In a long interview, the singer -songwriter has unbuttoned on private life, love and faith
Behind the character Achille Laurothere is an introspective Lauro de Marinis who reflects, recalls and looks forward. In the interview with Vanity Fairthe Roman singer -songwriter told present and past, hopes and ambitions. Difficult childhood and faith in God, the experiences of bullying but also The dream of directing the Sanremo Festival. Then, the confirmation of what he had revealed only a couple of months ago: he is single and for now he does not want to know about relationships. The opportunity? It is the release of his new album, Ordinary fatalcoming on April 18 and for which he improvised A free show in Piazza di Spagnadespite the rain.
Achille Lauro, the latest album
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The latest record effort, Ordinary fatalmarks an important stop in Achille Lauro’s artistic path. The title was born from A reflection on shared fragility: “Because this album underlines the fragility that all unites us. I wrote it between Los Angeles and New York: far from home and from the vortex of the musical market, I managed to look at myself from the outside and better to reflect where I started, how I came, to who I owe something. In fact it is full of dedications: To friends, to great love, to my mother Cristina“.
In the disc coexisting intimate and tormented Ballads, life stories and personal suffering. The song Young unconsciouspresented in Sanremo 2025, is only one of the traces that show this new direction, more songwriting. The genre? “I would call it pop, even if I don’t want: in Italy it is always chopped, but in its own way Ordinary fatal It is pop, in the sense of the people ‘. In a panorama full of fashion, nice, entertainment songs – which I like eh -, I chose to give people Songs that make a little bad for the soul“And again:” It was easy to steal from reality, liberating and engaging: some pieces have moved me the Magone, despite being difficult for me to cry, “he confessed. To touch him more than all, a particular song: Cristina.
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Childhood and bullying
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Born and raised on the Roman outskirts, Lauro crossed a complicated childhood, marked by Hard dynamics and episodes of violence. TO Vanity Fair He told his years of training: “If I never immediately? There, in the nineties, he was part of the growth path. Either you were the victim or you were executioner”. And the truth is that “To defend myself, I was also executioner“, he added.
Achille Lauro, love and faith in God
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The relationship with spirituality also emerges between the folds of the interview. At the question if he believes in GodLauro replies: “Of course: I believe in God, but I don’t believe in the Church”. And he specifies: “In what else I believe? In unconditional lovewhich is disconnected from relationships, by the couple “. At this point the question about love is inevitable, and the answer is the farthest from the rumors about the flirts with Giulia Toscano.” If I am in love? I’m single, I don’t want stories“.
The dream in Achille Lauro’s drawer
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A hint could not be missing from the festival that marked his career: Sanremo. After five participations, the Eurovision and a judge experience a X FactorLauro looks forward and admits that he has a dream: “Perhaps the artistic direction of Sanremobut I’m not in a hurry. For the moment I leave the task to those who are doing it very well, like Carlo Conti. Would a painter paint the same picture for his entire existence? No. Here, I need to change the picture every time, especially to amaze myself “.
La Gazzetta dello Sport
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