P.er him le Butterflies I’m not alone in the stomach, due to the fact of perform on the most important stage in Italy, but it is precisely the title of the song that Saint John, 19, will take to the Sanremo Festival.
At his absolute debut at the Festival, the young artist brings a piece «born after a moment of crisis“. As he himself said, «immediately after the final of Friends I lived a very bad period. We were among the few people in Italy who could make music, gods privileged“.
Butterflies, Sanremo song by Sangiovanni (instagram)
Then, however, “we returned to the harsh reality of the pandemic. I wrote this song just as I was coming out of that tunnel. I felt lost and had that sense of fear that often assails those who win a first success very quickly. I needed to find my own butterflies in the stomach“.
On the evening of the covers, however, Saint John will sing with Fiorella Mannoia the song Hard-nosed by Pierangelo Bertoli.
Sangiovanni’s career
Giovanni Pietro Damian – this is his real name – was born in 2003 in Vicenza, younger than three brothers. At the Don Giuseppe Fogazzaro high school – which he leaves to participate Friends – also knows Madame, who becomes her best friend.
With friend Madame (Instagram)
In 2020 he released his first three singles Paranoia, Not + And Guccy Bag, but it’s thanks to the talent show Friends of Maria De Filippi – in which he triumphs in the singers category and finishes second in the general classification – which reaches great notoriety.
The experience at Amici 2020
At Amici 2020 Sangiovanni is the youngest competitor: he is only 18 years old. Entered with the unpublished Guccy Bag, immediately convinces Rudy Zerbi and Anna Pettinelli, but not Arisa. In the talent he meets the dancer Giulia Stabile, with which he falls in love (reciprocated), forming one of the most loved couples that were formed at the famous talent show.
He also gets the critics award and the radio award: his song Malibu It results to be among the most voted by the radio as the most radio song.
Cin Giulia, winners to Friends (Instagram)
While participating in Friends, also publishes the singles Lady, All Night and Hype, which reach the top positions of the Italian rankings. His first was released on May 14, 2021 EP of the same name, and also gets her first platinum record. Malibu, meanwhile, becomes the most popular summer hit, so much so that it becomes – as well as a summer hit – also the most listened to song of 2021 in Italy on Spotify and Apple Music and most viewed video of the year on VEVO.
«It has always been one of my dreams to reach as many people as possible with my music, “said the singer,” and it’s a dream that this year has come true“.
Recently he also published Gamma rays And Lost in the dark (below) – the latter in collaboration with her great friend, Madame – and after the Sanremo Festival will leave for a tour with nine dates set for May 2022.
The song Malibu
His most famous piece is certainly Malibu, but now Sangiovanni would like to go further. “I’m happy with how it went but now it’s time to look to the future, make it clear what I can offer the public in the long term, “he explained. “Because of this I can’t wait to test myself on that very important stage ».
Malibu, certified platinum also in Switzerland (Instagram)
“I sincerely thank all the people who listened to me on Apple Music until I became the artist with the most listened to song of 2021,” he said. Behind him on the podium were two very strong names from trap – Blanco and Sfera Ebbasta, who created another crazy catchphrase in the summer, You drive Me crazy. Among the top 10 there was also Shut Up And Good, Sanremo triumph of the unstoppable Måneskin (in fifth position) e Voice friend’s Madame (in tenths).
His girlfriend, Giulia
Giulia Stabile is a very young dancer – the same age as Sangiovanni – who won the last edition of Friends of Maria Dei Filippi. But above all, it is the singer’s great love. And it seems that the song Lady Sangiovanni has dedicated it to his girlfriend.
«With Sangio everything is fine. We are trying to increasingly distance our relationship from social networks», She declared once that the two have finished their experience on TV,« in order to make him healthier. Because it’s a little, how can I say, toxic”.
Giulia and Sangiovanni want to «share and make people feel the closeness with our public, but there is that anyway private part that we want to keep private“.
Death threats on social media
A few days ago, Sangiovanni declared that he had received death threats. “It was magical what happened to me, but when you are so exposed, in addition to love you also get hate, and I have received a lot of it“, has explained.
Insults of all kinds on social networks “for how I dress, for what I write“. Anonymous users came to threaten him with death «and I stopped and asked myself: but why? It’s like there’s a piece of the world looking for someone to blame for something“.
Sangiovanni (Instagram)
The changes he has experienced, he explained, “have given me a lot, but they have also made me feel more fragile. I had to find a new balance. Dying is a thought that sometimes doesn’t make me sleep“.
The future of Sangiovanni
There are in the future of Sangiovanni many projects, even non-musical. “But now I want to show that I have deserved Sanremo, beyond the numbers of 2021, arriving on stage ready. But not too “precise”: it wouldn’t be me without a little bit of healthy unconsciousness“.
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