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portraitandplaylist · 2 years

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Side A: Giovanni

What does music mean to you? How does it make you feel?

So music to me is like the embodiment of human emotions and thoughts and yeah, at the same time it is still something really universal and ethereal because, I don't know, it's the middle of the emotions and the tangible things that we have as humans. And I don't know, it just makes me feel good, man. Like good and sexy, nostalgic, sad, then still sexy then sexy and sexy and sexy and sexy. That's it.

How big of a part does music play in your life and career?

To me, music is definitely one of the biggest part of my life because well, career wise, I would love to work in the music industry. I'm an aspiring artist and yeah, it would be amazing, but I think that whatever plan God has in store for me, definitely music will be a big part of it and it will influence my life a lot. So yeah, it just means a lot. And I wouldn't know how to explain it with words.

What's a song you know word for word, bar for bar?

The song I know word for word, bar by bar - okay my Italian came out - is Mama Saturn by Tanarélle because I don't know, I've listened to that song too much and it's just speaks to me in a different level. It's - wow. Yeah.

Do you collect vinyl? If so what do you enjoy about it? And if not, how come?

I sadly do not collect vinyls because I don't have the player thing - I don't know how to say in English - and they're expensive, but I would love to and I'm really sad that I don't, but I still support my favourite artists by buying tickets for them.

Tell me about your favourite concert that you went to.

I've been to many concerts I enjoyed, no bad concerts, but I think as of lately, Mahmood. My favourite Italian artist came to London [on] May 2nd. It was my birthday so it was really special to me. I had a birthday hat on and so he said happy birthday to me and yeah, that's why I think it was probably the most special, and everyone was Italian in the venue, you know? So it felt like I had a piece of home in that venue that night, so yeah.

Your favourite lyric?

You'd kneel down to the dry land / Kiss the earth that birthed you [Frank Ocean, Pink + White]

Give me the name of a playlist you made with no context.

R&B TO PLAY IN A BENZ

What are your desert island disc albums?

So I have Blond by Frank Ocean for my 'being sad' moments. Ghettolimpo - to remind myself where I'm from - by Mahmood and 4U by Ojerime, 'cause it's a sexy album.

Tell me about music your parents played while you were growing up.

So my mom and my dad were really different in taste. In fact, my dad brought me to the old school Italian music, so like Domenico Modugno, Fabrizio De André; while my mum was really like thee singers, you know, Whitney Houston, Tina Turner. She used to play all of that. And yeah so I grew up with that type of music. And then when I started listening to my own music, a lot of R&B and stuff, they started to listen to that music as well, so yeah.

Briefly talk me through the songs you put in this playlist, what do they mean to you.

My first song is Ghettolimpo by Mahmood because it's just a work of art that song speaks about like his personal life, how he grew up and his relationship with religion and faith, but also just music in general and chasing his dreams, growing up without his dad.

And then there's Pyramids by Frank Ocean because that song is just simply the greatest song of all time.

SUMMER SALT by Smino because it's my summer song. And Smino was definitely one of the biggest influences in my life.

Out Of My Way by RIMON, cuz that's my party song, it's my favourite party song.

'A capa e 'o core by SVM & LaHasna is a Neapolitan Italian song. And I love how the lyrics are so angry, but the song is just - I don't know - it's like you're on a wave, you know, it's so nice.

And then there's I Know Now (2003) by Ojerime, which is - listen, guys, listen, I don't owe any explanation.

No Angel by Beyonce because it's underrated as fuck and that's one of her best songs and I don't know, I just love the switch, the beat switch and what she does with her voice.

Mama Saturn by Tanarélle, 'cause that's a song I know word for word.

Burn by Jorja Smith, 'cause it speaks to me, I'm sure she wrote it for herself and for every person that you know was going through something, especially as a teenager sometimes.

And the last one is Amore che vieni, amore che vai and it's an Italian old school song, which my dad used to play in the car all the time, so yeah.

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bagofbonesmp3 · 2 years

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share 5 albums you liked

i was tagged by @thottybrucewayne ty!

1. i need to start a garden by haley heynderickx

i was going through something this year and i found confort in haley's sound. it's just so simple and melancholic, it feels like songs you'd hear at a live local concert. so full of heart

favorite track: no face

2. i love my mom by indigo de souza

indigo's music makes me feel nostalgic for things that happened so long ago! it's both fun and sad, you go from dancing to having a breakdown. it's perfect

favorite track: ghost

3. ghettolimpo by mahmood

MAHMOOD YOUVE DONE IT AGAIN. ALL THE TRACKS ARE AMAZING EVEN THE WEAKEST ONES WERE SOMETHING ID PLAY ON REPEAT.

favorite track: talata

4. the turning wheel by spellling

spellling is honestly such a complete artist, from the beat to the lyrics to the aesthetic. her music feels like reading a very good fantasy book and i love it

favorite track: magic act

5. okoshiyasu!! by otoboke beaver

i used to be obsessed with otoboke beaver then for some reason i stopped listening to them for a while. this year i revisited them and remember why I liked them so much. it's running music, it's dancing music, it's fistfight music. the energy is always there for you!!!

favorite track: akimahenka

#honorable mention to melt banana's cell-scape and nin's the downward spiral #yo.txt

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