The rockers became a sensation throughout Europe at this year's Eurovision Song Contest. While some viewed them with disgust, others applauded their courage and youthful energy. The creative director of the Italian fashion house Gucci, Alessandro Michele, recognized this. The Italians from Rome are thus the new face of Gucci's fashion collection, dominated by leather and feathers.
Band members, bassist Victoria De Angelis, guitarist Thomas Raggi and drummer Ethan Torchio with the band's frontman became the face Gucci's Aria campaign. The famous brand wrote on its social networks that the purpose of this campaign is to "capture the revolutionary and joyful impulse of eros as the creative force of modern images".
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Leather pants, leather boots and feathered creations they are what dominates the new collection. Eurovision is known as a festival of freedom and equality, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, Italian musicians have brought luxury to their world and redefined the issue of sexuality and gender, which was Gucci's greatest inspiration.
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Damiano said many times, that he really doesn't care what others think, which was proven by his performance in the video for the winning Eurovision song "Zitte e buoni". The video is controversial for some and liberating for others. The band members pose in underwear and BDSM gear, tongue touching each other, and in one part, Damiano exchanges passionate kisses with the drummer.
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Damiano David, Victoria De Angelis, Thomas Raggi and Ethan Torchio formed the group in 2016 when they decided to enter a local music competition. Then they had to come up with a name that came completely by chance. De Angelis, the only female member of the band, is half-Danish, so they started brainstorming words in Danish to finally like 'maneskin', which means moonlight.
The general public got to know them on the Italian version of 'X Factor' in 2017, where they performed, among other things, the song 'Beggin', which became one of the most listened to covers on Spotify since Eurovision. A year later, they released their first album, the songs of which ended up consecutively high on the list of the best listeners. They have been performing on the streets of Rome for years, but now their time has finally come, which will undoubtedly last a long time.
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