C‘It’s an invisible thread that runs through everyone’s life Renato Zero: what binds him to women. Not only to his traveling companions or the artistic figures who accompanied him on his journey, but to a broader female universe, made up of listening, intuition and strength. In an interview with Corriere della Serathe Roman singer-songwriter recalled his history with Enrica Bonaccortithe woman who helped him take his first steps in the world of entertainment. A bond that has never been broken for him: «Ours was a wonderful journey, which didn’t just take into account physical needs. It was a continuous exchange of emotions. With Enrica it is never over: the relationship can be transformed, but certain closenesses are not lost».
Renato Zero and the relationship with Enrica Bonaccorti
When they met, Renato was a young man full of dreams and little money, she was already a brilliant and enterprising woman. Bonaccorti introduced him to a patron who allowed him to record his first record. “It didn’t pay off what it cost,” he recalls, but it was the beginning of everything.
It was also in that period that another decisive meeting changed his story: the one with Gianni Boncompagni. «He told me: “Fiacchini is weak, he’s worth little, he’s worth zero”. And from there my stage name was born.” That “Zero” would become, over the years, a symbol of revenge and pride.
The gratitude towards Enrica remains alive: «She helped me a lot. Our bond was made of shared emotions, not just passion.” And today, knowing she is ill, Zero describes her with tenderness: «Tenacious, wonderfully obstinate. He has no intention of giving up.”.
«That’s how she was born Triangle”
Among his best-known songs, Triangle remains one of the most provocative and sincere. He himself tells the story of its birth: «I found myself in bed with three of us, so it was born Triangle».
A real episode, transformed into music and irony: «I had considered it. It happened once, but there was one too many. In fact I sing: “Who is he?”».
No complacency, just the desire to talk about love without filters, in a time when emotional freedom was lived “at one’s own risk”. Renato did it with intelligence and lightness, anticipating topics that were taboo at the time.
Triangle thus became the manifesto song of an artist who has always known how to make fun of conventions, speaking of desire as a human experience, not to be judged but to be understood.
Renato Zero and his relationship with Lucy Morante
In the memory of Renato Zero, women are pillars. Lucy Morantethe partner who joined him in the ranks, “married me and my character”, he says. A loyalty that goes beyond traditional roles, as if life together had become an art form. «There are almost no women like her anymore. He shared my work and my choices. There is no need for a priest to seal this type of relationship.”
«Women throw themselves, men calculate»
In his story, Zero also speaks sincerely about the way men and women experience love. «I have female friends who I would never dream of having with the pants or features of a man. When the woman decides to team up, she just throws herself in. Unfortunately, man always does it for his own gain.”.
It is the philosophy of those who, after all, have made empathy their compass. It is no coincidence that many of his most beloved songs – from Friend to In the gardens that no one knows about – are written with the sensitivity of those who know the typically female pain and dedication.
Loneliness as a choice
At 75 years old, Renato Zero does not fear loneliness, on the contrary he seeks it. After a life lived between stage lights and applause, today he claims the right to silence and introspection. «Sometimes I look for it. I’m going to rediscover emotions that I have lost.”