Mahmood: "I scolded Blanco for leaving the stage early"

His duet with Blanco swept

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His song 'Brividi' - which has been certified platinum in just two weeks - will compete in Eurovision, where he already finished second three years ago.

'Brividi' is a song that is breaking all records.

Why does it have so much pull?

The message of the song is universal.

For example, I talk about how a person can feel fragile when it comes to putting their feelings in someone's hands.

This is a common thing.

We are all afraid of loving. Where did the idea of ​​doing a duet come from? I was already writing the song in the studio with the producer Michelangelo and I met Blanco there.

We wrote the chorus first, and then each of us wrote the verses separately.

I in my house and he in his.

The song talks about two completely different stories because I have an experience and Blanco has his.

In the end, the meeting point can be found in the chorus where the message comes together. The chorus was born from a wrong chord on the piano.

How do you realize that a good idea comes out of a mistake? Those are the best things, the ones you don't expect.

At first, the song had a different beat, it was faster.

We have changed many things.

You seem calmer, while Blanco, more wild and unpredictable.

Confess, when do you argue? I love him very much, but he is a little crazier than me.

He likes to improvise on stage.

Once, at the San Remo Festival, he made a mistake and entered early.

I scolded him and said, "You've ruined everything."

[Laughs] Did you win the San Remo Festival twice to annoy Matteo Salvini? I didn't decide it, but the people.

[Laughs] The song talks about accepting lies.

Would you accept one to save the couple? Not because a lie is a way to ruin a relationship.

What else spoils it? I'm not a fan of coexistence.

I prefer that everyone lives at home.

You return to Eurovision, three years after 'Soldi'.

What did you learn from that experience? It was incredible.

I learned a lot of things.

For example, to do interviews in other languages, I learned to speak better Spanish and English.

I had the opportunity to tour Europe.

One of the best memories I have is from my first international tour. You even compared it to 'The Hunger Games'.

Is there a lot of backstage tripping? No, it's all very quiet.

He said it because of the clothes that people put on.

Despite the great success of 'Brividi', Italy has it difficult because it already won Eurovision last year. I don't think it will win.

But the important thing for me is to do a good performance and that people listen to the song more.

The song is a gay love ballad.

You show yourself in the video with a man, something that other artists always try to avoid. In my music I have always been consistent with my life.

In Italy, which can be a bit retrograde at times, there hasn't been much talk about video, which means it's a natural thing.

That's the main meaning of the song that doesn't want to put feelings in places.

There is no talk of hetero or gay love, but of a universal love.

You have stated that homosexual and heterosexual are distinctions that should stop being made. I think so.

In Spain, there are more and more young people who consider themselves gender dissidents, who are neither men nor women.

Do we have to end the genres? I don't care about any of that.

I judge a person by his attitude and his way of behaving with others.

I don't care if a person feels like a man or a woman or if he loves men or women.

I don't care what people do in their bed.

Your song 'Soldi' was a settling of accounts with your father, have you managed to forgive him? I didn't accuse him of anything.

I don't have to forgive him.

I saw him after singing the song, but the relationship is a bit strange.

He has his life and I have mine.

Each one with his life does good things or shit.

I don't need to forgive him. What is the figure that has marked you the most in your life? My mom.

Have you betrayed the child within you? I don't think so, although sometimes, I haven't listened to him.

Has it been difficult for you to accept yourself as you are? No.

I have always been consistent with myself.

You worked in a bar, what do you learn behind the bar? That if you want to achieve something you have to work hard.

When I worked at the bar

I was studying music in an area far away from there.

It was a very intense period.

Is being famous in these mobile times a nightmare? No.

I think nightmares are something else like working at 4 in the morning at the bar.

That was worse.

You say you're Italian, you're a Christian and you don't do Ramadan. How have you managed your roots? It's something I've never thought about even when I was little.

Already in my school my classmates were of different nationalities.

It seemed normal to me.

Have you had to give up something to achieve success? I don't think so.

This job is my passion.

If you work and feel like making music, you don't care.

Sometimes I would like to see my friends more, but with the pandemic I have taken all the time in the world.

Now I want to work.

I think nightmares are something else like working at 4 in the morning at the bar.

That was worse.

You say you're Italian, you're a Christian and you don't do Ramadan. How have you managed your roots? It's something I've never thought about even when I was little.

Already in my school my classmates were of different nationalities.

It seemed normal to me.

Have you had to give up something to achieve success? I don't think so.

This job is my passion.

If you work and feel like making music, you don't care.

Sometimes I would like to see my friends more, but with the pandemic I have taken all the time in the world.

Now I want to work.

I think nightmares are something else like working at 4 in the morning at the bar.

That was worse.

You say you're Italian, you're a Christian and you don't do Ramadan. How have you managed your roots? It's something I've never thought about even when I was little.

Already in my school my classmates were of different nationalities.

It seemed normal to me.

Have you had to give up something to achieve success? I don't think so.

This job is my passion.

If you work and feel like making music, you don't care.

Sometimes I would like to see my friends more, but with the pandemic I have taken all the time in the world.

Now I want to work.

Already in my school my classmates were of different nationalities.

It seemed normal to me.

Have you had to give up something to achieve success? I don't think so.

This job is my passion.

If you work and feel like making music, you don't care.

Sometimes I would like to see my friends more, but with the pandemic I have taken all the time in the world.

Now I want to work.

Already in my school my classmates were of different nationalities.

It seemed normal to me.

Have you had to give up something to achieve success? I don't think so.

This job is my passion.

If you work and feel like making music, you don't care.

Sometimes I would like to see my friends more, but with the pandemic I have taken all the time in the world.

Now I want to work.

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