notes Claudio Fasulo, the Rai 1's entertainment manager. The extract shown to journalists proves him right. The singer performs Fai Rumore in empty arenas, the camera revolves around him, highlighting his solitude in this generally crowded place during concerts.
“Singing alone inside a temple of world music is a source of pride. It was a great emotion to hear my voice resound in this magical place, slides Diodato. I had the impression that time was suspended, I hope that people will feel the same thing Saturday when seeing these images. "
For Jon Ola Sans, the outgoing executive supervisor of Eurovision, Fai Rumore “symbolizes the way in which one can be united through music. She inspired us a lot when we started working on Europe Shine a Light . Besides, the Italian singer will benefit from a little more visibility than the forty other artists who should have been in the running this year. He will exchange a few words with the Dutch presenters. A symbolic intervention and a tribute to one of the European countries most grieving by the Covid-19.
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