Måneskin (moonlight in Danish) is an Italian rock band that attended XFACTOR 2017 and paved their way to success with their debut song ‘Chosen’ and the famous cover ‘Beggin’.’
The band members are Damiano David (singer), Victoria De Angelis (bassist), Thomas Raggi (guitarist) and Ethan Torchio (drummer). They’re all in their 20s.
Måneskin came out with hits like ‘Torna a casa’ (Come back home in English) and ‘Zitti e buoni’ in the following years. ‘Zitti e buoni ‘(Be quiet and behave) is also the song they played at Sanremo and Eurovision, and won them both with. After Eurovison their success increased and their reach spanned many countries such as the US who promoted them in Times Square.
EUROVISION
Måneskin attended the Eurovision competition with their hit song ‘Zitti e Buoni’ in Rotterdam, Netherlands. They competed against all European countries plus some outside of it.
They not only won Eurovison but people’ hearts with their music, and kisses between the male members; a powerful and risky move considering some countries are against LGBT + rights. The public loved their audacity and praised them for continuing to represent the community.
TIMES SQUARE
Maneskin appeared on Spotify Times Square’s Billboard on July 2, 2021 with a new picture of them with a white star on a red wallpaper behind them. This happened almost two weeks before the ‘I wanna be your slave music’ video (an important video for the fans) premiered, .
The band proudly announced this achievement on the social medias writing: “find us in Times Square” and changed all their icons replacing their old profile pictures with the ones from this photoshoot.
I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE
‘I wanna be your slave’ is one of their most played songs. The music video has garnered 21 Billion views on YouTube. The video highlights the sexual message of the song and shows the band members in a way never seen before with iconic outfits and production. The video is full of kinks and symbols such as Victoria licking the apple, the Original Sin.
Fan thoughts:
“I’m just in love with it. They show kinks with other taboos and this is fantastic, I have no other words for it.”
“The video is coherent with the song lyrics. As the guys said, it represent all kinds of pleasure and it’s obvious not everyone likes them.”
“I love that Måneskin is not afraid of LGBT + criticism.”
“How many stereotypes do you wanna break in one video? Måneskin: Yes”
LUPA CAPITOLINA
On July 27th 2021, Måneskin were awarded the “Lupa Capitolina” the symbol of Rome at the Capitol by the Rome Mayor, Virginia Raggi. This means that Måneskin represents the city of Rome, the capital of Italy. This occasion was announced a new Italian date in Rome at the Circus Maximus on July 09 2022.
The band is also now the 14th most streamed worldwide artist/band on Spotify with more than 50 billion of monthly listeners.
This is just the beginning of the international journey Måneskin are going to take. They’ve also shared that in the future they’re going to write more english songs. This is a great news for the international fans who will be able to fully understand Måneskin lyrics, but it’s important to highlight how the Italian songs made people want to learn the band native language.