Cexare Cremonini was born on a spring day, on March 27th 45 years ago, under the sign of Aries. For him, 2026 promises to be a triumphal year, at least according to the astrologers who are busy compiling zodiac predictions these days. I tell you, just for fun, after all it’s there first cover interview of the year, need to break the ice. He looks at me with a faint, sly smile. Perhaps because more than the destiny written in the stars, he always believed only in determination. Or perhaps because, without making any noise, he has already achieved the first goal of the year, confirming the “prophecy”: the first date of the 2026 tour, June 6th in Rome, Circo Massimo, it’s sold out. The future, somehow, has begun.
Cesare Cremonini: sold out tour 2026
Meanwhile, the recent ones Now that I no longer have you And Easy girls, were received favorably by critics, while the latest album, Alaska Baby, dominates the charts. «Out of respect for Providence, if we want, I always try to avoid saying I don’t believe in something, especially when the news is positive» he comments with that irresistible Bolognese accent that softens every sentence. «Actually I believe it exists a balance between what we do, how we do it, and the destiny that awaits us.”
Cesare Cremonini: «Easy Girls talks about the fragility of man»
Talking about destiny and responsibility inevitably leads us to the new single Ragazze facile, a song that talks about the fragility of today’s man and his fear of loving. How did such a clear title come about?
In reality, the title is always the problem to be solved, not the solution. It must be provocative. It would be a miscommunication to reveal the ending in the title. The “easy girls” represent, in fact, all the shortcuts and alibis we use to escape from the responsibility of love.
Is it an autobiographical song?
More than autobiographical, it is transformative. I lived it while I was writing it. Tell us about the moment you stopped hiding behind alibis. Saying “when you laugh I believe it” means admitting that without the other person’s happiness I can’t make it. It is a fragile but true statement: trust in myself also comes through the joy of others.
«Disquiet is a faithful companion»
What kind of man is Cesare Cremonini today?
Evolving. Restlessness is a faithful companion, as is a certain loneliness. I am very exposed to emotions, and I know pain well. But I understood one thing: happiness is scarier than pain. We know how to live with pain. Happiness is greater, more vast. And that’s why it’s scary.
Meanwhile it is sold out at the Circus Maximus. What does the word “sold out” mean?
The numbers of major events are not a status, but an expression of creative freedom. Today these results give me enormous freedom to also be able to choose to change direction in the future, within a self-referential recording system, of an industry that measures everything in numbers.
«I live, I accumulate emotions, I say yes more than no»
Bologna, Cesare Cremonini performs in concert during the “Live25 Tour” at the Dall’Ara Stadium
Is it true that you work a lot at night and at dawn?
Ideas are born in dreams. I live, I accumulate emotions, I say many more yes than no. In the morning I write what was suggested to me by the unconscious.
Since 2018 he has been taking long daily walks. A practice he has in common with Vasco Rossi. You meet every now and then in Bologna. He also told it on Instagram.
Walking is healing, it always changes shape, restores slowness, changes time. It’s a way to get to know yourself. I started in 2018, in a difficult personal moment.
Is there anything that music hasn’t given you yet?
In reality, it is offered to me every time as if I were a beginner. It frees me, tells me, helps me and others.
«I would have liked to be a comedian»
Cesare Cremonini for the single “Ora che non hopiù te” and the 2025 tour (Photo by Luigi & Iango)
What if he wasn’t an artist?
I would have tried to help people anyway. All jobs can do it, if performed with the right spirit. Since I was a child I looked for those who were most in difficulty to lighten their hearts. I dreamed of being a comedian.
How do you see today’s young singer-songwriters?
Few but good. There are very talented girls and boys who have imposed their language. However, I would prefer them to talk more about dreams rather than Siae earnings or recording contracts. It is the sign of a system that makes us cynical about the present because it has lost the magic of the future. I swear, even today I still don’t understand how to read the Siae bulletins.
What if we mention his old band Lùnapop?
It’s like asking me if I’m still in touch with my elementary school classmates. I understand the question, but it’s like the affection you feel when looking at a photograph from the past.
«For 2026 I would like to forgive myself more»
The greatest fear.
Not writing a song or not being in touch with myself while I’m writing. For me the objective remains to create a coherent path that never robs the present.
They give it as a couple: how is it in love?
I am a man who gives his best when given responsibility. For the rest, I use irony against selfishness, arrogance and the pain that every relationship, sooner or later, brings with it.
The resolution for 2026?
Becoming a good saxophonist and, perhaps, forgiving myself more.
Forgive yourself for what?
For sacrificing myself, my feelings, for defending the dream of my musical history. It is the price of every great project.
Cesare Cremonini: «I want to get back into the game and feel the adrenaline of the beginning»
A challenge, however, learning the sax… at 45 years old.
After thirteen stadiums (with Cremonini Live25, ed.), I wanted to get back into the game and learn something from scratch. It is the meaning of my life plan today.
In what sense?
I want to go back to feeling a little insecure, like at the beginning, with that fear of not knowing how to do something again. It’s also a way to not let myself be influenced by the idea that the music business should dictate the rules of an artist’s life. And then I like to think of a future in which jazz can also enter into my songs, into pop.
Not everyone thinks like this, in the midst of success then…
Instead, it’s the greatest resolution I can give myself now: to go back to feeling small in front of something, despite my 25-year career. This will be my 2026.
Confess: do you read the horoscope, yes or no?
If it happens, I look at Cancer because it is my mother’s sign. She is my emotional influence: she dominates my sensitivity. I’m an Aries who always keeps an eye on Cancer.
Mammon?
(Smiles) Come on, I’ve been away from home since I was 17. But it is true, as they say, that analysts’ beds are often covered with mothers’ skin.