C.antautrice refined and with an unmistakable androgynous look, Hu is competing in Sanremo 2022 together with rapper Highsnob – their song is called Take care of yourself. Revelation of the 2021 edition of the Youth section – even though she failed to enter the final stages -, the artist hit the mark with a unique style made of urban songs and electronic temptations.
Originally from Marche, born in 1994 (real name Federica Ferracuti) is among the very few artists in the Italian music scene to be songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Fresh from her second degree in musicology, Hu is ready to win the highest marks even on the stage of the Ariston.
Hu: a name, a why
A student of electronics and jazz, Hu moves the first artistic steps in the field of advertising. Where he collaborates with the Lamborghini brand, the influencer Chiara Ferragni and the famous amaro Jagermeister. With a very special mix of electro-pop sounds and melodious voice, the young Federica is in great demand but chooses to focus on the song form and on Spotify it publishes the first demos with the name Hu.
The stage name, as the singer explained, «comes from Egyptian culture. IS the name of a divinity I fell in love with because she is neither a man nor a woman. Anyone could be. Hu according to Egyptian thought it gave men faculties of thought and word“. A perfect choice for his fluid style and without labels.
Participation in Sanremo Giovani 2020
After so much apprenticeship, Hu manages to enter the final stage of the race thanks to the endorsement of the conductor Beatrice Venezi. That praises her for the originality of her compositions, in particular for the song that the young singer-songwriter presents at the Festival, Niagara eyes – from the Pantone color of the same name.
An intimate song that tells of never lived loves, introspective journeys that start directly from the sofa at home up to the small great inner happiness.
However, charisma and talent are not enough to overcome the competition, e Hu ends up excluded from the shortlist of the four finalists, not without some controversy. The young woman, however, does not lose heart and publishes other hit songs as End And One thousand thousand. Experimenting more and more with musical genres.
On tour with Emma and in Sanremo 2022 with Highsnob
The talent and versatility of the Marche do not go unnoticed, and a few months after the appearance in Sanremo Giovani she is called by Emma Marrone to be part of the band that will accompany her at concerts. For the singer of Piece of heart, Federica plays throughout 2021 piano, keyboards, synths and some guitar parts.
And it is during the tour with Emma that Hu receives an unexpected phone call. “With Highsnob we met after my participation in Sanremo Giovani last year, “said Hu at a press conference,” He wrote to me on Instagram because he liked my song and we exchanged wishes to see each other again. And then the meeting a few months later and in August the first draft of the song arrived. As I read it it was an earthquake“.
The unprecedented duo will present the song on the Ariston stage Take care of yourself, song written by Highsnob after the end of a toxic relationship. Real outsiders of the event, Highsnob and Hu are ready to conquer the general public with a poignant song that mixes rock, electronic and ambient.
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