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Fangirl Friday: Måneskin

Happy Friday! Today's spotlight is on my current favorite band: Måneskin! To be fair I'm still a relatively new fan, but they were my #1 artist on my SpotifyWrapped as they so rightfully deserved. Their music is so good, so I figured why not write about them. There is a specific reason I decided to write this for today and it's because they dropped their new album Rush today!

(L-R) Damiano David, Thomas Raggi, Ethan Torchio, Victoria de Angelis

I first heard of Måneskin when they won Eurovision in 2021. I was casually on Tumblr and people kept posting about them. NOW I am just a dumb American and knew of Eurovision, but I never watched it nor had ever wanted to. I never heard about any of the winners. Never looking into it, until this band.

They represented Italy for Eurovision, but they don't only do songs in Italian.

I will be completely honest, what drew me to the band was a photo I saw of lead singer, Damiano David. I am a simpleton at heart. I see an attractive man I want to know more. And then I heard the man sing and I was sold.

Sure, I became a fan of this band at first just over the lead singer, but I have come to love and appreciate the other members.

We've got:

  • Damiano David - Singer
  • Thomas Raggi - Guitar
  • Victoria de Angelis - Bass
  • Ethan Torchio - Drums

This band has completely ovetaken my life. I made a Tumblr sideblog dedicated to them. As I said before, they were my #1 artist on my SpotifyWrapped. My current ringtone is their song "CORALINE" and my text tone is the opening bassline to their song "MAMMAMIA".

The first song I heard by them when I looked them up was their cover of "Beggin'" because the first thing I thought was interesting because I went through a Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons phase in high school. However, I didn't know their cover of "Beggin'" was a cover of a cover. The band's version is actually a cover of Madcon's cover of the original Four Seasons song. There are some changes to the original song, but it's so good.

Then I heard "I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE" on the radio and that became my favorite song of theirs for a bit.

I will be completely transparent. I first heard about them mid 2021 and I only listened to the same 5 songs of theirs on repeat before actually listening to all their music and becoming the diehard fan I am now in August of 2022. That is why I said I'm still a relatively new fan.

Something happened August 3, 2022 that made me dive into their entire discography. If you witnessed it on my Tumblr, I greatly apologize. I was feral and going through all the emotions. What happened you may ask? I am not at liberty to divulge that information on this blog, but you can ask me on Tumblr or Twitter.

Il ball della vita album cover and tracklist

Måneskin has released four albums. My personal favorite is "Il ballo della vita" which is their second album. I love the vibes of the album. I do want to do a "Kinda Review" of it.

Choosing a favorite song by the band is so hard. My most played song is "For Your Love" but I wouldn't say that's my favorite, but it's up there. I'm going to have to do a "Top 10" ranking post for their music. In my opinion, they haven't released anything less than a bop. I still need to listen Rush that was just released.

I feel the need to say that they covered "Somebody Told Me" by The Killers, who are one of my favorite bands of all time and have been one of my favorite bands since 2006. Måneskin's cover is so good and I don't even like covers. Especially rock covers. But their cover gets a pass and a gold star.

I very well might do a "Fangirl Friday" post for each member because they are all so talented. I can write an essay on how their music has altered my brain chemistry in the past five months.

The last time I fell so completely in love with a band so fast was when I got into Palaye Royale in 2018.

I highly suggest checking them out! Most people start with "Beggin'" when they listen to them, but I suggest listening to their Italian songs. I promise their Italian songs go so much harder than their English songs. Not that their English songs aren't good. Like I said, I don't think they've released a bad song, in my opinion.

I leave you with "The Loneliest" music video which I love with all my heart. I think I'll also have to write a post ranking my favorite music videos of theirs because their music videos are great!



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