idk about anyone else but it really feels like måneskin have speed ran their whole rise and fall in like 5 years.
like really they peaked at or maybe even before winning eurovision in 2021. They fully wrote and produced genuinely original and poetic songs with meaning straight from the heart. And hearing them was like damn these people are still kids but they write like theyve lived for decades. They have serious talent.
And il ballo della vita was beautiful and teatro d'ira: Vol I was a masterpiece. And of course then they won eurovision with zitti e buoni. And it was like wow this band has it all they still sing in their native language and they have genuine musical talent and they wear cool clothes and say fuck homophobia and fuck gender norms. What's not to love?
But then their win made them big. And they hit America. And it was like hey they seem pretty grounded, like they're still pretty young and impressionable but it'll probably be fine and good for them.
And they went on long ass tours and their music hit mainstream radio they and opened for the rolling stones and seemed to be having a great time. But slowly but surely, except not that slowly, they changed. Suddenly their next album most the songs are in English. Their fashion sense is more "normal". Sure, there's one promo with a guy in a wedding dress, but besides that novelty factor, it's all pretty tame.
And then it all went quiet. And now they're "on a break" after just one album with Sony. But at least from the outside it very much looks like Damiano has dropped his buddies to pursue a solo career as another copy-paste attempted Hollywood heart throb. And the boy who wished since he was a little kid to be a rockstar and has been a talented lyricist since he was a teen is now releasing the dullest most generic pop songs imaginable. But the world is already saturated with that, so he's not on the mainstream radio anymore, and he's sure as hell not opening for the rolling stones.
Idk it's just sad. So many artists dream of breaking America but way too often America breaks them. And with måneskin I really hoped it'd be different because they seemed so grounded and so authentic. But they really have come crashing down as fast as they shot to fame.
But that's just my personal take of course and I'm sure it's plenty controversial.
