There is less and less time left until Sanremo and every day new interviews and videos are published.
Today I propose this interview to you in the GRAZIA newspaper.
Pay attention to Ignazio’s words. ❤️
LOVE PUSHES US FORWARD
After the victory in 2015, the three singers of Il Volo return to the Festival with the song CAPOLAVORO, which talks about the feeling that changed their lives.
When I meet the three guys from Il Volo, I can’t help but notice all their differences. In their way of telling themselves, of understanding music and the world. But at the same time I feel a unique, consolidated, respectful entity.
Fifteen years after their debut, Gianluca Ginoble, Piero Barone, and Ignazio Boschetto felt the need to focus on themselves. They did this by preparing an album that for the first time will be composed entirely of unreleased songs and in which they promise a new story that they will take on a world tour.
WHAT TIME IS THIS?
GIANLUCA= We realized that we have based our career in the past, on the strong roots of our culture that we have brought around the world. For the first time, however, we now feel connected to the present, with an eye towards the future.
YOU WILL BE COMPETING IN SANREMO WITH CAPOLAVORO. HOW WOULD YOU TELL IT?
IGNAZIO= We understood that this was the perfect song for Sanremo. Talk about love. When you are in a relationship, you stop and say: “This story is a Capolavoro”, I’m getting married next year and for me the masterpiece is exactly what I’m experiencing.
PIERO= It makes me think of that very strong feeling that grows inside you without you knowing it. When you realize you have it you need to externalize it.
GIANLUCA= For me, love is like jumping off Niagara Falls without a life jacket. You know that you rely on a person with the risk of experiencing incredible pain.
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF BREAKING UP YOUR TRIO?
PIERO= Never. We have lived intense years, without ever stopping. There wasn’t time to even think about it.
BUT IT IS NOT OBTAINED.
PIERO= Yes, but there was a lot of effort. Today others only talk about immediate success achieved with the least amount of effort. It’s wrong.
GIANLUCA PARTICIPATED ON BEHALF OF THE TRIO IN THE EVENING OF GRACE FOR THE DAY AGAINST VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. IT’S AN EMERGENCY?
GIANLUCA= For many men it is difficult to admit that they have weaknesses, there is a virility that is so flaunted and which can lead to violence.
PIERO= Each of us should make our contribution, even in small things, not laughing at squalid jokes and perhaps pointing out to our best friend that he is making a mistake in using certain words.
There was the long-awaited Radio Italia interview (I don’t like Gianluca’s trousers at all, my opinion) 🤪
WOMAN= Let me dream right away. Where have you been lately around the world? You are always around, I watch the stories, I would like to do all the trips you do. Where have you been?
GIANLUCA= We’ve been around, we’ve had the opportunity to tour, travel, but returning to Sanremo is always an emotion, because we were born here artistically.
WOMAN= It’s true, this is what I wanted to tell you, what it’s like to return, after all these trips around the world, to such an important stage for Italy and not only and above all for you who this stage has given you so much.
IGNAZIO= We have realized that we are coming to celebrate our anniversaries, it will be 15 years, we celebrate 15 years this year and it is not easy, it is not easy to be together for 15 years (Piero and Gianluca protest), let me finish, it is not easy to stay together for 15 years always with the same enthusiasm.
GIANLUCA = (to Piero). See, you don’t have to interrupt him.
PIERO= (to the person filming) Can you cut this piece?? (laughs) 😂 Is not easy.
WOMAN= So what is it that keeps you tied to this enthusiasm?
PIERO= Enthusiasm keeps us bonded, the desire that unites us to always do new things, never lose that passion for the profession we carry out, we consider ourselves three privileged individuals, because we do what we love, we do it every day, so we don’t there is something more beautiful.
WOMAN= And so we return to Sanremo, the piece is called MASTERPIECE, tell me a little about it, a little spoiler.
GIANLUCA= A small spoiler that can be done….more than anything it explains the feeling that is love, but told in a profound way, because sometimes you realize that you love, only when you look back, and sometimes you realize how special this person is, like how did I do without this person before I met them. Sometimes it’s as if it suddenly falls from the sky, but it can be love for a child, love in general, universal love, how important this feeling really is that moves the world.
PIERO= For us who sing it, each of us sings it in a different way, feels it in a different way, for me CAPOLAVORO speaks in a romantic way about hope, because maybe when you don’t find it in yourself, in the most difficult moments you hope for something outside of yourself.
WOMAN= So you hope something comes…..how you turn it is a nice message.
GIANLUCA= Yes, there are people who can really change your life. Growing up, doing introspection on yourself is important, to be able to understand, to recognize love as a feeling, then there are people who can enrich your life and make it better.
PIERO= It can be dedicated to someone, something, that feeling that literally changed your life, not just people.
WOMAN = Even a little awareness when you feel certain things. Guys, we were immediately a bit philosophical, but the piece requires it, because it actually has a beautiful message. I thank you, see you in Sanremo.
IGNAZIO= Thank you very much.
PIERO= Remember……it’s not easy.
WOMAN= With this enthusiasm, it’s not easy.
IGNAZIO= However you’ve seen, nothing has changed, they won’t let me talk. 😂😂😂
And then there is this which is not an interview, but a long reflection that makes you think a lot, a long tirade made by Luca Maggitti to the administration of the municipality of Montepagano and Roseto degli Abruzzi, read it and try to understand that it’s very ironic. I really liked it, well written Luca Maggitti, sometimes you need these “little digs”.
I remind you that Luca Maggitti is a journalist who lives in Abruzzo and who met Gianluca who was walking with his grandfather and they drank a coffee.
I bring you an old photo of Luca Maggitti and Gianluca.
Click Here to view the Roseto.com article
Gianluca Ginoble – Il Volo
THE AMBASSADOR OF ROSETO AND ABRUZZO IN THE WORLD RETURNS TO THE SANREMO FESTIVAL
In short: there is no two without three.
Gianluca Ginoble – from the ancient village of Montepagano in Roseto – will return to the stage of the most important Italian event in terms of occupying television, social media and any other space. Tens of millions of people in Italy will talk about the event (Sanremo Festival) and billions around the world will in some way be involved in the various references to the event.
Every time such a media circus takes place (all the media attention for Sanremo) I think of Gianluca sitting drinking a coffee in Roseto, speaking kindly to anyone who comes to say hello. And I have the image of a Ferrari left in the garage, for some souped-up Vespone to race in competitions where class and speed are needed.
(Maggitti compares the kind and polite Gianluca to a beautiful world-class car, a Ferrari that is left in the garage, to race a Vespa, a famous Italian motorbike, remember the film Roman Holidays?)
Yes, because I ask myself: is it possible that Gianluca goes to Sanremo and no one in the Municipality (of Roseto) or Region (of Abruzzo) calls him – eight days before the start of the event – to congratulate him, incite him, encourage him?
Let’s be clear, we talk about politics and government at various levels and I certainly don’t expect the administrators to call him because they truly love the artist or his genre or appreciate this exemplary boy for education and culture, who has remained very polite despite a global success that we even have hard to imagine.
(Maggitti is really scolding the municipal administrators here, because Gianluca should be called not only because he is a great artist, but also because he is an exemplary boy in terms of education and culture, despite his great success)
I don’t expect this. Furthermore, I am biased because I have always respected him.
No, I want to be cynical and wretched to the core!
(Maggitti means that if they had been cynical, the administrators would have had to call Gianluca for at least other reasons, which he will now list)
If I were a public administrator – at various levels in Abruzzo, since Gianluca was appointed, years ago, ambassador of both Abruzzo and Roseto degli Abruzzi in the world – I would call him because Gianluca creates media hype. Because its social profiles generate more interactions than all those of the various municipalities, provinces and regions combined. Not to mention the Volo one.
I see Gianluca who for almost 15 years – in a few months it will be 15 – has spoken well (more: he speaks with love) about Roseto degli Abruzzi and Abruzzo, truly helping these territories to be known.
On the other hand, I don’t see equal interest on the part of those who govern, especially the tourist-cultural part of the territory. And I ask myself: why?
What is the point of this masochism?
A final reflection, remaining in Roseto, in the limited area of via Latini. And talking about tourism and – more generally – territorial promotion.
The part of via Latini that goes towards the sea, the one after via Nazionale, has a system of decorative lights at the top with the words of the famous “Nel blu painted di blu” (Volare) by Domenico Modugno. Good, great.
(He intends to remember that in the town of Roseto some lights have been installed with the words of Volare)
But, I wonder: we have Gianluca Ginoble who won the Sanremo festival at 10 years old, at his first participation, he chose to live in Montepagano di Roseto, where his roots are, he always speaks well of his birthplace and the territory, he is always available when it comes to visiting associations that work for the good of the area… and don’t we put “Grande Amore”?
Is it possible that it is so incredibly difficult to insert the words of “Grande Amore” on the “rambla” of Roseto degli Abruzzi (via Latini, in the part that goes towards the hill), perhaps by having him turn on the lights for the first time and have him sing alone and live a cappella the song?
Is it so difficult to respect an international pop star who lives where she was born and who has the only flaw of not being haughty? Not for him, I repeat.
He (Gianluca) now travels from Rai 1 upwards, from Canale 5 upwards, from Corriere della Sera upwards.
(Maggitti means to say that the most important programs talk about Gianluca and Il Volo)
For us, for our struggling territory, for tourism with less than 100,000 visitors in two years… for the fact that no one queues there and that the very expensive VisitRoseto.it gets as many likes or visits as a site set up by a elementary school, to teach children to use the web.
Is it possible that we prefer to keep the Ferrari in the garage and go for challenges with the souped-up Vespone? But what’s the point?
Mayor Mario Nugnes, do you remember when I brought Gianluca Ginoble to the Oratory of the Campo dei Preti at the request of my friend Father Antonio Ghidoni, who wanted to meet him and who defined “Grande Amore” as a prayer, and in the homily invited the faithful to vote Il Volo?
Mayor, do you remember? You had frizzy hair and were tutoring in the afternoon, and Gianluca came to hug you (him, you!), telling me that you had been his afternoon teacher when he attended the Oratory?
If you don’t remember, I’ll put the photo from that day here.
Mayor, can we ask Ferrari for the favor of lending a hand to this little village, which is slipping more and more towards numerical inconsistency and which desperately needs a great recovery plan?
I don’t know if Gianluca Ginoble – who is preparing for yet another world tour on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of Il Volo – has time, but I know for sure that a photo of him, a reel or a thought is worth the sum of all the sites’ efforts, little sites, pages and little pages of our parts.
And if I say this it is because I myself have found my articles about him translated into English, Spanish, Romanian, Portuguese and more, on the web. And I am a poor journalist who would never otherwise have been translated! 😂
I, for the umpteenth time, put these reflections into it. You rulers – at any level – will do what you believe. I only hope that you are illuminated by the beacon of the common good and real progress in your daily work.
Whatever the case, my best wishes to Gianluca Ginoble and Il Volo, remembering the emotions of the 2015 victory, when he turned 20 exactly on the day of his debut as a competitor at the Festival.
Dàje sìmbre fùrte, Gianlù!
(Abruzzo expression to say: “Come on, always strong, Gianlù “)
(Another old photo of Luca Maggitti with Gianluca)
Who knows if it was because of the article published by Luca Maggitti that the municipal administration of Roseto woke up??
We want to think that it wasn’t the article, but today, Friday 2 February, there will be an award for our Gianluca in Roseto. 🎉🎉🎉
This is the motivation.
On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the birth of ‘Il Volo’ and in view of its participation in the 74th edition of the Festival of Sanremo, the Municipal Administration of Roseto degli Abruzzi organized a ceremony to pay homage
to the Rosetano singer Gianluca Ginoble who was a guest in the Council Room, at 11 am on Friday 2 February.
In 2015, Gianluca Ginoble was awarded the title of ‘Ambassador to the World of the City of Roseto degli Abruzzi’ and the other two members of the ‘Il Volo’ trio, Piero Barone and Ignazio Boschetto, were awarded the honorary citizenship of Roseto degli Abruzzi.
The ceremony, conducted by Francesca Martinelli, represented a moment to make the entire Rosetan community feel the affection towards Gianluca Ginoble, to relive his great career with him and to pay homage to him with a gift created for the occasion.
And here is the video of the awards ceremony.
The mayor expresses words of esteem and good wishes and Gianluca thanks everyone and tells little things about life in his town and the emotion he always has when he talks about his city which he will always carry in his heart. ❤️
And another video by a journalist, Luca Maggitti Di Tecco, from Il Messaggero who was at the event.
Click Here to view the video
The administration gives Gianluca a jewel representing a Presentosa Rose and asks him to wear it also on the evening of the festival and Gianluca wears it immediately. Then Gianluca thanks and also wants to remember his brother Ernesto who collaborated with the team. 🥰
Then there was a really nice video by Antonella Clerici (she presented TI LASCIO UNA CANZONE) who wished Il Volo her “good luck”. ❤️
The guys from Il Volo are extraordinary, I met them in the first edition of TI LASCIO UNA CANZONE and they were put together, that is, they introduced themselves alone, Ignazio and Piero are Sicilian, while Gianluca is from Abruzzo. Since they were three “lyricists” even if with different voice tones, we formed this trio and it won all the episodes, it was really very, very strong. So it was clear that they had great talent, then it was Tony Renis who first brought them to the United States, then their manager Michele Torpedine understood their potential and first they had great luck in the United States, and then also in Italy.
I remember when they showed up at their first Sanremo festival with GRANDE AMORE, which was hosted by my friend Carlo Conti, I told him: “Carlo get ready because they will win the Sanremo Festival, I’m sure of it”, because in the televoting they were too much, too strong and also very good, then they were three young guys, people liked them, I knew their potential and in fact it was like that .
And now I wish them a big “good luck” for the next Sanremo festival.
As I have already told you, many newspapers of all kinds are talking about Il Volo.
This is a Gossip magazine, it talks about Il Volo’s girlfriends. I assure you that some are not reliable news, so I don’t waste time translating them.
Even the RAI news programs talk about Sanremo and therefore also about Il Volo.
WOMAN= Sanremo Festival, on the Ariston stage, among the competing artists Il Volo, with the song CAPOLAVORO, and on the cover evening, the homage to Queen. (a video starts)
MAN= Grown up, born on the Ariston stage at TI LASCIO UNA CANZONE, in the end you know Sanremo well.
PIERO= In 2009 we met at the Ariston, then we left and returned in 2015 with GRANDE AMORE, now, after 15 years, we are returning to celebrate this great achievement, which is both professional and personal.
MAN= Who knows what Ignazio was up to at 14 years old in the back stage of the theater.
IGNAZIO= But because I, sorry…..we combined all three.
It was a way to grow quickly, because in the end we grew quickly.
MAN= CAPOLAVORO in Sanremo, isn’t it a bit risky to say it right away?
GIANLUCA= In fact we wanted to title it CAPOLAVORO in brackets perhaps…..
PIERO= Let’s hope….
GIANLUCA= Let’s hope. Obviously it’s not about us…
MAN= Queen for duet, this year.
PIERO= It will be a great moment to be able to share the stage with Steff Burns and we would like to thank Vasco Rossi (well-known Italian rock singer) for lending us his guitarist, thank you Vasco!
.……..and this is Vasco Rossi’s response!
Happy to lend my guitarist STEF BURNS to Il Volo in Sanremo…..on the cover evening….he will perform a Queen solo, WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER, I’m proud of him.
This interview on Radio Subasio is also very beautiful.
Since at the beginning the questions are the same ones that are repeated several times, I start translating about halfway through the video. 😉
RADIO SUBASIO
WOMAN=……do you sometimes argue too? Who is the most rebellious of the three? (Piero marks Ignazio with his hand)
WOMAN= Ignazio?
GIANLUCA= Every now and then it explodes, yes yes.
But we have three completely different characters, but thank goodness it’s like this, because if we were the same, that creative spark wouldn’t strike, so everyone brings their own ideas, there are often contrasts but in the end we always manage to find the solution and the best for the group, well, this is important.
WOMAN= Of course, of course. But then in recent years a few things have changed in your life, we used to talk off the air, there are those who have coupled up (Ignazio), those who have exploded (Gianluca), what is the situation like, those who are single among you, do we want to say it?
PIERO= We have always tried to respect our private life and I believe it is also our duty, because we often say that we live two parallel lives, the professional life which takes up ten months of our life every year and our personal life, and we also want this to be the case. keep it.
WOMAN = It seems very right to me….
GIANLUCA= But anyway Ignazio is getting married!!
WOMAN= When Ignazio, when the happy event?
IGNAZIO = Next year.
WOMAN= So next year. Guys I wanted to tell you something else, in recent days we spoke with LA SAD (a punk group with colored hair that will be in Sanremo) and I asked them which artist (from Sanremo) they felt most in tune with and they told us Il Volo.
I even considered a collaboration with them and they said yes, absolutely.
How about? How do you respond to this proposal?
IGNAZIO= Well, they are young guys who…..
GIANLUCA= Young people, they are older than you Ignazio….(it’s true the members of La SAD are older than them)
IGNAZIO= Yes, but they are young kids in the sense of sending the message (Ignazio means that they are listened to more by young kids)
WOMAN= But can something be done?
GIANLUCA= It would be interesting, we recently met in Sanremo during rehearsals, a relationship of great respect was born, because everyone expresses their emotions in their art and it’s nice to see these differences. Everyone has space to demonstrate what they really are and we are all different, there is no right or wrong, better or worse, this is the beauty of music, so it will be wonderful to see these contrasts between Il Volo and La Sad, certainly in Sanremo .
WOMAN= Of course I agree, that’s why we’re very intrigued by this idea, this image of a collaboration between the two of you, have you ever seen it?
I want to play a little game with you, to test your memory, if you agree.
PIERO= This worries me. 😁
WOMAN= Remembering the festival of a few years ago, for example Sanremo 2000, concentrate, Sanremo 2000…
PIERO= I was 7 years old….
WOMAN= You remember who won, even from hearsay, I will help you anyway because I give you three options…
IGNAZIO= Jo di Tonno (Italian singer).…
GIANLUCA= No, it was 2006…
WOMAN= I’ll give you the three options…
GIANLUCA = (to Ignazio) Jo di Tonno and I are the only people from Abruzzo to have won the Sanremo festival…
WOMAN= Oh yes, you see it!
PIERO= Do you know that I am the only Sicilian to have won the Sanremo festival?
GIANLUCA= Oh no, boy, he (Ignazio) is Sicilian…
PIERO= He’s from Bologna!
WOMAN= Guys three options for the 2000 festival, be careful: Gigi D’Alessio, Ivana Spagna or Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel? (All Italian singers)
GIANLUCA= Ah yes, “Sentimento” (it is the title of the song by the Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel)
WOMAN= Well done, great Gianluca, see what a memory!
Instead, who was presenting the festival? Do you remember it? Who was there in 2000?
GIANLUCA= Fazio (an Italian presenter)
WOMAN= Good, you didn’t even need the help. Oh Gianluca, damn what a memory, well done, congratulations, you haven’t won anything, but thanks for being with us guys.
Good luck for the Sanremo Festival, we’ll meet again to hear about the fresh emotions we just experienced on the Ariston stage.
Thanks Ignazio, thanks Piero, thanks Gianluca.
Il Volo on the Sanremo 2024 stage, bye guys, thanks!
And to the happiness of many fans, this year’s summer concerts have been announced, all in Italy, here they are!! 🥳🥳🎉
But now the most beautiful interview, made by Gianluca Gazzoli for BSMT. There is the automatic translation and I urge you to activate it, because it is truly a beautiful interview, different from the usual ones, and to which our boys responded with sincerity and maturity and also with a lot of spirit.
To turn on captions click the gear button in the lower right corner of the video, then Subtitles. Then choose English from the list that appears.
The comments under this interview suggest that some people, seeing it, have changed their minds about how Il Volo has always been perceived (thanks to the Italian press)
Don’t miss this interview!!!
From school desks to the most prestigious stages in the world. Three boys who, at just 15 years old, have fascinated and conquered everyone with their extraordinary talent. Well yes, Il Volo passed through the BSMT.
An extraordinary career, started as teenagers and built with sacrifice, commitment and a lot of ambition. Ignazio, Gianluca and Piero told us how their lives changed suddenly, transforming them from simple fifteen-year-olds to world stars. Successes, family, friendship, recognition, surreal anecdotes, changes and much more. A chat in which their three very distinct personalities emerged and in which they indulged in confidences like never before.
FROM A WHOLE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE!
IL VOLO passes through the BSMT
Certainly Caterina Boschetto’s words, at the beginning of the interview, contained a lot of truth.
“Know that if I sign your life will change, know that the responsibilities will become more, know that you can play but not like before, know that many things will change.”
I warned you that the media exposure of Sanremo is notable, and what I have reported to you are the best interviews of these days, but at every moment there is something new.
Very little left, how exciting!!
Daniela 🤗
Credit to owners of all photos and videos.
Daniela
Thank you for your exciting translation.
Yukio
Thanks to you Yukio, the last one is a really nice interview!!
Have you seen how many concerts in Italy? But first they will be with you!! 🙂
Daniela,
Is this the post you said would make me happy about the USA?
Yes, Sheila in the final interview, when Ignazio speaks.
I did hear ‘big project in united states’. Maybe they will do a residency in Vegas❤️🇨🇦🥰
Maravillosa crónica,súper especial !!!! combinas todas las entrevistas, las crónicas de los periodistas ,los homenajes, las situaciones emocionales de cada integrante ,junto con las reacciones lógicas de ellos mismos, de una manera lógica con un hilo conductor intencional que resaltando la unidad de criterios y la madurez del grupo ,resaltando su coherencia.Mandas un mensaje resaltando la crónica del periodista del Abruzzo ,y otro muy bueno , cuando comentas el cambio que ha generado en muchos,con respecto a su concepto de IL Volo , la entrevista de Bsmt. Incluyes además en tu maravillosa crónica , ese comentario tierno y gracioso sobre los pantalones de Gianluca , opinión con la que también estoy de acuerdo ,sus trajes no son ahora muy de mi gusto ,preferiría algo menos .. ….menos parecido al atuendo de las presentadoras!! …no sé …
Gracias como siempre ,querida Daniela.
Y si ! la entrevista de Bsmt es genial. El entrevistador supo contar la historia de ellos, con una perspectiva seria diferente , a través de ellos mismos . Un logro genial y muy profesional.. ILVOLO es único. Admiración Cariño respeto desde Colombia para ellos y un reconocimiento especial para ti. 👏
Gracias nuevamente a ti querida Luz que valoras y comentas con hermosas palabras. Estoy de acuerdo con usted, la entrevista de BSMT estuvo bien realizada y nos presentó un lado diferente de nuestros seres queridos y hace que nos gusten aún más.
Thanks again to you dear Luz who appreciates and comments with beautiful words. I agree with you, the BSMT interview was well conducted and introduced us to a different side of our loved ones and makes us like them even more.
Thanks from UK only though Gianluca talking about Abruzzi that I knew about it.beautfull.
Bradbury is exactly what Maggitti meant!! Gianluca is a great sponsor for Abruzzo.
I understand so much now about why people want to pretend to be them. There isn’t one fan that wouldn’t want to sit down to talk to the three of them. They are extraordinary young men, who have great talent, and have managed to keep themselves on a straight course. I, for one, look forward (God willing) to another 15 years of following them. Oh, boy, I will be 95 in 15 years. I look forward to it.
That’s exactly how Karen is, their strength is also being very simple, mature and responsible, as well as being good artists.
There is a lot of money to be made with fake accounts. When someone gets an account from someone who they can assume will see a lot of people, they are entering into a contract with an advertisement. Every time you go to the account, for example on YouTube or Facebook, there is always an advertisement. The more people watch it, the more money they get from advertising
I will too in 15 yrs
Surely to God, the concert in Tel Aviv is cancelled or postponed yet again! Please stay away from the middle – east ❤️
Definitely Sheila!
Was it really necessary to make that comment about Gianluca’s pants–he likes the newest clothes that are put out by the Italian designers.
I agree with Daniela–so what if they are the latest–they look like pajamas.
Jeanne, I have always defended the way kids dress, even when they had jeans with holes, because I understand their need to dress like most young people. In my opinion those trousers are really excessive, too long, too wide, I also said this about Ignazio’s trousers at the ALL FOR ONE concert, that suit really didn’t flatter Ignazio. It’s definitely just my opinion and you can freely say that they are beautiful, if you like them. Ignazio, Gianluca and Piero now have a stylist who advises them and dresses them, here in Italy he dresses many artists but certainly most of them are quite eccentric clothes. I hope they don’t overdo it in Sanremo.
Oh…. I have debated with myself whether or not to put in my two cents about the guys current outfits as it is a touchy subject – but I shall have to agree with Daniela that Gianluca’s trousers so absolutely is not doing him any good. They are no doubt highest fashion – haute couture Armani or similar top-notch design – but that doesn’t mean that it automatically likewise looks great. I would say, they don’t look good on any man at all! This 1930th style with baggy oversized jackets and trousers with female styled rounded collars and shoulders is truly unattractive and distorts the natural body-shape. Gianluca is not just blessed with a wonderful voice but likewise with a very well proportioned slender figure – but those high wasted trousers ruins that picture totally giving him a way too short top/breast while the bow-tied open-to-the-waste shirt adds a feminine touch. But I do also know that Gianluca does like this kind of newest avant-garde clothing – a year ago or so he made this artistic photo-shoot for a magazine wearing similar stuff – so he is probably feeling just fine like this. But in this case it is not Gianluca being Gianluca but rather Gianluca being part of IL VOLO and hence the vital point here is whether this is the new image IL VOLO wants to sport and brand? Is it on full purpose – or just the ideas of a new, trendy stylist? A few minutes ago I saw some pics from yesterday with Piero sporting a new very greasy old-school yet very modern hair style… I could have cried. Somehow, I have a feeling that the guys are fighting a bit too hard to obtain a “youthful rock-look” just in order to softsoap a younger crowd hence selling out of their original authenticity with the risk of losing some of their core fans. Another vital point is that bringing this kind of clothes to stage may take away the focus from the singing and performance! Just in similarity with the situation in Verona last May as Daniela mentioned where Ignazio was wearing a very unattractive oversized suit folding by his feet. It caught our attention over and over – and it is what we recall to-day rather than his singing… Hence, it is not unimportant what the guys wear at their performances – preferable something more neutral yet modern and smart but not stealing the attention, I would suggest. But of course – it is entirely up to the guys what they would like to wear – and I/wee shall love them anyhow – but they are in Sanremo for the exposure and hence public persons and as such they must expect that people will comment on everything they do and say being positive or negative. And in this loving environment here on Flight Crew we ought to be able to bring up our observations and feelings and share them too – that doesn’t mean that we don’t love them – in the contrary.
Warmest regars – Kirsten, Denmark
I don’t really think the latest silly fashions are going to draw the young set any nearer to them, because they have been dressing handsome formal for 15 years and the young set probably will always have that mental image of them. We older fans loved their initial look. I’m just happy they seem to have gotten past that holes in their clothes phase.
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful post Daniela and Pat. This post has me excited for all that’s to come. I think Ignazio should marry Michelle NOW, before she gets away! Just kidding, of course. I think she’s locked in by choice. We know he surely is.
Kirsten and Mark, I agree with your comments about Gianluca’s pants, they are not my preference but good for him for trying something new and experimenting with his look. 👏🏻 Even Piero has changed his hair! 😮 Nothing can beat their signature look of an Armani or and Dolce & Gabbana suit! 😍 I am not that old, but a guy in a tux or a really nice suit really does it for me!
Hi Kirsten
I agree with what you said. That suit last May was a distraction and even an eyesore, but to say it made us forget his singing is a non starter for me! How can anyone forget his singing??
I sure can’t!
Hi Kirsten and everyone,
I got shocked too when I saw Piero’s look with the hairstyle and the sunglasses. I do hope he is not going to repeat at the stage tonight!! About Gianluca’s new look I do not mind that much, I sincerely think that he might have been feeling not so much himself in Volo’s previous look and now he feels more comfortable and himself in his new wilder look. I sense a new easiness in his presence in the latest interviews, as if he had found an inner peace that he did not have before as Il Volo member. His long, curly hair is fantastic now 🙂 His trousers are funny, just like from some Asian martial arts, if he wears them on the stage tonight, maybe we will see a kick from him 😀
This BSMT interview was wonderful, they were really profound. I think that Ignazio has calmed down after his engagement, he seems released.
Have a wonderful Sanremo week everybody!
(Last week I already warned my students that this week I might be a little tired, and they told me not to worry because they will be too, I suppose watching Sanremo.)
Gut formuliert, das sehe ich auch so.
Kirsten, regardless of the fact that our three young men can wear whatever they want and we will always like them, but we can also freely say whether something suits them or not. Of course I prefer them in their beautiful and very elegant suits, but I understand that many young people have branded them as “old” also for their way of dressing, so if this can help them give a more modernized image, so be it. Sanremo, in addition to being a song festival, is also a fashion club, here we try to amaze, I saw the singers’ parade last night and ours were certainly among the best, I saw truly ridiculous and unthinkable things. Of course it’s one thing to amaze in order to get people talking, it’s another thing to sing, and in any case I’m sure that the three of them will always know how to dress according to needs. Tonight it starts, how exciting!!
hi everybody putting my two cents worth, and the most important thing about San Remo is that our men are Il Volo seeing their hearts out I don’t care what they have on. I don’t care how they look those glasses look marvelous I think they’re to protect his eyes from the bright lights, and I understand because I have a pair exactly like it None of us have stood in their place. None of us have done what they’ve done all we can do is applaud them be proud of them and cheer them on as for age oh my gosh, they are still so young and so good because they’ve been around for 15 years which is marvelous, which tells you how good they really are Does not hold a candle to the fact that they are the best that are going to be out there I for one will cheer them on if they’re out there in the birthday suits because they are magnificent. I love their music. I love their style I love the way they make us feel when they are right on target. They have practiced hard and long and seriously to make this the best that they can do I know each of them is dealing with their own insecurities and what if but they are going to do wonderful mark my word !!!!!
Thanks Mark for the compliments and for appreciating. I was sure you would talk about the famous holes in the trousers…..outdated fashion. Now you’re almost out of fashion if you wear them, but young people certainly like to see that you also follow fashion, it’s not a topic so separate from the world of singing, it’s a custom, a way of behaving, but also a way to be followed. The idea is to amaze and I think that the interview they did with BSMT was very surprising, they are not things that are so different from how we know them, but Il Volo interviewed by BSMT (with great appreciation) made them listen even to young people who would otherwise they would NEVER listen to them.
Yes Penina, Ignazio’s dress was a distraction because every now and then looking at it we said:
“You don’t look good in that dress”
“But why those trousers”, so I agree with Kirsten, but then I agree with you, because when Ignazio opened his mouth to sing, you forgot what he was wearing.
Hi Leena, I can say that Piero with those glasses, his hair straightened and full of gel and the white jacket looked like Onassis to me…ha ha ha.
Yesterday, however, in the afternoon he was interviewed by Rai 1 and he was perfect as always, sober, elegant. As I have already said, let’s get ready, they intend to surprise us, people, especially young Italians, seeing them today, don’t think that the three of them are Il Volo… that trio of old people they have always heard about but have not never wanted to see.
Yes, the interview is really beautiful, please comment on YouTube, BSMT said yesterday that from the comments they realized how much Il Volo is loved globally.
Get ready, you’ll be up very late.
As I said Cindi, it doesn’t matter what they wear, their voices, their way of singing, but also of speaking, their maturity, their way of being, education, respect…..it’s all a complete package that they offer us day by day, and that’s why we love them and you expressed it very well in your words.
Very well said. If Gianluca wants to dress a certain way on his own or even in concert, so be it. But this is Sanremo and he is part if a trio and they should all be dressed similarly and elegant. What he is wearing is distracting and looks so feminine. His voice is manly and romantic and that outfit doesn’t match up. His hair….He used to look so well-groomed and it added to his charm and suave character. LOVE, LOVE their singing.
I’m all for them expressing themselves but Gian’s pants are too baggie like Ignas used to be ! Frankly Gian would look good even in a paper bag!….for that matter they all could wear one and it wouldn’t matter!!🙄
Daniela the cc was amazing, thank you, I wasn’t sure how to do it but it easy….I’ll be using it again! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
As always thank you for all you do for all of us frustrated fans who cannot master enough Italian!
Thanks to both you and Pat!
Peace please….praying hard for our guys to get the prize..who deserves it more!
Carol💖💖💖🙏🏻🤗😘🙏🏻☮️🎼🎶🎤🩷
Carol I agree with you, too long, too baggy for Gianluca, I don’t mind the shape and in any case it’s just a note, as it was for Ignazio’s trousers, otherwise they could wear anything. I’m glad you turned on the subtitles.
You’re welcome, Carol! 😊
It was one of their better interviews due to the interviewer Gianluca Gazzoli. They allowed us to hear of their feelings about many personal aspects of their lives.
Katerina was very wise with her words to Ignazio before she signed his contract, but thank goodness that he knew what he wanted, and that she and Vito signed it.
I can’t wait to hear them sing Who Wants to Live Forever and the winning song (🙂) Capolovorno. They are a modern Italian Masterpiece, thank you Italy. And I agree with you Daniela about “the pants”. BTW it’s almost Gianluca’s birthday, Sanremo would be a great gift.
Dear RoseMarie, I agree with everything you wrote, the BSMT interview was really beautiful, and then with the translation it saved me a lot of work, but how many things we learned about them. In the comments on the video some Italian people changed their minds about Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca, saying that they are very genuine, not at all like the press has always described them!! I always prefer to attach the original videos, because if you want to comment or otherwise view it is better to do it so that whoever posted realizes the impact.
I can’t wait to hear WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER!!! I agree with you, it would be a wonderful gift for Gianluca, but as I told you, it will be difficult with the type of votes, they are not favored by the predictions at all. Let’s hope for at least a good placement. For us they have already won.
Caterina Boschetto’s words are really very significant and true, you understand the maturity of our kids where they come from, they have always been made aware of the difficulties and left to decide.
For what it is worth to all comments! I too am not a fan of Gianluca’s pants, however if he should appear at my door he would be welcome with open arms! I had a thought his girlfriend may have designed them but she doesn’t use that much fabric. I often felt his Elvis pants were too big too! His voice is huge and makes me smile with every note he sings. My heart goes out to Piero as he would be a wonderful partner for a lady who would be such a support to him. I am a believer in love so I am sure Piero will find his intended soon. Win or lose in the game of life,song and success. SANREMO would be great , but personal happiness doesn’t come in the form of a GOLDEN LION ❤️🇨🇦❤️
Sheila, how could I not agree with you, by the way I’ll come to your house too and I’ll be very happy to hug Gianluca despite the long and baggy trousers… ah ah ah!!!
You are welcome to come to my house! Pre-sale tickets will be available soon – 😂😂😂! Of course I am joking!! 🙃 it would be lots of fun to dream about🤩
Great column by Gianluca Gazzoli. “Our” Gianluca is a true ambassador of Abruzzo. He never misses an opportunity to say how wonderful his part of Italy is. Wish I could travel to see it, but my wandering days are over, sad to day. Hugs, Dol.
Dolores, don’t worry about writing your moods, that’s what we’re here for too. You can no longer travel like before, but your mind can, and our boys make us travel a lot with their beautiful music, their words and their descriptions. I have never seen Abruzzo, but Gianluca’s descriptions and the photos he often attaches to us of his Montepagano, have really inspired me to go and see those places.
That should read “sad to say”, but the arthritis kicks in every so often and makes comments of its own! Sorry! Dol.
I have the same problem, Dolores!😊
Dol, go buy a good quality brand of curcumin. Excellent for arthritis. 1000mg per tablet is good; don’t go for less. Avoid cheap rubbish full of fillers.
As for Sanremo, I’m not interested in watching it. I will wait for the song to be available on YouTube.
Thanks for the info, Thordis. At almost 92 yrs. old, if a bit of arthritis is all I have to complain about, I’ll take it and be thankful. Good to hear from you. Hugs, Dol.
A great interview on BSMT. The guys were very open and candid with their answers. So nice to hear good things being said about them. The article by Luca Maggitti was spot on. It was all so very true. Thank you Daniela for all the information you have given us about Sanremo. It lets us keep up with what’s going on. I also agree with you about the pants.
Cathy, I’m happy that you liked Luca Maggitti’s article and also the nice BSMT interview. In fact, if you want, comment under the BSMT video, so Gianluca Gazzoli realizes the love there is for these guys and also put where you comment from.
Thank you for the suggestion Daniela. I did leave a comment.
Daniela and Pat, this was a Goliath of a post! And that BSMT interview– Mamma Mia, what got into Ignazio (love, I guess.) I’ve never seen him open up so much. Also congrats to Gianluca for his well-deserved award. Eagerly awaiting the next post with the latest. ..we’re almost there.
Thank you for letting us in to what is happening …, very exciting
You’re most welcome, Judi!😊
Judi, when I saw the BSMT interview I was immediately excited and happy, what a great moment and I think everyone really enjoyed it. I agree, you can see that Ignazio is happy.
Thanks always for the compliments!
Thanks Monica, I’m happy you liked everything.
I am new to this site. I wanted to thank you for all you do to keep us informed. You are both a Godsend.
You’re most welcome, Eileen, and welcome! Glad you found us! 😁
Thanks Eileen and welcome. Stay with us we will always try to give you a different point of view and also an explanation.