1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:20,400 (VOCALISATIONS) 4 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:23,840 (Mahmood) # From the plane I can see the Sahara. # 5 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:28,600 (Mahmood) # Yesterday we were talking at the lake without worrying. # 6 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:33,120 (Mahmood) # You walk around and compete with those assholes to see who hates me more... # 7 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:35,880 # ..while I watch the TV inside of me. # 8 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:39,640 (Mahmood) # Tell me more, otherwise, I'll get angry like Majin Bu. # 9 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:43,840 # There's no one here who listens to me like you did. # 10 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:51,200 (VOCALISATIONS) 11 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:54,840 # I write all day, I go round the world... # 12 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:56,800 # You call, I don't answer,... # 13 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:02,160 # ..I drink because I just want to make some trouble... # 14 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,600 # ..like a child in a shop. # 15 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:09,240 # I'm a drifter, I bark but I don't bite,... # 16 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,880 # ..I swim, maybe I sink, I'm just tired,... # 17 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:16,760 # ..I just want to stay home. # 18 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:21,760 # Hugs and kisses from Tunisia. # 19 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:31,400 (VOCALISATIONS) 20 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:36,200 # Hugs and kisses from Tunisia. # 21 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:02,480 (Mahmood) I've never been good at talking about myself. 22 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,680 (Mahmood) Maybe that's also why I started writing songs. 23 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:11,320 ("SOLDI" MUSIC) 24 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:15,240 (Mahmood) At times, I've written things I'm deeply embarrassed about. 25 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:19,560 ("SOLDI" MUSIC) 26 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:27,560 (Mahmood) But deep down, I think the most real part of me is hidden among those words. 27 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:30,520 - (Mahmood) Hello! - (Woman) Hi! - (Mahmood) Here you are. 28 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:32,360 - Have you got it? - (Mahmood) Yes. 29 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,440 - Is that it? Just that? - No, I gave the other bag to Uncle Salvo. 30 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:40,160 Is that the meat? Let's put it over there. 31 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:44,600 - Let's make a running change. - A changing of the guard? 32 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:47,440 (INDISTINCT WORDS) 33 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,360 (Pietro Chessa) We followed him even when he was a child. 34 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:55,320 We often went to Milan. He always did something at Christmas and we went to watch. 35 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:59,800 We never dreamed he'd become what he is today. 36 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:17,680 ("DEI" MUSIC) 37 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:31,680 ("DEI" MUSIC AND CHEERS FROM THE AUDIENCE) 38 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:35,720 # Zeus above, Hera to the right, shining on the full moon. # 39 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:39,680 # Hermes flies, Hades falls, he wants to release the evil. # 40 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:43,640 # Venus is with Triton, Poseidon is among the abysses. # 41 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:48,360 # The sun goes down, Apollo trembles, if you get lost, ask Athena! # 42 00:03:48,400 --> 00:04:03,960 ("DEI" MUSIC AND CHEERS FROM THE AUDIENCE) 43 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,120 # I see a world within the pages. # 44 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:10,080 # You think about it, it's not that difficult to reach in a second,... # 45 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:14,240 # ..like a missile, further than Saturn. # 46 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:18,280 # You ask me what it's like, I don't answer, maybe I don't remember,... # 47 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:21,960 # ..I close my eyes and go back there. # 48 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,040 (chorus) # ..shining on the full moon. # 49 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,640 # Hermes flies, Hades falls, he wants to release the evil. # 50 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:31,640 # Venus is with Triton, Poseidon is among the abysses. # 51 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:35,880 # The sun goes down, Apollo trembles, if you get lost, ask Athena! # 52 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:51,360 ("DEI" MUSIC) 53 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:52,440 Wow! 54 00:04:52,480 --> 00:05:03,480 ("DEI" MUSIC) 55 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:11,240 # The sun goes down, Apollo trembles, if you get lost, ask Athena! # 56 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:19,440 (CHEERS FROM THE AUDIENCE) 57 00:05:20,280 --> 00:05:30,920 (INDISTINCT SINGING) 58 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:37,000 When I was little, I tried not to think too much about the real world. 59 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:40,920 (Teachers, from video) - Alessandro Mahmood. - Come on, Ale, come on! 60 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:45,600 The teachers were always telling my mother: "Madam, your son has his head in the clouds". 61 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:49,480 (Teachers, from video) Alessandro, can you look up a second for the photo? 62 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:56,240 (Mahmood) I took control of the cupboard where my mother put the cleaning products, sauces... 63 00:05:56,280 --> 00:05:58,320 (Mahmood) I'd created villages. 64 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,720 (Mahmood) There was Casper's castle, right in the middle,... 65 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:05,520 ..and it was linked to other houses with threads. 66 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:11,640 (Mahmood) I imagined up some incredible journeys. 67 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,320 Hello! 68 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:20,000 Here we are! 69 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:23,520 We were over there before and now we're here. 70 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:25,760 (Mahmood) Maybe I was rejecting reality. 71 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:30,600 I don't know if it was a kind of selfishness or if that's just how I was. 72 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:39,280 # Behold, the King of angels is born. # 73 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:43,640 (Mahmood) I sang at home every day. I really liked singing! 74 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:47,320 (Mum) One day, he told me he wanted to have singing lessons. 75 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:53,240 I didn't know if specific schools existed, I didn't have time because I was always working. 76 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:54,760 He looked for them himself. 77 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:56,800 (Woman) Alessandro Mahmood. 78 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:05,240 (Mahmood) I thought I was good. When I look at the videos now, I realise I really wasn't. 79 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:07,240 (Mahmood) I used to mimic my favourite singers. 80 00:07:07,280 --> 00:07:10,120 (Mahmood) I realised that was the wrong technique... 81 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:14,640 ..when I had my first singing lesson with Gianluca Valenti, in Baggio. 82 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:19,680 I learnt everything there, I did my first performances, consciously. 83 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:25,400 I started to feel nervous, anxious about getting on stage. I didn't have that as a child. 84 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:27,480 Alessandro... 85 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:32,880 - What are you singing for us? - "When you see nothing at all" by Ronan Keating. - Breathe though! 86 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,880 Your heart is beating like crazy! 87 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:39,960 I entered lots of music competitions,... 88 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,800 ..the classic ones with three rankings. 89 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:48,200 There was actually a competition where we had to take original material,... 90 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:52,240 ..I hadn't started writing yet, I was young, about 15-16 years old. 91 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:57,800 I bought a song off some writers, it was called "La notte ti adora". 92 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:03,960 # The night loves you, sat in that glass at 200 miles per hour! Per hour! # 93 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,360 # Tomorrow you'll be with me! # 94 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:11,440 # Goodnight, miss, wear leather and light, now's the time! # 95 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:14,800 # Again! Wear me! # 96 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:20,320 In spite of all these attempts, because you try, you always try,... 97 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:24,520 ..I was embarrassed at times to do certain things. 98 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:29,040 I asked myself: "Will all this take me where I want to go? I don't know." 99 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:37,640 ("INUYASHA" MUSIC AND CHEERS FROM AUDIENCE) 100 00:08:37,680 --> 00:08:42,600 (VOCALISATIONS) 101 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:48,560 # When you say goodbye, you break my heart. # 102 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:54,680 # Going so far as to raise my hands... I don't like it any more. # 103 00:08:54,720 --> 00:09:00,920 # If we argue around other people,... # 104 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:06,400 # ..there's no point asking friends who is right. # 105 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:09,440 # If who we are doesn't mean shit to you,... # 106 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:15,400 # ..to me we're worth more than an Ocean Drive. # 107 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:23,720 # If I ask how you are, the truth burns across your face, like Inuyasha's scar. # 108 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,640 # I don't know how... # 109 00:09:26,680 --> 00:09:30,280 # ..we're still standing. # 110 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:31,920 (Mahmood) Together! 111 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:36,920 (Mahmood) # I'll never be one of those rich kids. You see me and understand. # 112 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:42,800 # Being with me will feel like gliding on go-karts. # 113 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:43,840 (Mahmood) And then? 114 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:49,240 (Audience) # I admit I didn't do everything... # 115 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:55,520 (Mahmood) # ..to tell you that saying goodbye doesn't mean it's the end. # 116 00:09:55,560 --> 00:10:01,640 # I'll put the best of me inside a cocoon... # 117 00:10:01,680 --> 00:10:09,480 # ..so I don't hurt you anymore, if you'll do it too. # 118 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:15,040 ("INUYASHA" MUSIC) 119 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:18,120 I'd forbidden him to enter competitions. 120 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:23,520 He could study, but I thought competitions were a waste of energy. 121 00:10:23,560 --> 00:10:26,920 And he promised me he wouldn't enter any. We even drew up contracts. 122 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:33,400 I need to find them. We wrote them, and he signed them. I was really... We were... 123 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:35,600 (APPLAUSE) Alessandro Mahmood. 124 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:41,000 (APPLAUSE) 125 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:44,400 - Did you like him? - (Woman) Yes! - (Man) No. - (Woman) He's got the X Factor. 126 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:49,360 He's like X Factor? He's got the X Factor? Who said that? 127 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:57,240 (PIANO PLAYING "SOLDI" MUSIC) 128 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:00,520 (Dardust) The first time I saw Alessandro was on "X Factor". 129 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:06,960 (Dardust) I was casually watching and I was overcome by his vocality,... 130 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:11,480 ..by his stage presence, his energy, and his way of being. 131 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:17,320 Straightaway, I thought: "That's too easy, he'll go in and win 'X Factor'". 132 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:25,520 I think "X Factor" was one of the saddest times of my life. The biggest disappointment. 133 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:30,480 He came home and said: "Mum, I got through all the auditions for 'X Factor'". 134 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:32,200 There must have been six. 135 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:38,280 "I have to go to Olbia tomorrow because we have to do the last step to 'X Factor'." 136 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:43,560 "What do you mean you have to go tomorrow? Your exam's in three days and you haven't studied!" 137 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:47,360 (Mahmood) I'd passed all the auditions and got to the home visits. 138 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:50,920 (Mahmood) I'd prepared two songs, one in Italian and one in English. 139 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:55,880 (Mahmood) The choice was between me and another guy of who would proceed to the programme,... 140 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:59,800 ..and they asked us to sing something in Italian a cappella, and I wasn't prepared at all. 141 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:01,920 (Mahmood) So I chose a bit of a strange song. 142 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:04,840 (Simona Ventura) I'm sorry, Alessandro, it's a no from us. 143 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:07,160 Well, she said "no". Never mind. 144 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:11,640 (Mahmood) I was in Sardinia, and having my dream shattered at home,... 145 00:12:11,680 --> 00:12:14,160 ..in the heat, in jeans and a shirt... 146 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:21,040 He came home, and his exam was the next day. He hadn't studied at all. 147 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:24,680 I have to be honest, I wasn't very gentle. 148 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:29,120 I said: "Well, you didn't get into 'X Factor', all you need is to fail and it's a full house!". 149 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:34,880 I passed my end-of-school exam with 62. The bare minimum and a kick up the ass. 150 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:39,680 Then I found a job. I worked, and studied at music school in the afternoon. 151 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:42,360 After not even a month of signing up to this school,... 152 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:44,520 ..they called me and said that there was a chance... 153 00:12:44,560 --> 00:12:49,600 ..that one person from each category could be called back to the programme. 154 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:53,960 I thought: "Yeah, whatever!" But I had to try. And I passed. 155 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,920 You broke the ice beautifully. Well done, Ale! Really, well done! 156 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:00,400 So for me you did doubly well! 157 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:05,480 I think your vocal tone reflects your physique. 158 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:08,000 When you're there, you're... believable! 159 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:11,640 Being funky means having groove, being cool and being sexy. 160 00:13:11,680 --> 00:13:13,520 You've got all three of those characteristics. 161 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:16,920 They paid me loads of compliments in that episode... then they eliminated me. 162 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:21,480 Since the aim here is to launch a persona... 163 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:27,120 ..who has the chance of achieving record success,... 164 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:30,800 ..I think she's more prepared in that sense. 165 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:34,120 - So I'm going to eliminate Alessandro. - I'm eliminating Mahmood. 166 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:37,800 And that's when I started saying: "Never mind, it's not meant to be". 167 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:44,600 In hindsight, it was a good thing that Alessandro didn't continue with "X Factor",... 168 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:48,400 ..that he didn't come out of that, because then he had the chance to create a strong identity, 169 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:54,760 to launch himself unprecedentedly, maybe unique in the history of Italian music. 170 00:13:54,800 --> 00:14:00,360 Alessandro, I hope you have a long career in music because you deserve it. 171 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:03,920 You are ready for the music world. 172 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:06,080 PARIS BATACLAN 173 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:11,920 (INDISTINCT WORDS) 174 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:13,880 (Mahmood) Stefano, can you keep the monitors on? 175 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:19,520 I'm living this European tour as if I've been given another chance... 176 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:21,840 ..to take my music out of my country. 177 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:26,480 One of the nicest memories I've got is of my first European tour, the 2019 one. 178 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:34,160 Hearing people sing my songs with different accents, throughout Europe, it was unique. 179 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:39,400 (Mahmood) This place has a bit of a special meaning. 180 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:44,160 (Mahmood) I think that in a place like this, in a concert hall, a temple of music,... 181 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:49,680 ..people create connections that should never be broken. 182 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:56,000 I'm here to help music unite and not divide. 183 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:58,040 (CHEERS) 184 00:14:59,960 --> 00:15:05,880 (in English) How are you, guys? I'm going to have a wash and come back, okay? 185 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:08,920 (in English) Super on fire for tonight? 186 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:10,960 (Fans) Yes! 187 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,360 (MAHMOOD MAKES VOCAL WARM UP SOUNDS) 188 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:20,440 (MAHMOOD MAKES VOCAL WARM UP SOUNDS) 189 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:24,320 (in English) When he's singing, I have to dance,... 190 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:29,360 ..I don't understand anything because I'm not Italian, I can't speak the language,... 191 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:33,560 ..but the sound makes me want to dance. 192 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:36,600 Hey! 193 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:41,040 - How are you? Tell me. Everything good? - (Fans) Yes! 194 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:46,880 I'm a bit frazzled because I haven't played a concert in Paris since... 195 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:50,640 - How many years, Fugazza? How many years has it been since we played a concert...? - Three years. 196 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:52,240 Three years, guys! 197 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:57,000 For three years, we've been saying: "Hey, that concert we played in Paris..." 198 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:59,560 Here we are, guys! (CHEERS) 199 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:03,560 His music is something else. 200 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:09,440 I really like Claudio Baglioni, but this music is different for people my age... 201 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:15,120 But he's got something... I don't know how to describe it. I really don't. 202 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:18,600 Okay, from the beginning! One, two, three! 203 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:22,600 (together) # Happy birthday to you! # 204 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:26,280 - (together) # Happy birthday to you! # - Fabiano! Fabiano! 205 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:32,760 # Happy birthday, Fabiano, happy birthday to you! # 206 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:34,880 Yeah, bro! 207 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:40,520 Like him, I'd like an identity that makes me feel exclusively Italian,... 208 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:44,720 ..but I feel like I can't have that, because I've got roots. 209 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:47,560 I don't speak Arabic and I've never been to Egypt. 210 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:51,320 (Girl) There's this willingness to mix the past with the future and present,... 211 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:54,760 that makes me proud to follow an artist like this, so, hello, Alessandro! 212 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:59,920 SICILY - TAORMINA 213 00:16:59,960 --> 00:17:01,760 (Carmen Consoli) Hi! 214 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:06,200 - Come on! - How are you? - I'm good. 215 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:10,080 - What have you brought? - We've brought some sweet things. 216 00:17:10,120 --> 00:17:13,360 - Some? - Yeah, just a few bits... How many of us are there? 217 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,600 Hey, guy, welcome. 218 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:17,720 (Mahmood) This is a nice little house, hm? 219 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:20,280 (Carmen Consoli) He's brought just a few sweet things. 220 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:22,000 CARMEN CONSOLI'S HOUSE 221 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:24,440 Alessandro, this is my favourite moment. 222 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:27,920 I do this, I rinse it over there. 223 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:30,920 We pick it from here, we rinse it,... 224 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:33,960 ..and we put it on the pasta. 225 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:37,880 Like when we put the keyboards on. 226 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:43,480 A basil leaf for you. Let's throw this basil on these semiquavers. 227 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:44,920 - My goodness. - (Carmen) There you go. 228 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:49,280 (in a French accent) - Voilà, our pasta with basil... - Is ready! 229 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:54,440 I heard about Alessandro, before he even went on Sanremo, before his launch,... 230 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:57,760 ..as one of the best writers in Italy. 231 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:00,120 - Really? From who? - Yes. I heard rumours. 232 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:04,640 - I'd only written three songs. - People talk! 233 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:08,320 Whoever told me that was right though. 234 00:18:08,360 --> 00:18:13,640 I was given some names of young writers to collaborate with. 235 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:16,960 - I was given some names, and yours was one of them. - (Mahmood) Really? - Yes. 236 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:20,520 As someone who was closest to my style. 237 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:25,080 I was really surprised to see him at Sanremo. The Sanremo he then won. 238 00:18:25,120 --> 00:18:30,000 - (Man) Yes. - How strange! - Mauro Pagani was standing up, proud! 239 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:32,720 He was the one I auditioned for in 2016. 240 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:37,720 He helped me sign my first contract. 241 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:42,800 He called Sara Potente, who was my first record company. 242 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:47,120 He said to her: "Listen to this guy, he's just gone through to Sanremo". 243 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,720 And Sara listened to my song, "Dimentica". 244 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:54,440 # I'm alone... # 245 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:58,840 # ..in this blue room. # 246 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:01,880 "Dimentica"... I remember, there was the performance. 247 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:06,720 I didn't miss even one of them. "Dimentica" was the first. 248 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:13,360 It was traumatic for me, because he's talking about himself in "Dimentica". 249 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:18,880 Unfortunately, he never talks about any discomforts. 250 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:23,840 Any discomfort he has comes out through his songs. Even I found out lots of things from his songs. 251 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:29,600 # Forget... Forget! # 252 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:36,600 # Forget... bites on the pillow. Forget... # 253 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:40,080 (Francesco Fugazza) He started "Dimentica" with Marcello. 254 00:19:40,120 --> 00:19:43,000 (Francesco Fugazza) Then he contacted me through Facebook... 255 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:46,760 ..and came to me to continue with the production. 256 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:51,800 Then we went to Sanremo Giovani. And everything started from there. 257 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:57,920 He produced the song that got me the audition for Area Sanremo. 258 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:02,720 After that, the union between Francesco Fugazza and Marcello Grilli was created,... 259 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:05,200 ..they started producing together. 260 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:08,440 (Mahmood) Us three were at the heart of everything. 261 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:15,160 - Hey! - (Paola) Hey, Ale! 262 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:19,680 - Paolina, how are you? All good? - Yes, good. How are you? - All good. 263 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:20,760 MILAN 264 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,920 (Paola) I remember when I saw you at the Universal restaurant. 265 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:27,400 - It was 2016. - In 2016, you'd written "Dimentica". 266 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:32,120 That day, you came over to me and you said:... 267 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:36,560 .."I've heard the track, and I have to say that...". 268 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:42,480 - It was the voice that... - You said something to me that I'll always remember. 269 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:47,440 You said: "Yeah, okay, I'll see you again in Milan. I'll call you". 270 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:53,560 - When you said that I thought... - Oh yes, there goes another one. - Exactly! 271 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:57,200 "There goes another one." But instead... 272 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:03,480 No, when I saw you, I thought you were so far from that genre... 273 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:06,040 You know how I've always struggled a bit with the Sanremo Festival. 274 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:12,360 - You told me: "You don't fit in here. Okay, you've done this, but now...". - "Enough!" 275 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:16,120 - "Focus on other stuff!" - (ironically) You really did take my advice! 276 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:22,800 For me, Paola has been a fundamental part of my journey. 277 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:26,760 I've never had a manager and artist relationship when working with her. 278 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:30,760 In this country, as far as my job is concerned,... 279 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:35,520 ..there's always been something more authentic missing, something more real,... 280 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:39,520 ..that allows you to enter into the mainstream... 281 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:41,920 ..without doing something that isn't you. 282 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:47,600 And when I saw you, I said: "He's actually what is missing". 283 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:51,120 She got me to listen to songs, she sent me files,... 284 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:54,240 ..she gave me the chance to collaborate with Fabri Fibra. 285 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:57,280 I was nothing. Nothing. I was no one. 286 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:02,600 Working out what they were telling me in my own style was the key. And I did it in the end. 287 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:07,080 One day, we went to Universal with "Uramaki" and Klaus said: "That's a hit!" 288 00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:09,640 "You've done it, you've worked out how to start the chorus, Alessandro". 289 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:14,360 That's when I said to myself: "You've done it, after two years". 290 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,440 Then they made me sign a contract as a writer. 291 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:20,560 The first hit I wrote that was certified platinum, was "Nero Bali",... 292 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:22,920 ..by Elodie, Michele Bravi and Gué Pequeno. 293 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:28,760 (Mahmood) That's when I realised I might be able to make money from this. 294 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:36,400 That was the first big reassurance I got. 295 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:42,680 Reassurance because I knew I could do something and reassurance from an economic perspective. 296 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:48,800 Anyway, up until I won Sanremo and even the year after, I always lived with my mum. 297 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:53,240 Hi, I'm Mahmood. I'm 26 and I'm from Milan. 298 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:57,720 I'm Italo-Egyptian because my mother is Sardinian and my father is Egyptian. 299 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:00,800 My mother made me listen to Lucio Battisti songs at home,... 300 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:04,800 ..and I listened to Egyptian songs in the car with my father. 301 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:09,200 I was offered the chance to take part in Sanremo Giovani with "Gioventù bruciata". 302 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:13,520 I said no at first, because... 303 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:18,760 ..because I'd already been to Sanremo Giovani and I'd come fourth, I remember. 304 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:26,960 If I took part in Sanremo Giovani again and didn't reach a higher place,... 305 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,440 ..my career would've been over. 306 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:34,200 # What do they know about the Sphinx, I saw it with you when I was eight... # 307 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:39,120 In the end, I accepted. I couldn't get out of it, that was how it was. 308 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,320 What could I do? No one knew me. 309 00:23:41,360 --> 00:23:46,480 At the start of the verse, with the first line, that was a slap in everyone's face. Well done! 310 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:51,960 Mahmood, my friend, it's as though the whole world has got together inside you. 311 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:56,000 (Mahmood) Usually, whoever wins the Critics Award doesn't win Sanremo Giovani. 312 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:59,360 That year, the winner of Sanremo Giovani would go on to the main Festival as one of the big artists. 313 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:03,160 That evening, they were giving out the Critics Award. "The Critics Award goes to..." 314 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:07,160 My record company and I looked at each other, and hoped we weren't the winners. 315 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,440 "Let's hope it's not us." 316 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:11,640 Mahmood, with "Gioventù bruciata". 317 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:16,040 (Mahmood) I thought: "I'm definitely not going to win". Look at the face on me. 318 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:18,920 (Mahmood) I remember I went up to get the Critics Award... 319 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:23,800 ..with a face as though someone had just killed all my pets. 320 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:27,760 When I went home, everyone asked me why I looked like that... 321 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:29,720 ..when I went on stage. 322 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:31,440 I didn't take it well. 323 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:34,520 (sarcastically) I'm very optimistic. 324 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,640 Good things just don't happen to us. 325 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:43,280 So I thought: "Even if he does his best...". I didn't think about him winning at all. 326 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:44,960 I couldn't believe it. 327 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,040 They gave me the Critics Award,... 328 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:52,000 ..and then they said: "And the winner is Mahmood with 'Gioventù bruciata'". 329 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:58,240 And that's when I said "holy shit" in front of... Pippo Baudo. 330 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:02,880 Mahmood, with "Gioventù bruciata"! (APPLAUSE) 331 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,240 - (Pippo Baudo) Mahmood! - (quietly) Holy shit. 332 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:08,360 - (Pippo Baudo) Mahmood! - What a shock! 333 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:12,480 - What a shock, guys! - Mahmood! (APPLAUSE) 334 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:14,520 (Mahmood) Good morning. 335 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:19,320 (Mahmood) Guys, I've woken up with these awards,... 336 00:25:19,360 --> 00:25:24,600 ..it seems impossible to me, I can't believe it. 337 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:28,640 If that hadn't have happened, "Soldi" wouldn't have existed either. 338 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:32,760 So, I'll always be thankful... "Gioventù bruciata" will always be the best for me. 339 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:37,560 # There's something I don't understand,... # 340 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:42,080 # ..how to dive into the Red Sea,... # 341 00:25:42,120 --> 00:25:46,680 # ..I forgot that too early on,... # 342 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:51,200 # ..but I remember you saying: "I'll stay". # 343 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:55,760 # Lost in a messy life,... # 344 00:25:55,800 --> 00:26:00,280 # ..if you think about it, it's less complicated. # 345 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:04,920 # You always repeated the same phone call. # 346 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:09,960 # Damn this misspent youth of yours. # 347 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:14,760 ("GIOVENTÙ BRUCIATA" MUSIC AND MAHMOOD VOCALISING) 348 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,440 I'd put a lot of notions into the song,... 349 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:21,880 ..descriptions of my childhood and what I'd experienced. 350 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:27,320 And it was one of the first songs I'd written that spoke a lot about my childhood. 351 00:26:27,360 --> 00:26:30,360 So I was scared of singing it in front of certain people. 352 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:34,120 Oh, my goodness... it broke my heart. 353 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:40,520 I'll never forget it. That's when I realised how much he kept things hidden. 354 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:46,920 Because he'd always been a happy child. At home, at the seaside, he was always happy. 355 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:51,520 I'd never noticed Alessandro being unhappy at all,... 356 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:55,840 ..even if I did take him to a psychologist when his father left. 357 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:59,960 I was worried. He seemed so untroubled and I thought that was impossible. 358 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:04,440 # ..but I remember you saying: "I'll stay". # 359 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:08,840 # Lost in a messy life,... # 360 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:13,520 # ..if you think about it, it's less complicated. # 361 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:18,160 # You always repeated the same phone call. # 362 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:23,160 # Damn this misspent youth of yours. # 363 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:42,000 ("GIOVENTÙ BRUCIATA" MUSIC AND MAHMOOD VOCALISING) 364 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:49,280 (APPLAUSE AND CHEERS) 365 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:53,320 (ARABIC DIALOGUE) 366 00:27:53,360 --> 00:27:55,240 (Ahmed) Alessandro? 367 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:57,880 - (Ahmed) What are you doing? - A smile? 368 00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:00,360 (Mahmood) It's always been a mess. 369 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:05,680 Even when I was little, I remember the relationship I had with him... 370 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,320 (MAHMOOD SCOFFS) 371 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:12,840 I don't know. 372 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:19,040 I remember good times spent with him. 373 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:24,440 But... they're a bit confusing, a bit strange. 374 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:30,000 I don't know, I can't work them out properly, because there's always that veil... 375 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:38,400 At the time, I thought it was good, but thinking about it now, I don't know if it was. 376 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:42,400 I mean, spending all day on the sofa watching TV, while he came and went. 377 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:45,400 And that was the day I was supposed to spend with him at the weekend,... 378 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:48,160 ..when he'd come and pick me up from my mother's. 379 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,520 You can imagine, my mother didn't let me watch TV,... 380 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:55,200 ..so sitting in front of Cartoon Network day and night was a dream for me. 381 00:28:55,240 --> 00:29:01,920 But now, thinking about it, I don't know if it really... 382 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:03,160 I don't know. 383 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:11,080 I met Alessandro's dad, Ahmed, in the Porta Romana area. 384 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:14,560 I think I was 23. 385 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,680 I was there, in a café. 386 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:21,600 He was handsome, cheerful, very nice. 387 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:25,920 (Anna) We were together for three years and then we got married. 388 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:30,120 (Anna) I asked him if he wanted to get married in a church, and he was really happy. 389 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:33,680 (Anna) He stayed true to his religion and I did to mine. 390 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,720 (Anna) Then Alessandro was born. How lovely! 391 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:40,120 When you want something... That's what happens. 392 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:43,520 MILAN GRATOSOGLIO 393 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:49,240 ANNA'S HOUSE 394 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:53,240 (ESPRESSO MACHINE HUMMING) 395 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:59,000 Okay. Coffee... 396 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:01,480 - Do you want a biscuit? - Thank you. 397 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:03,800 (Anna) Go on, let's spoil ourselves. 398 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:06,440 - Oh, come on! - (Anna and Mahmood, together) This was Egypt. 399 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:08,240 That was a real waterfall! 400 00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:12,200 - That was the first time we went to Egypt, my brother wasn't around yet. - Yes. 401 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:16,040 (SOUND OF SURPRISE FROM MAHMOOD) - Oh, honey, you're always smiling! - How ugly! 402 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:18,760 - You were always smiling. - (Mahmood) That's my cousin, Menna. 403 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:22,960 (Mahmood) She was drowning with the dinghy upside down and I saved her. 404 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:24,640 (Mahmood) Yes. 405 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:26,840 On this trip, when I was eight,... 406 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:31,040 I remember when they took us to the desert on camels. 407 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:34,400 - (Anna) Yes, the one with the horse that... - (Mahmood) We went to get you a present. 408 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:37,760 (Mahmood) We went to a perfume shop near the desert where they made their own perfumes... 409 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:41,120 ..and I bought a gold bottle and gave it to you. 410 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:43,160 - (Anna) Yes, yes. - (Mahmood) I remember that. 411 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:46,160 (Mahmood) Alessandro! Are you going to say hello? 412 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:48,800 Hello! I'm making... 413 00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:52,720 (Anna) You can tell your cousin's tickling you! 414 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:55,560 - They were so nice though. - Yes, that's true. 415 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:58,920 - Both of them. - You could tell they were so patient. 416 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:02,920 (Anna) Listen to what you say, listen. 417 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:06,400 They're singing in Egyptian. I don't understand a thing. 418 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,480 (Anna, laughing) Did you hear that? 419 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:16,040 (Mahmood) I said: "They're singing in Egyptian. I don't understand a thing". I was eight. 420 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:20,880 (Ahmed) We're at McDonald's at Athens airport. 421 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:22,800 Athens. 422 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:26,000 - (Ahmed) It's 06:30 in the morning. - And we have to go... 423 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:30,360 It's 06:30 in the morning and we have to get the aeroplane to go to... 424 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:36,680 (Ahmed) The funny thing is that Alessandro is eating chips at 06:30 in the morning. 425 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:41,200 (Ahmed, laughing) A hamburger and a huge Coca-Cola. 426 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:43,840 (AHMED AND ALESSANDRO GIGGLE) 427 00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:47,840 - I'll say goodbye now. Bye! - (Ahmed) Bye, bye. 428 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,640 I remember the day my father left home. 429 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:56,080 He brought me this kind of family of teddy bears. 430 00:31:56,120 --> 00:32:02,480 There was the daddy teddy bear, it was huge, and two smaller teddy bears. 431 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:07,000 I might still have one of those little teddy bears at my mum's house in Orosei, Sardinia. 432 00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:08,520 Yeah. 433 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:12,080 But, from that day on, I never... (MAHMOOD GIGGLES) 434 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:16,880 It's weird to say, but it's as though I never missed him. I don't know... 435 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:19,960 It's weird. 436 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:24,240 (Ahmed) Ale, stay there a second. Look at me. 437 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:30,040 (Mahmood) I'm not angry or bitter. I don't resent anyone. 438 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:33,440 People simple make choices in life. 439 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:37,520 Life goes in different... directions. 440 00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:39,040 Hidden places. 441 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:43,120 (Mahmood) I think he's been married other times anyway. 442 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:48,280 (Mahmood) So, anyway, he's hidden things in his life from me. 443 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:54,120 (Mahmood) There are things about my father that I haven't seen since I was born, many things. 444 00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:55,920 (Mahmood) There are several. 445 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:59,320 (Mahmood) I don't have any regrets about my life... 446 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,000 ..or about things I haven't let him see of me. 447 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:06,320 (Mahmood) At the end of the day, our lives are on completely different trajectories. 448 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:09,800 # Say goodnight. # 449 00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:14,040 # Even if you don't know it, I need you. # 450 00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:18,360 # You saw all the worst with me before the cash. # 451 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:21,600 # The cash was spent on rental cars. # 452 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:26,240 # It's not easy raising on your own... # 453 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:31,040 # ..the one who half reminds you of the man who left you. # 454 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:34,960 # Family means staying here. # 455 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:39,160 # As a couple, even if it's difficult. # 456 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,960 # Don't worry, mum,... # 457 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:46,880 # ..strength is for those who know how to survive. # 458 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:55,720 (in Sardinian dialect) # I cannot rest, my love. # 459 00:33:55,760 --> 00:34:03,800 (in Sardinian dialect) # I think about you all the time. # 460 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:12,120 (in Sardinian dialect) # I promise you that I only want you. # 461 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:16,600 (in Sardinian dialect) # Because I love you lots, I love you. # 462 00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:21,640 (in Sardinian dialect) # I love you and I love you. # 463 00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:25,920 # Sorry if I haven't been honest. # 464 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:30,240 (Mahmood) # I promised you I'd be part of your life. # 465 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,600 (Mahmood) # I swear, I'll do it, I'll take you as far as New York. # 466 00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:39,040 # What gift do you want? You say: "The thought's enough." # 467 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:44,000 ("T'AMO" MUSIC) 468 00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:46,880 (Mahmood) It wasn't that difficult to write a song for my mother,... 469 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:49,160 ..it was more difficult to let her listen to it. 470 00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:51,400 You've described everything I am. 471 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:57,120 (Anna) From saying goodnight to the fact that we were on our own. 472 00:34:57,160 --> 00:35:02,800 (Anna) That we grew up together and... (ANNA SIGHS) 473 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:06,600 (Anna) You really reminded me of our life. 474 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:10,720 (Anna) You summed it all up in a few words. 475 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:15,000 (WAVES LAPPING) 476 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:19,280 Anna, here you go. The mother of the year award. 477 00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:21,720 My goodness! (THEY LAUGH) 478 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:24,760 (BELL CHIMING) 479 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:31,160 (Anna) I grew up in Orosei. I stayed there until I was 18. 480 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:34,920 (Anna) Then, when I turned 18, I decided to go to Milan. 481 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:38,480 Come on! Alessandro, smile! 482 00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:40,480 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 483 00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:45,600 (Anna) Anna, as a mum, well, she's a pain sometimes. 484 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:50,520 She's a stickler. But I think she's the best mum I could ever have. 485 00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:52,800 As far as I'm concerned. 486 00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:58,760 But it's definitely not easy to live with me or her. 487 00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:02,880 Because we're both hotheads. We clash a lot. 488 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:04,760 No! No! 489 00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:07,720 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) (Anna) Hey, don't shout! 490 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:11,480 (Mahmood) We were a very close family. There was a birthday every weekend. 491 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:14,440 (Mahmood) My mum has a family of 13, with all her brothers and sisters. 492 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:17,760 (Mahmood) With their children and nieces and nephews, there was a birthday every weekend. 493 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:21,360 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 494 00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:25,600 I played with my cousins because we lived together, so my mother and I didn't feel alone. 495 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:28,240 (Mahmood) I think that was more her thing,... 496 00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:34,600 ..having to raise me on her own and work, it was difficult for her. 497 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:36,640 (Mahmood) I lived in my fantasy world. 498 00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:42,520 Do these things happen on beaches in Sardinia? 499 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:48,440 (Carmen) Here, people set up camping tables,... 500 00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:51,720 ..they open parasols up. 501 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:55,880 They really do set up camp and stay there for the whole day on 15th August. 502 00:36:55,920 --> 00:37:01,240 They put the mother in law at the head of the table on a director's chair, which is usually green. 503 00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:03,480 - We do that in Sardinia too. - That happens? 504 00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:05,840 Ours is green, red and white. 505 00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:13,760 - These things happen? - You can't talk to me about these things because we're the masters. 506 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:16,840 - Really? - We've got land in a pine forest that was my grandfather's. 507 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:24,840 So we've got the fence, a cabin in the middle where we put the mattresses, chairs, tables... 508 00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:30,440 - There are gazebos too... - There's a café, but we bring everything from home. - From home. 509 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:34,800 We cook there... All the aunties cook "seadas". 510 00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:39,760 - It's a fried dessert, they fry them in the cabin. - In the cabin?! - Yes, in the cabin! 511 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:42,720 And then we... 512 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,960 If anyone sees us, we look like a cult. 513 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:50,240 My mum's family... There are 13 of them, with all her brothers and sisters, so just imagine! 514 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:53,960 (MACARENA) 515 00:37:54,000 --> 00:38:03,840 (MACARENA) 516 00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:06,240 (Michela Loddo) We're lucky to have a big family... 517 00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:10,480 ..because each of us has our own characteristics... 518 00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:15,920 ..and when you put them all together it's a wonderful union! 519 00:38:18,240 --> 00:38:20,680 (Mahmood) I'll keep these here. 520 00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:25,280 (Auntie Maria) Yes. Put it there. We've finished, haven't we? 521 00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:27,520 Auntie Maria, everything all right? 522 00:38:29,240 --> 00:38:31,840 (MAHMOOD HUMS) 523 00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:36,000 When I was little, they took me to collect buckets of water from the sea. 524 00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:41,560 - Heavy buckets that broke your back. - We didn't have water here before, so... 525 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:45,960 The children were this high,... 526 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:50,520 ..they had to go and... and get buckets of water from the sea. 527 00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:55,760 - (Mahmood) To clean the fish, the mussels... - We rinsed them. 528 00:38:55,800 --> 00:39:00,960 (Auntie Maria) Sometimes just one person does all those things... 529 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:03,480 ..and sometimes different people have different jobs. 530 00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:08,960 It depends... The men cook the meat, they always do that. 531 00:39:14,720 --> 00:39:18,440 (MAHMOOD HUMS) 532 00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:26,480 - Let's hope we can do it tonight. - Of course you can. 533 00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:29,320 LONDON 02 SHEPHERD'S BUSH EMPIRE 534 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:32,040 We've come from Ireland to see Mahmood. 535 00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:35,040 (in English) - I'm from Cyprus. - I'm originally from India, and she's from Lithuania. 536 00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:37,120 (in English) - London. - I'm from Spain. 537 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:42,480 Are you ready? 538 00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:47,440 ("SOLDI" MUSIC) 539 00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:50,760 (in English) In "Soldi", there was also an R&B part... 540 00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:54,400 ..and I remember that a lot of R&B people,... 541 00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:57,200 ..wrote to me on Instagram, telling me:... 542 00:39:57,240 --> 00:40:00,720 .."Oh my God, it's like you're talking about my story". 543 00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:02,920 So I'm really happy about that. 544 00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:06,560 # - Soldi... - Soldi! # 545 00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:08,960 (together) # You asked me how's it going, how's it going, how's it going! # 546 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:15,760 (INDISTINCT WORDS) 547 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:18,600 (in English) We saw him at Eurovision, and we became big fans. 548 00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:21,600 - Eurovision. - Eurovision, yeah. - "Soldi". 549 00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:25,800 (in English) And then followed it up, tried to learn Italian for his songs as well. 550 00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:28,360 (in English) Neither of us knows Italian, I don't really understand the lyrics,... 551 00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:31,360 ..but I found out about him on Eurovision, the first time he went. 552 00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:33,840 (in English) I was obsessed with the song and I was just like: "I love him!". 553 00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:42,160 (VOCALISATIONS) 554 00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:45,680 (PIANO MUSIC) (Man, from phone) The low part, with an 'A'. 555 00:40:45,720 --> 00:40:48,160 (Man) Your 'A', the one you use to sing. 556 00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:52,000 (MAN DOES VOCALISATIONS WITH THE LETTER 'A' FROM PHONE) 557 00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:57,760 (MAHMOOD DOES VOCALISATIONS WITH THE LETTER 'A' FROM PHONE) 558 00:40:57,800 --> 00:40:59,960 (MAHMOOD DOES VOCALISATIONS WITH THE LETTER 'A') 559 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:04,440 (in English) - (Woman) Tickets out on the left! - (Girl) I like him because he's alternative. 560 00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:08,840 (in English) I really like his vibe, mainly his style, I really like how he dresses as well. 561 00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:11,640 (in English) - I think it's going to be a good one, I think it's... - It's going to be good. 562 00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:15,560 (Woman, in English) So, yeah, that's basically how it's supposed to be and then like lower down, yeah. 563 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:19,160 (Woman, in English) That's how it's supposed to be worn. 564 00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:22,840 (Man) But then when we starts to sing... (MAHMOOD SINGS) 565 00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:25,000 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 566 00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:28,560 (Woman, in English) I think it's amazing, I think it's a great look. 567 00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:30,480 (Woman, in English) And you can pull it down when you need, right? 568 00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:34,120 (in English) - It's going to be really fun. - Yeah, I want a big show outfit. 569 00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:35,760 (in English) First time Mahmood in London. 570 00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:38,320 # I'm telling you love is like crime: it doesn't pay. # 571 00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:43,840 # You make a scene and ruin the evening. You're the lookout when the raid comes. Loving you kills me. # 572 00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:48,120 # They'll burn your curtains, if the family lies. # 573 00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:51,880 # They'll ask for advice, but you shouldn't give it. # 574 00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:54,320 # Away from me, away from me, away from me. # 575 00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:59,680 # I'll call you back, stick around. Away from you, away from you. Golden Hour Daytona. # 576 00:41:59,720 --> 00:42:05,000 # You only fire AKs when we are alone. # 577 00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:09,120 # Midnight looks like daytime, standing on top of the bus. # 578 00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:15,880 # I'm out of my mind if you fuck me, because I never told you that at night,... # 579 00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:18,920 # ..at night, at night, at night, at night,... # 580 00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:21,800 # ..at night, at night, at night the two of us are a Klan. # 581 00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:25,520 # At night, at night, at night, at night, at night, at night the two of us are a Klan. # 582 00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:29,840 (Anna) Alessandro is never alone. His house is always full of friends. 583 00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:34,080 (Anna) He always needs to be surrounded so he doesn't have to think. 584 00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:38,080 (Mahmood) If you have a safe haven, which for me is my friends, my family,... 585 00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:40,480 ..then you don't risk hurting yourself too much. 586 00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:44,880 - Anna's in... - When I'm free, I want to see them. I get them all round my house. 587 00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:49,120 - Dinner outside. - (Mahmood) They're the people I grew up with. 588 00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:50,960 (Mahmood) So they're the ones who know me the best,... 589 00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:55,480 ..because they know how my thinking has changed over the years. 590 00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:58,760 They're a bit like the diary of my life. 591 00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:03,360 # At night, at night, at night, at night, at night, at night the two of us are a Klan. # 592 00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:07,600 # At night, at night, at night, at night, at night, at night the two of us are a Klan. # 593 00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:12,880 He's basically my family, everything. 594 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:16,200 Alessandro is absolutely a part of my family. 595 00:43:16,240 --> 00:43:18,120 I consider him my brother. 596 00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:22,600 - He's a huge pain in the ass. - He's such an important person. 597 00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:24,800 (Sabrina Berardinelli) In every respect. 598 00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:27,640 - He's a very generous friend. - (Davide Zirattu) He's a pain in the ass. 599 00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:32,000 (Davide Zirattu) We're friends, but we argue. 600 00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:36,720 He's appreciated by everyone anyway. I mean, really... That's how he is. 601 00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:40,560 (Riccardo Schiara) What I love about him is that he's always stayed true to himself. 602 00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:44,800 (Riccardo) He's always been humble, even if his life is so busy,... 603 00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:47,640 ..because one day he's here, then he's away for four days... 604 00:43:47,680 --> 00:43:49,920 (Riccardo) But if you need him, he's there. 605 00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:56,560 (Camilla Magli) He's become more empathetic ever since all this happened. 606 00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:58,600 # The two of us are a Klan. # 607 00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:00,800 ("KLAN" MUSIC) 608 00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:02,840 # The two of us are a Klan. # 609 00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:05,000 ("KLAN" MUSIC) 610 00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:07,040 # The two of us are a Klan. # 611 00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:13,360 ("KLAN" MUSIC) 612 00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:15,400 # The two of us are a Klan. # 613 00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:18,840 (CHEERS FROM AUDIENCE) 614 00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:23,360 (Mahmood) The first time I realised I had fans... 615 00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:27,280 ..was at one of my first concerts at the Ohibò with Marcello. 616 00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:31,920 # There's something I don't understand,... # 617 00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:35,000 # ..how to dive into the Red Sea,... # 618 00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:37,680 When I took part in Sanremo Giovani and won with "Gioventù bruciata",... 619 00:44:37,720 --> 00:44:42,040 ..I had this concert at Ohibò before going to the main Sanremo Festival. 620 00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:49,680 I went and sung there and this place gradually filled up, it was full of people! 621 00:44:49,720 --> 00:44:52,440 Everyone was signing my songs. That was the first time I heard them being sung. 622 00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:54,760 "People listen to them, people know them!" 623 00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:58,920 # You always repeated the same phone call. # 624 00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:03,200 # Damn this misspent youth of yours. # 625 00:45:03,240 --> 00:45:09,640 It was really strange for me. I think that was one of the most moving concert moments. 626 00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:12,800 MILAN GRATOSOGLIO 627 00:45:12,840 --> 00:45:16,720 (Anna) Alessandro is leaving for Sanremo. 628 00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:19,840 (Anna) Wow! Good luck, Ale! 629 00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:24,280 The week of Sanremo will remain etched in my life forever,... 630 00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:28,440 ..because it was an unexpected crescendo, day after day. 631 00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:31,560 Sanremo in 2019 was good because I was calm. 632 00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:33,760 He had a low-profile attitude. 633 00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:40,440 - "Yes, I'll try, I don't know... Maybe, we'll see. It's impossible, it won't happen." - And then... 634 00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:45,480 # You only wanted money, money. As if... # 635 00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:50,480 (Dardust) After the first performance, I started getting the feeling something was happening. 636 00:45:50,520 --> 00:45:52,440 (Dardust) Something really big. 637 00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:56,920 And I started talking about it with the record companies and team. 638 00:45:56,960 --> 00:46:01,560 I said: "Guys, I think something big is going to happen here." 639 00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:05,040 "Maybe he'll even get on the podium... I don't know, I can feel something happening." 640 00:46:05,080 --> 00:46:08,840 But they all told me: "Keep your feet on the ground,..." 641 00:46:08,880 --> 00:46:13,080 "..'Soldi' hasn't got the standard hit features,..." 642 00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:16,560 "..it's too much of a unique track, he's too unique." 643 00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:23,200 Whereas I kept feeling like he was having a huge impact. 644 00:46:23,240 --> 00:46:29,040 (Anna) It's finally Friday evening, we're in Sanremo. 645 00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:31,920 (Anna) This is Sanremo Casino... 646 00:46:31,960 --> 00:46:36,200 (Anna) And now we're going to listen to Alessandro... 647 00:46:36,240 --> 00:46:40,120 ..who's singing with Guè Pequeno at the Ariston Theatre. 648 00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:44,280 I remember Saturday night very well, the night of the final. 649 00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:49,720 We were in the dressing rooms and the countdown from last position started. 650 00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:53,000 (Dardust) It got to tenth position and Alessandro still hadn't been mentioned. 651 00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:56,160 (Dardust) When it got to fourth position, Alessandro still hadn't appeared. 652 00:46:56,200 --> 00:46:59,520 So I thought: "Man, we're on the podium! What's going on?" 653 00:46:59,560 --> 00:47:01,960 (Claudio Baglioni) 03, Mahmood, "Soldi". 654 00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:05,320 - Mahmood? - Oh my God! 655 00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:11,120 One of the stage managers called me, and sent me to the cubicle behind the stage. 656 00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:16,680 I was there with the orchestra conductors of the other two finalists. 657 00:47:16,720 --> 00:47:21,440 The winning song of the 69th edition... 658 00:47:21,480 --> 00:47:24,920 ..of the Sanremo Festival is... 659 00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:30,120 Then this girl with headphones came, one of the authors,... 660 00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:33,960 ..she gave me the music score, and said: "Here, you've won". 661 00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:36,160 (Claudio Baglioni) "Soldi"! Mahmood! 662 00:47:36,200 --> 00:47:39,120 (APPLAUSE) 663 00:47:39,160 --> 00:47:41,920 (Anna) My goodness, he didn't know what was going on! 664 00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:46,600 (Anna) Really, Alessandro showed what he was feeling. That's how he is. 665 00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:51,840 "I've won?!" That's what he's like. That expression... that was him. 666 00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:57,400 Even at home, when good things happen, he always has that surprised expression... 667 00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:01,640 When he won... They said the name of the song, not "Mahmood". 668 00:48:01,680 --> 00:48:04,880 I didn't understand straightaway that it was him. 669 00:48:04,920 --> 00:48:07,120 I looked around and his mother was gone. 670 00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:12,600 I don't know where she went, if she went over my head, or flew... She'd run away. 671 00:48:12,640 --> 00:48:17,280 She'd gone to the Ariston entrance, from the back of the stage. 672 00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:23,280 That's where she'd gone, maybe she was a bit out of it at the time. 673 00:48:23,320 --> 00:48:27,480 A wonderful... A wonderful experience! Very touching, just beautiful. 674 00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:30,200 (Claudio Baglioni) "Soldi"! 675 00:48:30,240 --> 00:48:33,080 (Filippo Ferrari) I was in the press room and had to write the news. 676 00:48:33,120 --> 00:48:35,280 (Filippo) I'd prepared an article that I had to publish. 677 00:48:35,320 --> 00:48:38,160 (Filippo) I'd left a blank space and "has won the Sanremo Festival" written next to it. 678 00:48:38,200 --> 00:48:42,240 (Filippo) Then when I put his name in, I kept saying: "Fuck! Fuck, he really has won!" 679 00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:44,080 (Filippo) It was an incredible feeling! 680 00:48:44,120 --> 00:48:46,160 Fucking well done! 681 00:48:46,200 --> 00:48:52,920 (Paola) I thought: "That's the face of someone who never expected to win the Festival." 682 00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:56,440 It really was a combination of... "What the fuck..." 683 00:48:56,480 --> 00:49:01,280 It was a combination of "What the fuck" and "I'm sorted!" "I'm sorted for the next five years!" 684 00:49:01,320 --> 00:49:03,960 It was a combination of "What the fuck..." and "My goodness..." 685 00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:07,000 "What the fuck? I was hanging around cafés up until two years ago!" 686 00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:09,920 (Filippo) Ale, we haven't got our whole lives to wait... 687 00:49:09,960 --> 00:49:13,600 (Men) - Aim over here! - Over there... - Go, go! - Go! - Go, Ale! 688 00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:18,000 (Filippo) Open it! (CHEERS) 689 00:49:18,040 --> 00:49:22,880 (from radio) # I haven't got time to explain because only now do I know what you are. # 690 00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:29,280 - (Anna) We're on our way back to Milan and what are we hearing on the radio? - I've got goosebumps! 691 00:49:29,320 --> 00:49:33,760 - # I realised in a second... # - (Anna) Wow! Mahmood! 692 00:49:33,800 --> 00:49:37,480 # You only wanted money! Money! # 693 00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:42,000 (Anna) # As if... I had money! Money! # 694 00:49:43,320 --> 00:49:45,800 (together) # You asked me how's it going, how's it going, how's it going! # 695 00:49:45,840 --> 00:49:47,320 (CHEERS) 696 00:49:47,360 --> 00:49:52,920 (Camilla) What lovely singers! Next year, we're all going to Sanremo! 697 00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:55,440 (Camilla) How's it going, Ricky? How's it going? How's it going? How's it going? 698 00:49:55,480 --> 00:49:57,600 Hey, Ale, the pizza was good. We owe you some... 699 00:49:57,640 --> 00:50:01,480 (together) # Money, money! # 700 00:50:05,800 --> 00:50:11,560 The first time I saw you and listened to "Soldi",... 701 00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:15,400 ..which I think is a very rock song, because it's all... 702 00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:18,760 - It's really... - It's an appeal to the masses. 703 00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:20,960 Wonderful. 704 00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:23,920 Uhm, it's very rhythmic,... 705 00:50:23,960 --> 00:50:29,880 ..which then leads back to the concept of the song. 706 00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:34,360 With "Soldi", I started with some rhythms, then separated them... 707 00:50:34,400 --> 00:50:36,880 # Na-na-na-na-na... na! # 708 00:50:36,920 --> 00:50:41,000 - That part lasted a bit longer. - Because you were following the lyrics. 709 00:50:41,040 --> 00:50:45,520 The lyrics weave along with the tune, but if you have to prioritise something, it's the lyrics. 710 00:50:45,560 --> 00:50:48,640 - It's always the lyrics. - What you have to sing. - Yes. 711 00:50:48,680 --> 00:50:51,200 Until I find the right words... 712 00:50:51,240 --> 00:50:56,400 I remember the afternoon I was writing the chorus for "Soldi", it came to me... 713 00:50:56,440 --> 00:50:59,160 For example, I thought of the tune... 714 00:50:59,200 --> 00:51:02,240 # Na-na-na-a... Na-a, na-a... # 715 00:51:02,280 --> 00:51:06,360 I remember I was doing CrossFit with my auntie and my cousin. 716 00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:10,080 We were doing something, we were working out. 717 00:51:10,120 --> 00:51:14,120 At one point, a song came on the radio at the gym. 718 00:51:14,160 --> 00:51:18,200 This tune played, I think it was a Post Malone song,... 719 00:51:18,240 --> 00:51:21,960 ..it was really punchy, very trap,... 720 00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:25,320 ..and this thing about money popped into my head. 721 00:51:25,360 --> 00:51:29,080 I ran to the changing rooms, got my phone and I recorded a voice note. 722 00:51:29,120 --> 00:51:32,360 # Na-na-na-a... money, money! # 723 00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:35,000 I turned it off and went back to finish my workout. 724 00:51:35,040 --> 00:51:39,200 I was embarrassed when I wrote "from me you only wanted money", I didn't want to write that. 725 00:51:39,240 --> 00:51:44,040 It was a bit too strong for me, too... too imposing. 726 00:51:45,080 --> 00:51:47,800 It was too raw. 727 00:51:47,840 --> 00:51:50,320 I was anxious about that. 728 00:51:50,360 --> 00:51:55,440 I tried to find a way to lighten that phrase,... 729 00:51:55,480 --> 00:52:00,000 ..but in a way that the message would still get across, but there was no other way. 730 00:52:00,040 --> 00:52:04,840 - Only directly. - That was the only way. - In the end, I left it like that. - You did well. 731 00:52:04,880 --> 00:52:10,880 ("SOLDI" MUSIC) 732 00:52:10,920 --> 00:52:16,640 I remember when Ale came here he already had an idea of the lyrics, and the track tune. 733 00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:18,520 He had it all mapped out in his mind. 734 00:52:18,560 --> 00:52:22,840 The structure obviously wasn't clear and neither was the musical part. 735 00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:29,040 As well as the piano, I wanted to look into a few, very minimal elements,... 736 00:52:29,080 --> 00:52:33,320 ..that could show something of his roots,... 737 00:52:33,360 --> 00:52:38,800 ..some element of the Middle East, with arabesque notes,... 738 00:52:38,840 --> 00:52:45,040 ..and that's how I thought of using the bouzouki which doesn't play a real tune but a single note. 739 00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:49,880 (INTERMITTENT NOTE FROM BOUZOUKI) 740 00:52:49,920 --> 00:52:52,480 (Dardust) I put that together with the bass and piano. 741 00:52:52,520 --> 00:52:57,160 ("SOLDI" MUSIC) 742 00:52:57,200 --> 00:53:01,080 Then I thought: "Let's put something rhythmic in, rather than a tune." 743 00:53:01,120 --> 00:53:06,440 "We could put in a double snare drum hit. A double hit of the timpani, a 'clap'". 744 00:53:06,480 --> 00:53:10,880 (Dardust) Then we got the idea of making the Sanremo orchestra "clap" too. 745 00:53:10,920 --> 00:53:14,400 (Dardust) I think making the orchestra stop playing... 746 00:53:14,440 --> 00:53:19,920 ..and become part of the choreography, energising the audience,... 747 00:53:19,960 --> 00:53:27,720 ..was something really powerful that made this track iconic and unique. 748 00:53:27,760 --> 00:53:33,120 ("SOLDI" MUSIC) 749 00:53:33,160 --> 00:53:37,520 (Dardust) I think "Soldi" was a turning point for Italian music. 750 00:53:37,560 --> 00:53:40,960 (Dardust) Various movements were developing, like urban music,... 751 00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:43,400 ..and they came together in this song. 752 00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:48,760 (Dardust) I think the song's format broke away from a conservative approach. 753 00:53:48,800 --> 00:53:53,640 ("SOLDI" MUSIC AND CHEERS) 754 00:53:53,680 --> 00:53:58,720 # It's very hot in the outskirts, mum, don't worry, I'm coming. # 755 00:53:58,760 --> 00:54:03,720 # You're angry because of a liar. It felt like love but it was something else. # 756 00:54:03,760 --> 00:54:08,840 # He drinks champagne during Ramadan. Jackie Chan's on the TV. # 757 00:54:08,880 --> 00:54:11,680 # He smokes a hookah. He asks me how's it going. # 758 00:54:11,720 --> 00:54:13,200 And then? 759 00:54:13,240 --> 00:54:15,040 ("SOLDI" MUSIC) 760 00:54:15,080 --> 00:54:17,680 # You already know how it's going, how it's going, how it's going. # 761 00:54:17,720 --> 00:54:22,680 # I think quickly to work out if you'll fool me tomorrow. # 762 00:54:22,720 --> 00:54:27,320 # I haven't got time to explain because only now do I know what you are. # 763 00:54:28,080 --> 00:54:33,720 # It is difficult to be in the world when you lose your pride. # 764 00:54:33,760 --> 00:54:36,240 (Audience) # You leave home in a day. # 765 00:54:36,280 --> 00:54:40,960 # - (Audience) Tell me if... - You only wanted money, money! # 766 00:54:42,080 --> 00:54:47,080 # As if I had money, money. # (CLAPPING IN TIME WITH MUSIC) 767 00:54:47,120 --> 00:54:51,080 # Tell me if you miss me or you don't give a shit, a shit. # 768 00:54:51,120 --> 00:54:52,760 (CLAPPING IN TIME WITH MUSIC) 769 00:54:52,800 --> 00:54:58,920 # You asked me how's it going, how's it going. Now how's it going, how's it going. # 770 00:54:58,960 --> 00:55:03,720 (in Arabic) # My son, my son, honey, come here. # 771 00:55:03,760 --> 00:55:08,480 # You told me while playing, playing, proudly. # 772 00:55:09,200 --> 00:55:11,120 (in Arabic) # My son, my son, honey. # 773 00:55:11,160 --> 00:55:14,240 # It felt real... # 774 00:55:14,280 --> 00:55:18,760 # ..the desire, desire, to go back to before. # 775 00:55:21,280 --> 00:55:24,320 (Mahmood) "Soldi" comes from a bit of a sad moment. 776 00:55:24,360 --> 00:55:27,840 (Mahmood) It comes from one of the last memories I have of my father. 777 00:55:27,880 --> 00:55:30,200 (Mahmood) From one of our last meetings. 778 00:55:30,240 --> 00:55:36,320 (Mahmood) At that precise moment, I doubted what his interest was. 779 00:55:36,360 --> 00:55:40,320 (Mahmood) If he really was interested in me and our relationship. 780 00:55:40,360 --> 00:55:44,480 I didn't feel like he was naturally interested in me, you know. 781 00:55:44,520 --> 00:55:49,400 I felt like he was geared towards something more material, that's all. 782 00:55:50,360 --> 00:55:53,640 Indeed, that's why, then... 783 00:55:53,680 --> 00:55:57,960 I thought a lot about the song's chorus before writing it, before publishing it. 784 00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:01,080 It could've looked really bad, right? 785 00:56:01,840 --> 00:56:07,080 But, actually, if that's the way it came out, it's because that was the impression I had... 786 00:56:07,120 --> 00:56:11,040 ..and that's what happened in my eyes. 787 00:56:13,320 --> 00:56:17,320 That's what... I thought. 788 00:56:18,240 --> 00:56:20,760 And think. That's all. 789 00:56:23,880 --> 00:56:27,240 (Woman, in Spanish) I've been listening to Italian music for many years. 790 00:56:27,280 --> 00:56:29,960 (in Spanish) I saw him during the Sanremo Festival. 791 00:56:30,000 --> 00:56:36,200 Then when I saw he was playing a concert here, I became a fan of his. 792 00:56:36,240 --> 00:56:40,200 (GUITAR CHORDS) 793 00:56:40,240 --> 00:56:44,320 (Francesco) We all feel lucky to still be us, together. 794 00:56:44,360 --> 00:56:48,600 (Francesco) The same friends who used to go out at night and enjoy ourselves... 795 00:56:48,640 --> 00:56:51,640 ..and now we do this job all together. 796 00:56:51,680 --> 00:56:53,800 We're a family. 797 00:56:55,960 --> 00:56:57,960 And it's good like that. 798 00:56:58,800 --> 00:57:03,400 (in Spanish) This is the first time I've come to see Mahmood live, I've seen lots of his videos. 799 00:57:03,440 --> 00:57:07,880 (in Spanish) I watch Eurovision, so I found out about him years ago through that. 800 00:57:07,920 --> 00:57:11,480 (in Spanish) I heard "Gioventù bruciata" and I became more and more interested in him. 801 00:57:11,520 --> 00:57:13,640 (in Spanish) And now I'm in love with him. 802 00:57:14,720 --> 00:57:18,360 (Elia Pastori) We played our first concerts in Brera, in a bar where his cousin worked. 803 00:57:18,400 --> 00:57:22,200 (Elia Pastori) Friends, aunties, Anna Frau... That's how it was. 804 00:57:22,240 --> 00:57:28,120 Even now that we're playing in completely different situations,... 805 00:57:28,160 --> 00:57:30,400 ..on the stage it's the same. 806 00:57:30,440 --> 00:57:34,800 (Elia) He's obviously become more aware of technical matters... 807 00:57:34,840 --> 00:57:38,200 ..that are needed to create a live performance. 808 00:57:38,240 --> 00:57:43,800 Because there are lots of us now, we're a bigger team and there's lots of work to do. 809 00:57:43,840 --> 00:57:47,400 I've basically seen him grow, like we have too. 810 00:57:47,440 --> 00:57:53,440 I've seen him grow from a work perspective, but also as a person. 811 00:57:53,480 --> 00:57:57,840 - (Man) Ale, are you going to hold the microphone or do you want it on stage? - On stage. - Okay. 812 00:57:57,880 --> 00:58:01,880 The best thing was when I got Covid before the last concert. 813 00:58:01,920 --> 00:58:03,200 (THEY LAUGH) 814 00:58:03,240 --> 00:58:06,120 I don't know, I like to think that maybe the bad things... 815 00:58:06,160 --> 00:58:11,400 ..make you remember the good things even more. 816 00:58:11,440 --> 00:58:14,240 (Francesco) Hug, bro! Hug. 817 00:58:15,600 --> 00:58:17,520 (Elia) Hi, honey. 818 00:58:17,560 --> 00:58:21,800 - (Elia) We're ready. - (Mahmood) Someone's missing. - Yeah. - (Mahmood) He's got Covid. 819 00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:23,760 - (Mahmood) Okay. - (Guy) Come on, guys! 820 00:58:23,800 --> 00:58:26,760 (Man) Thanks, guys. Let me through, please. 821 00:58:26,800 --> 00:58:30,520 - I'll play the piano. - Let me through. - Elia will play... - What do we do without Marcello? 822 00:58:30,560 --> 00:58:33,480 - Why didn't you come to rehearsal? - Because I'd only slept two hours. - Guys, it's late. 823 00:58:33,520 --> 00:58:39,440 Listen, Elia is going to play "Icaro". 824 00:58:39,480 --> 00:58:43,880 - Beautiful. - He played it during... - Yeah, okay. - And I'll play the guitar. 825 00:58:43,920 --> 00:58:47,760 - All right, guys, it'll be shit, but... - Go, go! 826 00:58:47,800 --> 00:58:50,640 - Guys... - Are you talking to me? 827 00:58:50,680 --> 00:58:52,600 (SOMEONE LAUGHS) 828 00:58:52,640 --> 00:58:54,840 Assholes. 829 00:58:54,880 --> 00:58:59,760 (INDISTINCT WORDS AND CHEERS) 830 00:59:01,200 --> 00:59:05,320 I don't know if you've noticed, but today, here in Madrid, at our last gig,... 831 00:59:05,360 --> 00:59:12,080 ..there are people who have made it, despite a fever, a cold, Marta's been really ill... 832 00:59:12,120 --> 00:59:15,240 Unfortunately, Marcello's not here tonight. 833 00:59:15,280 --> 00:59:20,760 I don't know if you've noticed, so please give it up for Marcello. 834 00:59:20,800 --> 00:59:24,960 (CHEERS) 835 00:59:25,000 --> 00:59:28,560 (ironically) He's not well, poor thing, he's at home on death's door. 836 00:59:28,600 --> 00:59:32,320 - I think he's taking vitamin C. - Tell them Elia's playing the piano. 837 00:59:32,360 --> 00:59:36,840 (laughing) But today we've got a drummer who sometimes plays the keyboard. 838 00:59:36,880 --> 00:59:41,760 Oh, what the fuck! Hi, Elia! Great! 839 00:59:41,800 --> 00:59:45,480 Ale likes going to the audience, reaching out with the microphone,... 840 00:59:45,520 --> 00:59:48,720 ..like Beyoncé would in an epic video. 841 00:59:48,760 --> 00:59:52,440 And... we've all got in-ears. 842 00:59:52,480 --> 00:59:56,720 So Ale's voice is always with us. 843 00:59:56,760 --> 00:59:59,920 Sometimes I'm concentrated on playing, maybe even with my eyes closed,... 844 00:59:59,960 --> 01:00:03,720 ..and then I don't hear Ale anymore but a child going... 845 01:00:03,760 --> 01:00:05,960 Shouting, yes, exactly. 846 01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:09,560 (Audience) # I want to love you, but I'm always wrong. # 847 01:00:09,600 --> 01:00:13,200 (Audience) # I want to steal you a sky of pearls. # 848 01:00:13,240 --> 01:00:17,440 (Mahmood) # I'd pay to go away. # 849 01:00:17,480 --> 01:00:22,480 (Girl) It's like he's got this big heart but he doesn't know... 850 01:00:22,520 --> 01:00:28,160 I don't know how to say it. He doesn't know how to express what he feels inside. 851 01:00:28,200 --> 01:00:34,120 When I hear his songs they make me think, I imagine his life too. 852 01:00:34,160 --> 01:00:36,800 I don't know, I really like him the way he is. 853 01:00:36,840 --> 01:00:40,000 (in Spanish) He's created his own style and brought it here. 854 01:00:40,040 --> 01:00:44,480 (in Spanish) I think he's influencing or could influence other Spanish artists too. 855 01:00:44,520 --> 01:00:46,960 - Hi! - Hello, darling! 856 01:00:47,000 --> 01:00:49,600 - (Mahmood) Did you cry? - Nearly. - Did you like it? 857 01:00:49,640 --> 01:00:52,640 - Yes, but... - This time... 858 01:00:52,680 --> 01:00:54,280 (ANNA LAUGHS) 859 01:00:54,320 --> 01:00:59,560 The funny thing is you see him in the hotel before he comes here and he looks dead. 860 01:00:59,600 --> 01:01:01,560 "I can't do it, I can't do it." 861 01:01:01,600 --> 01:01:07,680 I had palpitations because he looked exhausted, then he comes here and turns into a beast. 862 01:01:07,720 --> 01:01:12,360 Yes, I got my nipple out in Madrid. Everything that I... 863 01:01:12,400 --> 01:01:16,280 No, I'm happy. I'm really happy. 864 01:01:16,320 --> 01:01:23,600 I always start off a bit like this, run-down, no energy. 865 01:01:23,640 --> 01:01:26,080 Then, on stage, I finish, and I'm all... 866 01:01:26,120 --> 01:01:28,560 MILAN TICINESE 867 01:01:28,600 --> 01:01:31,280 - (Filippo) So, how are you settling into this house? - It's nice. 868 01:01:31,320 --> 01:01:37,000 I like it, but it's not like the other one, my first one. 869 01:01:37,040 --> 01:01:40,760 - Why? - Because that was a bit like my treehouse. 870 01:01:40,800 --> 01:01:43,040 It was my first home. 871 01:01:43,080 --> 01:01:48,000 This one is cooler, but I don't know, I was more fond of the other one. 872 01:01:49,160 --> 01:01:54,520 (Mahmood) Guys, the building's on fire. My home's gone. Bye, everything's burnt. Bye. 873 01:01:54,560 --> 01:01:58,000 I was at home with Camilla and Riccardo, two friends of mine. 874 01:01:59,840 --> 01:02:04,000 A guy buzzed us to say: "Guys, is something in your house burning?" 875 01:02:04,040 --> 01:02:07,120 I looked at the oven and said everything was fine. And him: "Oh, okay, bye". And off he went. 876 01:02:07,160 --> 01:02:10,600 (Mahmood) Riccardo and I were working out on the balcony. 877 01:02:10,640 --> 01:02:14,520 We went inside and Camilla said: "Guys! Guys, look!" 878 01:02:14,560 --> 01:02:19,160 And us: "What?". And her: "Look at the shadow of our building on that one in front". 879 01:02:19,200 --> 01:02:21,880 You could see the tower with a huge flame at the top. 880 01:02:21,920 --> 01:02:25,240 At one point, we said: "Let's go". 881 01:02:25,280 --> 01:02:30,600 Then, because we're smart, we even took the lift because we were on the ninth floor. How dumb. 882 01:02:30,640 --> 01:02:34,640 I went out in slippers, socks and shorts. 883 01:02:34,680 --> 01:02:37,080 There was panic outside. Lots of people shouting. 884 01:02:37,120 --> 01:02:40,440 (Camilla) Guys, thank goodness I said to come out straightaway! 885 01:02:40,480 --> 01:02:42,960 (Camilla) And you were looking for that fucking phone! 886 01:02:43,000 --> 01:02:49,040 Then we went out and saw all the smoke, the building... I was just... 887 01:02:49,080 --> 01:02:51,160 (Mahmood) It was such a shock, I couldn't talk. 888 01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:54,800 (Mahmood) I remember my friends took me to their house,... 889 01:02:54,840 --> 01:02:58,600 ..and, while they were talking, I got up and went out in my slippers. 890 01:02:58,640 --> 01:03:03,840 I ran away in slippers and went to the park near Viale Tibaldi. 891 01:03:03,880 --> 01:03:06,480 My phone kept vibrating the whole time,... 892 01:03:06,520 --> 01:03:08,520 ..but I didn't have any pockets, the only... 893 01:03:08,560 --> 01:03:13,960 I had these on! Oh my God, I've got the same shorts on that I had when my house was on fire! 894 01:03:14,000 --> 01:03:18,160 These ones. Obviously, you can't show this because my outfit is horrendous. 895 01:03:18,200 --> 01:03:21,120 But I had these on. 896 01:03:21,160 --> 01:03:23,280 And they don't have any pockets. 897 01:03:23,320 --> 01:03:26,480 Camilla and Riccardo started calling me because I'd been at the park for an hour. 898 01:03:26,520 --> 01:03:29,440 They were wondering: "Where the fuck is he? Has he gone to kill himself?" 899 01:03:29,480 --> 01:03:32,560 (Mahmood) They were calling me but I wasn't answering, so they came looking for me. 900 01:03:32,600 --> 01:03:36,280 (Mahmood) I read their messages but I wasn't bothered, I just wanted to be on my own. 901 01:03:36,320 --> 01:03:39,080 (Mahmood) They went all over Milan looking for me, poor things. 902 01:03:39,120 --> 01:03:42,800 (Mahmood) Then I answered and told them I was coming back. 903 01:03:42,840 --> 01:03:46,800 (Mahmood) They came to meet me and I said: "Take me somewhere to drink". 904 01:03:46,840 --> 01:03:49,600 (Mahmood) I think I cried for an hour. 905 01:03:49,640 --> 01:03:51,720 With a glass of gin and tonic in hand. 906 01:03:51,760 --> 01:03:53,960 (SIGHS) Wow, what good memories I have of that house. 907 01:03:54,000 --> 01:03:57,400 I wasn't there for long, but I've got so many good memories. 908 01:03:57,440 --> 01:03:59,880 My first independence. 909 01:04:01,320 --> 01:04:04,560 My first anxiety attacks. Covid. 910 01:04:04,600 --> 01:04:09,360 - I met you two days after your flat had caught fire. - That's right, in Verona! 911 01:04:09,400 --> 01:04:14,440 You told me: "What I'm most sad about..." You'd bought some clothes. 912 01:04:14,480 --> 01:04:17,760 - Your clothes. - (Mahmood) The shoes... - Yes, shoes! - I left my house in slippers. 913 01:04:17,800 --> 01:04:22,560 And you told me: "What I'm most sad about is the memories I've lost". 914 01:04:22,600 --> 01:04:29,160 - (Carmen) You told me about the photos. - Yes, we had Polaroid photos. 915 01:04:29,200 --> 01:04:33,160 - I had all the photos of my friends on a shelf. - That was what you were most sad about. 916 01:04:33,200 --> 01:04:36,680 I remember you were working out on the terrace. 917 01:04:36,720 --> 01:04:40,040 - And you used the lift. - Yeah, ninth floor. 918 01:04:40,080 --> 01:04:43,360 (ironically) Well done! Okay! 919 01:04:43,400 --> 01:04:46,760 (ironically) - That was a sensible thing to do. - Hm, we were on the ball. 920 01:04:46,800 --> 01:04:51,080 When something like that is happening you don't think about it. 921 01:04:51,120 --> 01:04:55,880 But, you see, some things came out of that, I wrote. 922 01:04:55,920 --> 01:05:02,640 At that time, I'm not saying music should've been the last thing on my mind,... 923 01:05:02,680 --> 01:05:08,920 ..but one of the things on my mind, in that case it was the first. 924 01:05:08,960 --> 01:05:27,200 (TRUMPET PLAYS "NON POTHO RESPOSARE" MUSIC) 925 01:05:27,920 --> 01:05:30,000 (Mahmood) I wrote my best hits here. 926 01:05:30,040 --> 01:05:35,960 If you need the right inspiration, you need to touch the wood,... 927 01:05:36,000 --> 01:05:37,800 ..it can help a lot. 928 01:05:37,840 --> 01:05:42,760 I haven't had breakfast yet, if you make me wait another 10 minutes, I'm going to kill everyone. 929 01:05:42,800 --> 01:05:47,000 This obviously won't be shown in the film. But if it is, it might be nice. 930 01:05:47,720 --> 01:05:51,240 - (Attilio Cusani) When are we going to stay on the boat until? - Until seven in the evening. 931 01:05:51,280 --> 01:05:55,240 Get ready, it's going to be an adventure, a bit like "Celebrity Survivor". 932 01:05:55,280 --> 01:06:00,080 - (Attilio) Until seven is a bit late. - But without the celebrities. 933 01:06:00,120 --> 01:06:04,400 Bro, there's no escape, you can't get away because you're in the middle of the sea. 934 01:06:09,080 --> 01:06:10,880 (Mahmood) Time stands still here. 935 01:06:10,920 --> 01:06:14,280 (Mahmood) The cool thing about this town is that, although it can be good or bad,... 936 01:06:14,320 --> 01:06:18,520 ..I like the fact that it always stays at it is. 937 01:06:20,720 --> 01:06:23,240 (Mahmood) I don't know, it's weird, but when we come back here,... 938 01:06:23,280 --> 01:06:27,200 ..we're the same people as last summer and the summer before that. 939 01:06:27,240 --> 01:06:33,680 (Mahmood) So, for me, coming back to these coves is a bit like being a child again. 940 01:06:33,720 --> 01:06:37,840 - You were obsessed with the acoustics in your bathroom. - Yes, that's right, my bathroom. 941 01:06:37,880 --> 01:06:40,440 Bathroom acoustics are very important. 942 01:06:40,480 --> 01:06:44,200 He'd be upstairs and sometimes I'd shout: "Ale!" 943 01:06:44,240 --> 01:06:47,480 - Or I'd start... - He'd start singing and I'd carry it on. 944 01:06:47,520 --> 01:06:51,880 "Rolling in the Deep" was difficult. I'd come down and they'd say: "That note was a bit off". 945 01:06:51,920 --> 01:06:53,360 (EVERYONE LAUGHS) 946 01:06:53,400 --> 01:06:55,440 Hi, how's it going? How are you? (GIRL CRIES) 947 01:06:55,480 --> 01:06:59,520 - Is everything okay? - Yes. - So why are you crying? - (crying) Because I'm meeting you! 948 01:06:59,560 --> 01:07:01,000 Honey! 949 01:07:01,040 --> 01:07:03,840 There you go. Wait, don't cry, come on. 950 01:07:03,880 --> 01:07:06,840 Ready... smile! 951 01:07:09,240 --> 01:07:12,120 - There you are. - Thank you. - No problem. - Thank you. 952 01:07:12,160 --> 01:07:14,440 - Have a good holiday! - (together) Thank you! - Bye, girls. 953 01:07:14,480 --> 01:07:21,200 (PIANO CHORDS) 954 01:07:21,240 --> 01:07:24,720 (Mahmood) Every time I come back to Orosei, I feel at home. 955 01:07:24,760 --> 01:07:30,160 I have my rituals, I wake up in the morning and prepare pane carasau with Nutella. 956 01:07:30,200 --> 01:07:32,760 (Mahmood) I go and do a food shop. 957 01:07:32,800 --> 01:07:35,320 (Mahmood) I come back home, put my headphones on, grab my bike... 958 01:07:35,360 --> 01:07:38,760 ..and go to the seaside with my cousins. 959 01:07:38,800 --> 01:07:42,000 (Mahmood) I stay there and swim in the sea a couple of times. 960 01:07:42,040 --> 01:07:47,480 (Mahmood) I have my first swim before lunch, then I get dried and go and eat. 961 01:07:47,520 --> 01:07:51,040 (Mahmood) Then, usually, we play cards or beach volleyball. 962 01:07:51,080 --> 01:07:56,720 Then I have another swim at the best time, when the sun's about to go down. 963 01:07:56,760 --> 01:08:00,280 (Mahmood) I can see the sky turn pink from the beach. 964 01:08:01,040 --> 01:08:05,960 (Mahmood) I wait for it to go down, then before it gets dark, I grab my bike and go back home. 965 01:08:07,000 --> 01:08:11,160 I find myself again in those moments, when I do those things. 966 01:08:11,200 --> 01:08:21,080 (PIANO CHORDS) 967 01:08:21,120 --> 01:08:25,560 (ironically) Nice! It's called "Frère Jacques", composed by Mahmood. 968 01:08:27,360 --> 01:08:32,840 When you listen to his songs you realise how deep the lyrics are and you feel better. 969 01:08:34,600 --> 01:08:36,760 (MAHMOOD VOCALISES) 970 01:08:36,800 --> 01:08:41,920 I identify so much with his lyrics and words. It's like he's able to read inside of me. 971 01:08:41,960 --> 01:08:44,480 He's one of the few artists able to do that. 972 01:08:44,520 --> 01:08:46,600 Hello, Francesca! 973 01:08:47,640 --> 01:08:49,560 Is this mine? 974 01:08:49,600 --> 01:08:53,920 Come in, come in. No, you have to come in, this is real life. 975 01:08:53,960 --> 01:08:57,320 We don't film anything fake, only real life. 976 01:09:00,040 --> 01:09:03,240 MILAN 977 01:09:03,280 --> 01:09:04,800 Frau Anna. 978 01:09:10,000 --> 01:09:13,600 - (Anna) Hi! Where's Ale? - (together) Hi! 979 01:09:13,640 --> 01:09:17,840 - Hi, Anna! - He's arrived. - (Anna) Has he disappeared? - He's in the other dressing room. 980 01:09:17,880 --> 01:09:22,480 - (Anna) I saw you, I saw you. - Oh, you're here? - Don't say hi to your mum! 981 01:09:23,600 --> 01:09:25,600 Guys, my mum. 982 01:09:25,640 --> 01:09:27,240 Pleased to meet you. 983 01:09:27,280 --> 01:09:30,720 (Mahmood) Guys, don't take any notice, rehearsals are always awful. 984 01:09:30,760 --> 01:09:32,640 (EVERYONE LAUGHS) 985 01:09:32,680 --> 01:09:35,240 (Mahmood) # I'm just tired... # 986 01:09:35,280 --> 01:09:38,320 (Guys) Spontaneous, that's what comes to mind. 987 01:09:38,360 --> 01:09:42,520 Even watching his interviews, he looks like someone without any superfluous elements. 988 01:09:42,560 --> 01:09:47,640 He says what comes to mind, even if it means becoming an internet meme. 989 01:09:47,680 --> 01:09:52,040 (Girl) I don't know, I think that brings him closer to the fans, because you see him for what he is. 990 01:09:52,080 --> 01:09:58,040 - Genuine. A genuine writer. - The same words I was thinking of. - Yes. He's got a pure heart. 991 01:09:58,080 --> 01:10:01,720 - This teddy comes from Tokyo, I got it from the Pokémon Center in Tokyo. - (Mahmood) No! 992 01:10:01,760 --> 01:10:05,360 - It's even got the Japanese label. - It's beautiful! 993 01:10:05,400 --> 01:10:09,440 - I was supposed to bring it two years, but then, because of Covid... - Well, thank you! 994 01:10:09,480 --> 01:10:11,720 - You're welcome. - Thank you so much. It's wonderful. 995 01:10:11,760 --> 01:10:16,480 - From the Ohibò to two concerts at the Alcatraz. - (together) Three! 996 01:10:16,520 --> 01:10:21,720 (Mahmood) I think I'm one of the happiest guys in this city today. 997 01:10:21,760 --> 01:10:26,200 (Mahmood) Because the second concert at the Alcatraz is sold out. 998 01:10:26,240 --> 01:10:29,360 I took some mineral salts because I've got less energy today. 999 01:10:29,400 --> 01:10:32,720 (in English) But it's not fucking working. 1000 01:10:33,920 --> 01:10:36,440 But I think I'll wake up as soon as I get on stage. I'll bounce back. 1001 01:10:36,480 --> 01:10:49,720 ("KOBRA" MUSIC) 1002 01:10:49,760 --> 01:10:52,040 # It's hard to trust. It's never how you say it is. # 1003 01:10:52,080 --> 01:10:55,720 # When I gave you my hand you bit it. You hurt, it's fucking difficult. # 1004 01:10:55,760 --> 01:10:59,560 # To give your word, if when you turn around, everyone's a cobra biting you. # 1005 01:10:59,600 --> 01:11:03,160 # Mum said on the phone, do it yourself because they'll fool you. # 1006 01:11:03,200 --> 01:11:05,960 # I can't catch my breath. # 1007 01:11:06,000 --> 01:11:08,160 ("KOBRA" MUSIC) 1008 01:11:08,200 --> 01:11:12,040 # I'll learn, I'll learn that clothes don't make the man. # 1009 01:11:12,080 --> 01:11:16,760 (together) # Oh, you laugh though, you lie though. # 1010 01:11:16,800 --> 01:11:18,480 # - (Mahmood) You bite like a cobra... - (Audience) And they believe you. # 1011 01:11:18,520 --> 01:11:22,000 # - Bite like a cobra... - And they believe you. - Bite like a cobra... - And they believe you. # 1012 01:11:22,040 --> 01:11:25,320 (Mahmood) # You bite like a cobra! # 1013 01:11:25,360 --> 01:11:30,720 ("KOBRA" MUSIC) 1014 01:11:30,760 --> 01:11:32,360 (Mahmood) # You bite like a cobra! # 1015 01:11:32,400 --> 01:11:37,880 ("KOBRA" MUSIC) 1016 01:11:37,920 --> 01:11:40,000 # You bite like a cobra and they believe you. # 1017 01:11:40,040 --> 01:11:42,320 # They're all cobras who bite. # 1018 01:11:43,480 --> 01:11:45,800 # Mum said on the phone. # 1019 01:11:46,960 --> 01:11:49,520 # Do it yourself because they'll fool you. # 1020 01:11:50,640 --> 01:11:53,160 # I can't catch my breath. # 1021 01:11:54,920 --> 01:11:57,240 (CHEERS) 1022 01:11:57,280 --> 01:12:00,640 "Ghettolimpo" is his metaverse. Alessandro is already in the future. 1023 01:12:00,680 --> 01:12:04,120 (Dardust) With regards to his appearance, image, he's already created his avatar. 1024 01:12:04,160 --> 01:12:06,800 (Dardust) I think it's an album that will stand the test of time. 1025 01:12:06,840 --> 01:12:10,920 - How nice! - Wait, wait! - Video it! 1026 01:12:10,960 --> 01:12:12,880 Three and four! 1027 01:12:13,880 --> 01:12:18,680 - (Mahmood) This is our favourite, right? - Yes. - Which one? - (Mahmood) "Soldi" too. 1028 01:12:18,720 --> 01:12:23,520 The second Sanremo was a necessary step for Alessandro... 1029 01:12:23,560 --> 01:12:27,720 ..because he brought him back to a more classical dimension,... 1030 01:12:27,760 --> 01:12:32,200 ..which was necessary after having been so daring, after having really gone beyond. 1031 01:12:32,240 --> 01:12:37,440 It took him back to a more empathetic setting, more romantic. 1032 01:12:38,800 --> 01:12:41,560 I think that was an essential step... 1033 01:12:41,600 --> 01:12:45,040 ..to bring more people closer to Alessandro's world. 1034 01:12:45,080 --> 01:12:48,680 (Anna) I didn't think he'd win. I couldn't believe it! 1035 01:12:48,720 --> 01:12:51,040 He only went there to perform. 1036 01:12:51,080 --> 01:12:55,280 When you don't expect the victory... I was sorry! "My mum's not here!" 1037 01:12:55,320 --> 01:12:58,480 I felt like a neglectful mum. 1038 01:12:58,520 --> 01:13:02,440 - A hug for my mum. She's in the audience. - (Mahmood) I want to say hi to my mum too. 1039 01:13:02,480 --> 01:13:06,320 - Where are they? - I'm going to hug her. - Mine isn't here! 1040 01:13:06,360 --> 01:13:11,240 As soon as I got back to the hotel, I hugged her and said: "Ja ti la credias crasa". 1041 01:13:12,400 --> 01:13:17,200 Which means: "Could you have imagined all this yesterday?" 1042 01:13:17,240 --> 01:13:19,800 "Ja ti la credias crasa." 1043 01:13:19,840 --> 01:13:23,480 It's a phrase we always say to each other when things go well,... 1044 01:13:23,520 --> 01:13:27,720 ..because it's always been us on our own. 1045 01:13:27,760 --> 01:13:32,680 Even though we had a big family, the two of us felt like one person. 1046 01:13:32,720 --> 01:13:34,760 (Anna) We were very much in harmony. 1047 01:13:34,800 --> 01:13:38,880 So we'd never have thought all this would happen. 1048 01:13:38,920 --> 01:13:42,320 No... Shit, guys, this is wonderful! 1049 01:13:42,360 --> 01:13:44,240 No, guys... 1050 01:13:44,280 --> 01:13:47,800 Anna will want all these, you'll see, she'll want them all in her house! 1051 01:13:47,840 --> 01:13:54,600 (together) # I dreamt of flying with you, on a bike made of diamonds. # 1052 01:13:54,640 --> 01:13:59,280 Whereas, with the same chords, after the first chorus, the other one goes like this... 1053 01:13:59,320 --> 01:14:03,000 # You wake me up in the morning... # 1054 01:14:03,040 --> 01:14:06,200 (Carmen) They're two completely different things. 1055 01:14:06,240 --> 01:14:09,960 And that shakes up the rules of pop,... 1056 01:14:10,000 --> 01:14:15,640 ..the same verse should come after the first chorus, with the same melody and the same metre. 1057 01:14:15,680 --> 01:14:20,000 Whereas, what I like about this song is there are two visions, two writers,... 1058 01:14:20,040 --> 01:14:24,400 ..who each write in their own way, on the same tune,... 1059 01:14:24,440 --> 01:14:29,680 ..moving with the same harmony, but composing something completely different. 1060 01:14:29,720 --> 01:14:34,040 - Do you want to know the truth about that? - Yes, because it really struck me. 1061 01:14:34,080 --> 01:14:38,000 We only had the chorus, no verses. 1062 01:14:38,040 --> 01:14:44,240 Then we both went away, I went to Sardinia and Blanco had other work commitments. 1063 01:14:44,280 --> 01:14:46,320 So we sent each other the verses from a distance. 1064 01:14:46,360 --> 01:14:49,760 He'd written his verse before me. 1065 01:14:49,800 --> 01:14:53,880 I imagined the second verse to be the same as the first. 1066 01:14:53,920 --> 01:14:57,800 We'd decided that I'd do the first verse and him the second. And he sent me his. 1067 01:14:57,840 --> 01:15:03,440 - I remember saying to him... - (Carmen) "I've already written mine." - Worse! 1068 01:15:03,480 --> 01:15:09,360 I told him: "This verse is really good, Ricky, but I think you can do better". 1069 01:15:10,280 --> 01:15:12,600 I was terrible! 1070 01:15:12,640 --> 01:15:15,800 That's not what I imagined as an opening. 1071 01:15:15,840 --> 01:15:20,760 I then wrote my verse, I sent it to him, thinking that he'd redo his to match mine. 1072 01:15:20,800 --> 01:15:25,920 Then when we went to the studio, we listened to his again and said:... 1073 01:15:25,960 --> 01:15:28,240 .."Let's use it as the second verse". 1074 01:15:28,280 --> 01:15:31,120 (Carmen) Come on, teach it to me, this song's too good! 1075 01:15:31,160 --> 01:15:39,080 (together) # Naked with goosebumps, sometimes I don't know how to express myself... # 1076 01:15:39,120 --> 01:15:43,280 # ..and I want to love you, but I'm always wrong. # 1077 01:15:43,320 --> 01:15:47,640 # ..and I want to steal you a sky of pearls,... # 1078 01:15:47,680 --> 01:15:55,800 # ..and I'd pay to go away, I'd even accept a lie. # 1079 01:15:55,840 --> 01:16:00,200 # And I want to love you, but I'm always wrong. # 1080 01:16:00,240 --> 01:16:05,640 # - And I get... - ..goosebumps, goosebumps, goosebumps. # 1081 01:16:06,680 --> 01:16:11,000 - Oh, no, wait... # Goosebumps... # How many "goosebumps" are there? - No, it was right! - Oh! 1082 01:16:11,040 --> 01:16:14,160 # Goosebumps, goosebumps, goosebumps. # 1083 01:16:14,200 --> 01:16:18,600 (in Sicilian dialect) # You've come to my house to eat, why don't you go to sleep,... # 1084 01:16:18,640 --> 01:16:22,800 # ..you took my arm in your hand, soon I'll call you... # 1085 01:16:22,840 --> 01:16:25,240 - Turiddu. - How do you know that? - It's written... 1086 01:16:25,280 --> 01:16:28,560 - You peeked at my notes! - I peeked! 1087 01:16:28,600 --> 01:16:32,560 From now on, Alessandro will be called Turiddu. 1088 01:16:34,760 --> 01:16:36,520 Who's this, Saint Mahmood? 1089 01:16:36,560 --> 01:16:40,680 I used to be a saint, then I went downhill. 1090 01:16:40,720 --> 01:16:45,480 So... "Bro, get my sister to sing and I'll come out." 1091 01:16:45,520 --> 01:16:49,760 (Mahmood) Who's your sister? Come here, come. Come on. 1092 01:16:50,760 --> 01:16:52,880 (Mahmood) Come, come. 1093 01:16:52,920 --> 01:16:55,200 (Mahmood) I'll give you a hand, come here. 1094 01:16:58,800 --> 01:17:01,400 (Mahmood) This is an important moment. 1095 01:17:02,320 --> 01:17:05,360 - I'll take my shoes off. - Can you manage? 1096 01:17:05,400 --> 01:17:07,680 (CHEERS FROM AUDIENCE) 1097 01:17:07,720 --> 01:17:09,720 - Hi, lovely, what's your name? - Sofia. 1098 01:17:09,760 --> 01:17:13,200 - Sofia. How are you, everything good? - I don't know actually. 1099 01:17:13,240 --> 01:17:16,800 - What song do you like? - Any of them... 1100 01:17:16,840 --> 01:17:23,000 For example, do you like "Zero", "Asia occidente", "Uramaki"... Which do you prefer? 1101 01:17:23,040 --> 01:17:26,360 - You decide. - Shall we do "Zero"? - I know them all. 1102 01:17:26,400 --> 01:17:31,520 - I swear, I know them all, you decide. - Guys, give it up, she knows them all! 1103 01:17:31,560 --> 01:17:34,680 (APPLAUSE) (Mahmood) Shall we do "Zero"? 1104 01:17:34,720 --> 01:17:40,440 - Can you do it? - # Because it's already night outside, our voices are broken. # 1105 01:17:40,480 --> 01:17:46,040 # Dark is a dog who doesn't bite, I promise to be stronger. # 1106 01:17:46,080 --> 01:17:53,080 # Because you're everything to me even if... in this world we're nothing, nothing, nothing... # 1107 01:17:53,120 --> 01:17:56,080 (together) # Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing. # 1108 01:17:56,120 --> 01:17:59,520 (together) # Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, eh. # 1109 01:17:59,560 --> 01:18:02,200 (CHEERS FROM AUDIENCE) Amazing! 1110 01:18:04,000 --> 01:18:06,800 Guys, she's amazing! 1111 01:18:06,840 --> 01:18:10,480 You have to sing, you're amazing! 1112 01:18:10,520 --> 01:18:13,080 Now it's up to your brother though! 1113 01:18:14,920 --> 01:18:17,040 TURIN PALA ALPITOUR 1114 01:18:17,080 --> 01:18:19,600 You're here to represent Italy, are you pumped? 1115 01:18:19,640 --> 01:18:23,280 Er, yeah, I'm pumped to the max. 1116 01:18:23,320 --> 01:18:25,880 (MAHMOOD VOCALISES) 1117 01:18:25,920 --> 01:18:29,320 (Mahmood) Hello, Riccardo, welcome to this interview. Let's start with our first question. 1118 01:18:29,360 --> 01:18:31,120 When did you meet Alessandro? 1119 01:18:31,160 --> 01:18:34,920 - Have you ever listened to "Gioventù bruciata", his first album? - Yes. 1120 01:18:34,960 --> 01:18:36,960 - Did you like it? - I liked it, yes. 1121 01:18:37,000 --> 01:18:39,200 (MAHMOOD VOCALISES) 1122 01:18:39,240 --> 01:18:43,960 (VOCALISATIONS) 1123 01:18:44,000 --> 01:18:49,400 - Now that I know him, I have to say he's a good guy. Really. - A good guy. 1124 01:18:49,440 --> 01:18:51,360 A good guy. 1125 01:18:51,400 --> 01:18:57,040 What impressed you or moved you the most about working with Alessandro? 1126 01:18:57,080 --> 01:18:59,440 He's unpredictable. 1127 01:18:59,480 --> 01:19:03,960 - The only predictable thing is that he's always pissed off. - No, I'm not... Whatever! 1128 01:19:04,000 --> 01:19:07,440 I've heard people talk about him... 1129 01:19:07,480 --> 01:19:11,320 ..and they said he's more reflective than pissed off. 1130 01:19:11,360 --> 01:19:15,080 - I think he's pissed off. - No, no... - Knowing him... I know him now. 1131 01:19:15,120 --> 01:19:17,560 - I've read lots of interviews... - Yeah, but you don't know him. 1132 01:19:17,600 --> 01:19:21,320 I've already rehearsed, so I kind of remember it, but I got it wrong too the first time. 1133 01:19:21,360 --> 01:19:25,240 Ricky, remember the last chorus, okay? 1134 01:19:25,280 --> 01:19:32,680 # I want to love you, but I'm always wrong and I get goosebumps, goosebumps, goosebumps. # 1135 01:19:33,320 --> 01:19:41,120 # I dreamt of flying with you, on a bike made of diamonds. # 1136 01:19:41,160 --> 01:19:47,640 # You said: "You've changed, there's no light in your eyes anymore". # 1137 01:19:47,680 --> 01:19:54,240 (together) # Naked with goosebumps, sometimes I don't know how to express myself. # 1138 01:19:54,280 --> 01:19:58,280 What was it like writing "Brividi" in your eyes? 1139 01:19:58,320 --> 01:20:01,600 In my eyes, writing "Brividi"... 1140 01:20:03,600 --> 01:20:08,600 I wrote the verse that is still in the song, and I sent it to Ale. 1141 01:20:08,640 --> 01:20:12,440 - Ale said to me: "I'm not convinced". - (Mahmood) Come on! Come on! 1142 01:20:12,480 --> 01:20:15,760 - I said: "For me..". - He said! 1143 01:20:15,800 --> 01:20:21,440 - No, he called me... - (Blanco) He called you? He called me. What the fuck are you...? 1144 01:20:21,480 --> 01:20:24,240 This game is hard. Wait. 1145 01:20:24,280 --> 01:20:27,240 I heard in another interview... 1146 01:20:27,280 --> 01:20:33,680 ..that he said he wanted it to be a bit stronger. 1147 01:20:33,720 --> 01:20:40,840 Bullshit, obviously, because your verse is very good, Riccardo. 1148 01:20:40,880 --> 01:20:45,120 - Thank you, I'm very pleased. - Thank you, it's been a pleasure working with you. 1149 01:20:45,160 --> 01:20:48,880 - Are you going to sort the... - Oh, I'm with Blanco! 1150 01:20:48,920 --> 01:20:51,040 Look at me, guys! 1151 01:20:51,080 --> 01:20:53,080 - (Girl) Mahmood! - (Mahmood) Hi! 1152 01:20:53,120 --> 01:20:57,800 (INDISTINCT WORDS) 1153 01:20:57,840 --> 01:21:00,040 (Girls, together) Thank you! Bye! 1154 01:21:00,880 --> 01:21:03,880 (Man) Let's go! Let's go! Guys, away from here! 1155 01:21:03,920 --> 01:21:06,000 - (Woman) Thank you! Bye, Mahmood! - Bye! 1156 01:21:06,040 --> 01:21:11,880 (CHEERS) 1157 01:21:11,920 --> 01:21:15,640 # I dreamt of flying with you... # 1158 01:21:15,680 --> 01:21:19,720 # ..on a bike made of diamonds. # 1159 01:21:19,760 --> 01:21:26,880 # You said: "You've changed, there's no light in your eyes anymore". # 1160 01:21:26,920 --> 01:21:30,920 # What are you scared of? A sea where you can't touch the ground. # 1161 01:21:30,960 --> 01:21:34,280 # Even if sex isn't the way out from the bottom. # 1162 01:21:34,320 --> 01:21:38,640 # Come on, don't run away from here. # 1163 01:21:38,680 --> 01:21:41,840 # Don't leave me... # How? 1164 01:21:41,880 --> 01:21:45,320 (together) # Naked with goosebumps. # 1165 01:21:45,360 --> 01:21:49,040 (Audience) # Sometimes I don't know how to express myself. # 1166 01:21:49,080 --> 01:21:52,960 # And I want to love you, but I'm always wrong. # 1167 01:21:53,000 --> 01:21:56,960 # And I want to steal you a sky of pearls. # 1168 01:21:57,000 --> 01:22:00,720 (Mahmood) # And I'd pay to go away. # 1169 01:22:00,760 --> 01:22:04,640 # I'd even accept a lie. # 1170 01:22:04,680 --> 01:22:08,600 # And I want to love you, but I'm always wrong. # 1171 01:22:08,640 --> 01:22:14,040 # And I get goosebumps, goosebumps, goosebumps. # 1172 01:22:14,080 --> 01:22:15,760 (CHEERS) 1173 01:22:15,800 --> 01:22:19,640 # - You... - (Audience) ..wake me up in the morning. # 1174 01:22:19,680 --> 01:22:23,600 # You stain the bed with wine. # 1175 01:22:23,640 --> 01:22:28,600 # You bite me,... # 1176 01:22:28,640 --> 01:22:31,440 # ..with your viper-like eyes. # 1177 01:22:31,480 --> 01:22:35,080 (Audience) # And you're the opposite of an angel. # 1178 01:22:35,120 --> 01:22:38,840 # - (Audience) And you're... - ..like a boxer in the corner. # 1179 01:22:38,880 --> 01:22:42,640 # And you run away from here,... # 1180 01:22:42,680 --> 01:22:45,400 # ..you leave me like this. # 1181 01:22:45,440 --> 01:22:49,360 How? (together) # Naked with goosebumps! # 1182 01:22:49,400 --> 01:22:53,320 # Sometimes I don't know how to express myself. # 1183 01:22:53,360 --> 01:22:57,200 # And I want to love you, but I'm always wrong. # 1184 01:22:57,240 --> 01:23:01,760 # And I want to steal you a sky of pearls. # 1185 01:23:01,800 --> 01:23:05,280 (Audience) # And I'd pay to go away. # 1186 01:23:05,320 --> 01:23:08,960 (Audience) # I'd even accept a lie. # 1187 01:23:09,000 --> 01:23:12,640 # And I want to love you, but I'm always wrong. # 1188 01:23:12,680 --> 01:23:18,040 # And I get goosebumps, goosebumps, goosebumps. # 1189 01:23:18,080 --> 01:23:20,280 (Mahmood) # Tell me I'm not right. # 1190 01:23:20,320 --> 01:23:22,560 # And I'm living in a prison. # 1191 01:23:22,600 --> 01:23:25,920 # And I try to stay close to you, but sorry if I fuck everything up. # 1192 01:23:25,960 --> 01:23:30,280 # I don't know how to tell you how I feel, it's a limitation of mine. # 1193 01:23:30,320 --> 01:23:34,360 (Mahmood) # To say "I love you" I mixed drugs and tears. # 1194 01:23:34,400 --> 01:23:39,640 (together) # This poison we spit on each other every day,... # 1195 01:23:39,680 --> 01:23:42,000 # ..I don't want it on me anymore. # 1196 01:23:42,040 --> 01:23:47,600 # See me, I'm here, on a bike made of diamonds... # 1197 01:23:47,640 --> 01:23:49,560 (Mahmood) Together! 1198 01:23:49,600 --> 01:23:56,040 (Audience) # Naked with goosebumps. Sometimes I don't know how to express myself. # 1199 01:23:56,080 --> 01:23:59,480 (Guys) # And I want to love you, but I'm always wrong. # 1200 01:23:59,520 --> 01:24:03,160 (Guys) # And I want to steal you a sky of pearls. # 1201 01:24:03,200 --> 01:24:07,120 (Guys) # And I'd pay to go away. # 1202 01:24:07,160 --> 01:24:10,280 (Guys) # I'd even accept a lie. # 1203 01:24:10,320 --> 01:24:13,920 (Guys) # And I want to love you, but I'm always wrong. # 1204 01:24:13,960 --> 01:24:19,160 (Guys) # And I get goosebumps, goosebumps, goosebumps. # 1205 01:24:19,200 --> 01:24:21,200 (CHEERS) 1206 01:24:21,240 --> 01:24:25,520 We can't be subjected to time. We've governed time. 1207 01:24:25,560 --> 01:24:29,840 Time has been kind, it gave us this job. 1208 01:24:29,880 --> 01:24:35,120 We're lucky. We live by creating music, do you realise that? 1209 01:24:35,160 --> 01:24:40,040 Our dream has come true, but how much time did we lose dreaming? 1210 01:24:40,080 --> 01:24:44,280 I remember whole days of dreaming about playing on stages,... 1211 01:24:44,320 --> 01:24:47,240 ..creating something, hours and hours in my little room. 1212 01:24:47,280 --> 01:24:51,120 My mum would say: "Go out with your friends." "No, mum, wait a moment." 1213 01:24:51,160 --> 01:24:53,800 "Why are you wasting time? Study!" 1214 01:24:53,840 --> 01:24:56,400 And I was always there with these damn songs. 1215 01:24:56,440 --> 01:25:00,040 I dreamt, but I put so much into it. 1216 01:25:00,080 --> 01:25:02,680 How nice is it when we can rest after these tours. 1217 01:25:02,720 --> 01:25:05,320 It's nice touring again and seeing all these people,... 1218 01:25:05,360 --> 01:25:08,240 ..like Marina Rei says, "barefaced", watching us. 1219 01:25:08,280 --> 01:25:11,720 Finally going back to... That's what it's all about. 1220 01:25:11,760 --> 01:25:16,360 - All those people who come to see you. Those people... - It's what you get back. 1221 01:25:16,400 --> 01:25:21,160 You go to the other side of the world and find people who are singing your songs,... 1222 01:25:21,200 --> 01:25:23,800 ..the ones you wrote in your little room. 1223 01:25:23,840 --> 01:25:26,120 (CHEERS) 1224 01:25:26,160 --> 01:25:29,640 (Dardust) I think that certain pain, wounds and cracks... 1225 01:25:29,680 --> 01:25:32,120 ..have turned out to be a gold mine. 1226 01:25:32,160 --> 01:25:34,520 (Dardust) The concept of "kintsugi" comes to mind,... 1227 01:25:34,560 --> 01:25:38,560 ..that broken things can be repaired by covering them with gold. 1228 01:25:38,600 --> 01:25:43,480 (Dardust) I think his past has become something very powerful compared to others,... 1229 01:25:43,520 --> 01:25:46,200 ..and allows him to express himself so deeply. 1230 01:25:46,240 --> 01:25:51,520 Today, being able to make a living from music allows me to,... 1231 01:25:51,560 --> 01:25:54,000 ..I wouldn't say give back, because that's not nice,... 1232 01:25:54,040 --> 01:25:57,880 ..that almost sounds like you can't wait to pay your debts back. 1233 01:25:57,920 --> 01:26:03,600 I don't have debts with my mother, she raised me and that's part of life,... 1234 01:26:03,640 --> 01:26:05,640 ..so it's an exchange more than anything. 1235 01:26:05,680 --> 01:26:09,960 I can finally say that I can help out, after she did that for me for so many years. 1236 01:26:10,000 --> 01:26:14,960 (Anna) I remember when he came fourth at the Sanremo Festival with "Dimentica". 1237 01:26:15,000 --> 01:26:21,520 I said: "Alessandro, you were great, if you didn't win that's how it's meant to be." 1238 01:26:21,560 --> 01:26:26,360 "It means your time hasn't come yet, but don't worry, it will". 1239 01:26:26,400 --> 01:26:28,440 It just came to me. You know, those things that... 1240 01:26:28,480 --> 01:26:34,280 I'm not good at saying things like that, I'm too strict. I was taught... 1241 01:26:34,320 --> 01:26:37,400 You know, it just came to me... Stop! 1242 01:26:40,720 --> 01:26:44,960 It just came to me. Those things that just come out like that. 1243 01:26:46,080 --> 01:26:52,120 He wanted to win, and I knew he'd get there, and... 1244 01:26:52,160 --> 01:27:03,400 ("BACI DALLA TUNISIA" MUSIC) 1245 01:27:03,440 --> 01:27:06,520 (Mahmood) Although I haven't found a place... 1246 01:27:06,560 --> 01:27:09,360 ..that represents that cupboard I had,... 1247 01:27:09,400 --> 01:27:14,800 ..I think I now find refuge in my lyrics, in my songs. 1248 01:27:14,840 --> 01:27:18,760 (Mahmood) It's kind of a way of creating a new world. 1249 01:27:18,800 --> 01:27:23,880 (Mahmood) Of moving between reality and my world in the clouds. 1250 01:27:23,920 --> 01:27:29,480 (Mahmood) I like comparing these new worlds to new doors and new keys. 1251 01:27:29,520 --> 01:27:33,120 (Mahmood) There are people who need to put all their suffering... 1252 01:27:33,160 --> 01:27:36,080 ..and happiness into songs, into lyrics. 1253 01:27:36,120 --> 01:27:42,560 (Mahmood) I hope I can continue doing that for a long, long time, because it makes me feel better. 1254 01:27:42,600 --> 01:27:56,520 ("BACI DALLA TUNISIA" MUSIC) 1255 01:27:59,600 --> 01:28:05,800 ("INUYASHA" MUSIC AND CHEERS) 1256 01:28:05,840 --> 01:28:12,880 ("INUYASHA" MUSIC) 1257 01:28:12,920 --> 01:28:19,000 (together) # When you say goodbye, you break my heart. # 1258 01:28:19,040 --> 01:28:24,960 (together) # Going so far as to raise my hands... I don't like it any more. #