Nothere is no two without three. Even after ten years, for Marco Mengoni the saying is always valid. So here he is again at the Ariston. The singer is among the big names of Sanremo 2023. «Where this journey began, a new chapter starts again» he wrote on Instagram. Because this is his third time at the Festival. And it comes as a favorite with the song Two lives.
Marco Mengoni: from X Factor in San Remo
«I’m very excited, my heart beats very fast, my hand is shaking». It may have been 13 years since his first time in Sanremo and ten since his victory, but for the Italian music star the emotion is always the same. “A very strong emotion,” he says when Amadeus officially introduces him as competitor of Sanremo 2023. It was the year 2010 when a very young Mengoni won third place with the song Believe me again. He had arrived at the Ariston later the victory of X Factor and his destiny was clear to everyone from the beginning: to conquer the Italian music scene. He succeeds a few years later, in 2013, when it triumphed at the Festival with The essential, song that became a catchphrase. And, now, she tries again with Two lives a song that tells a lot about Marco as a man even before being an artist.
In Sanremo 2023 with Two lives
How many lives has Marco Mengoni lived? «I could tell you that I have already experienced two, perhaps I am entering the third». So the singer talks about the new song he will sing at the 73rd edition of the Sanremo Festival. A song «to be listened to on a gloomy day, while you are reaching out to someone you care about. You will start singing the chorus while the rain is falling, which also washes away some negative thoughts» reads the profile Instagram of Sanremo. And that tells a lot about the artist. Between the lines, in fact, we read a debate between dream and reality, in which impulses, errors and truths converge.
Marco Mengoni: the favorite of the Festival
Ready to make an encore? Probably yes. Marco Mengoni is among the favorites of Sanremo 2023. Many, in fact, believe that he has an excellent chance of conquering the podium. Replicating the success of 2013 exactly ten years after the success achieved with The essential. However, perhaps out of superstition or skepticism, he prefers not to pay attention to polls and does not want to carry labels of any kind with him. «I am in the grace of God. Now I can go without pressure” he said. Yet you wouldn’t think it by looking at the video shared on social media about his reaction to Amadeus’ call.
What if he wins?
Here it is the pre-Sanremo post that went around the web. Marco Mengoni is playing cards with the sports journalist Fabio Caressa. The two, sitting at the table, are engaged in a game when they hear Amadeus’ announcement on TV. Mengoni is officially among the big names in the race. «Great Mark. Let’s go to Sanremo, let’s go get that stage back» exults Caressa throwing her arms to the sky. The singer’s reaction? He passed out falling to the ground. “There is also a second part,” he confided to Amadeus at a later time. “When I went to the airport, I bought a ticket for the furthest place,” he confessed. The reason: “Anxiety”. Because Marco Mengoni will go to the Festival even if only with the intention of having fun but Sanremo is still the most important event of Italian music. And if he passed out for the call-up what will he do if he wins?
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