Sanremo 2022, Marco Mengoni to the Ariston with the praise of kindness

Marco Mengoni on the stage of the Sanremo 2022 final with an eulogy of kindness, articulated between words of hatred, words of the Constitution, poetry and music. With him on stage Filippo Scotti, the protagonist of the film by Paolo Sorrentino ‘It was the hand of God’, nominated for an Oscar for best international film, with which the actor has already won the Mastroianni Prize at the Venice Film Festival. With him Marco begins a dialogue that is an escalation of negative comments, which reaches the language of hatred. Then the two recall the art. 21 and 3 of the Constitution, which establish freedom of expression and opposition to discrimination based on the sex of citizens, race, language, religion, political opinions, personal and social conditions. Then Filippo reads ‘At a certain point’, by the Campania poet Franco Armini, whose final verses read: “You only owe the greatest sweetness possible to those who will come and those who will go away. It is a celebration in your heart, somehow celebrating the heart of others “. Here, Marco attacks ‘L’essenziale’, the song with which he won the Sanremo Festival in 2013. “When I heard this poem – Marco says – I got excited. We built a beautiful thing, written by me, Filippo and Luca Bottura. I had the feeling that Filippo was a sensitive and profound person and I had confirmation of this by preparing this Sanremo. When someone asks me how I fight this flare of tone exasperation, hatred and negativity I respond with kindness. There is a need to tone down. Even I have only learned over time that you have to count to 10 before speaking by instinct. And I wanted to bring this experience to Sanremo. Marco from ‘Materia Terra’ (his new project, ed.) Wants to be kinder, think more before making judgments “. On the 2013 victory, Mengoni says:” In these days at the rehearsals I was reminded of so many emotions that I could not taste well in that Sanremo, at my age of 24. Today I promised myself to live it and enjoy it while I live it “, underlines the artist who promotes the S anremo 2022: “Very nice. I saw first and second nights and enjoyed it. In my opinion you feel that there is a desire for shows, songs, sharing. And I found the singers all very happy. A nice climate. The festival of joy? I think so “, adds the artist ready to return live with his first stadiums, on June 19 at San Siro and on June 22 at the Olimpico in Rome. Amadeus’s invitation arrived” a couple of months ago ” . “I hesitated only at the beginning because I didn’t know what I wanted to do on that stage.” The rest was suspense so as not to reveal everything immediately. Guest, super guest or competition? “For me the important thing is to bring music and music to the stage. words. Then if I do it as a guest, as a super guest or in the competition, it doesn’t matter “, assures Mengoni, who in the second set of the evening proposes ‘Mi fiderò’, a single from the latest album with a very high rotation.