D.fter delighting us last year with his pop paintings in the role of super guest, Achille Lauro – today 32 years old 182 cm tall – is competing in Sanremo 2022 with the song Sunday. Born right on the stage of the Ariston with Rolls Roycethe singer has already announced that will perform with the Harlem Gospel Choir. And, given the previous holdings, it is safe to bet that will amaze the public once again.
Standard bearer before latin trapthen some melodic rock seasoned with electronics, the Roman singer has become in less than three years one of the most listened to Italian artists on the radio, and on Spotify. By creating a character out of the ordinarycapable of leaving its mark above all for the aesthetic research of looks that always make a lot of news.
Lauro De Marinis aka Achille Lauro
Born in Verona in 1990he moved almost immediately with his family to Rome, where his father is a magistrate of the Court of Cassation. Childhood, as he wrote in the autobiographical book I am Hamletis not the happiest: conflicts in the family lead him to go to live with his older brother Federico, when he was only 14 years old. Coexistence that allows him to discover rap and trap, and even a pinch of punk rock.
Achille Lauro was artistically born in 2013, the name is inspired by a famous Neapolitan shipowner. He immediately started collaborating with Boss Domsartistic accomplice with whom he wrote his greatest hits. After a couple of albums released for the underground market, the turning point comes in 2018 with Pour amour, a kaleidoscopic disc that spans a thousand genres. And that churns out hits like Blue angel.
In Sanremo 2019 with Rolls Royce
When in December 2018 Amadeus announces the Big players competing in Sanremo, hardly anyone “suspects” that that semi-unknown name, Achille Lauro, could become a true national case. And few bet on that punk pop song that, shortly thereafter, will make the radios go crazy. The singer indeed introduces himself as absolute outsiderscandalizing the right-thinking with his transgressive look, her queer soul and countless tattoos.
With Rolls Royce Lauro, however, conquers audiences and critics day after day. Highly educated and cultured, he amazes for his kind ways in stark contrast to the rebellious image. An irresistible mix, together with a not indifferent intuition for contemporary fashions, which elects it moral winner of the Sanremo edition. The next month then publishes the album 1969, from which other hits will be extracted, for example C’est la vie.
Achille Lauro in Sanremo 2019.
The return to the stage of the Ariston and the album 1990
After a triumphal year on tour in Italy, Achille is now a star of the first magnitude. It is therefore not surprising that in 2020 it will return in Sanremo with a new hit: I do not care. However, if the piece does not have the telluric power of Rolls RoyceLauro amazes everyone again. Performing every night with a different Gucci look in homage to some historical figures who influenced his poetics.
In the early evening, wearing a tight-fitting onesie that recalls Giotto’s San Francesco, and then with a semi-transparent dress (with a plumed headdress) inspired by the marquise Luisa Casatifinally with a royal dress with wig and pearls on the face in reference to Queen Elizabeth I of England, nothing will be said about him.
In duet with Annalisa, on men do not change by Mia Martini, chooses instead a look a la Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie’s artistic alter ego.
The mysterious girlfriend Francesca
In Sanremo 2021 as a super regular guest
After the two participations in the competition, he returned to the 2021 Festival for 5 very special performances. Tributes to most significant genres in the history of modern music.
In order: the glam rock with the unpublished Only U.Sthe Rock and roll with Bam Bam Twist in a tribute performance to singer Mina, the pop on the notes of Penelope performed together with Emma Marrone, the punk with the Sanremo songs I do not care And Rolls Royce. And finally the classic music with the poignant C’est la vie.
Achille Lauro in Sanremo 2021.
Transformer and always accustomed to risk, Achille will return to Ariston in a week for the fourth consecutive time. The song is called Sundaythat of the duet with Loredana Bertè You are very beautiful (1975 Lori classic). Immediately after the new disc will be released Achille Lauro Superstar, new edition of the album Laurel – released last year.
Regarding his participation he said: “I shocked Italy with my performances, petrified the old generations inspiring the new ones. Daring, taking risks, ignoring every rule and every scheme. I have spent the last 5 months on an island alone only to understand that what I did before was not enough ».
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