"Music, in my opinion, is today the only tool that allows you to say what you want. Many Italian singer-songwriters have shown that it can also be used to tackle important topics and tell the story of the present." Nicolò Filippucci, following his consecration at the Sanremo festival and a year full of expectations, opens up without filters to the young people at the Giffoni Film Festival, not concealing his doubts and hopes.
The young people also ask him about his relationship with social media: "It's an excellent means of promoting yourself and showing who you are, whether on Instagram or TikTok, through covers or your own music, but it exposes you to a wide audience and can be a double-edged sword: it must be used with extreme caution, especially among younger people. What you post online stays there over time." According to Filippucci, "there should be education on the use of social media, even in schools, because when used well they are extremely powerful and useful tools."
His story began with Amici, and he admits that during that period "there were many fears, first and foremost the fear of not being enough. Fears about the future are still there today: every day is an unknown in our work and in life in general. There are goals we set for ourselves without knowing whether we will truly be able to reach them," he says, but at the same time he encourages young people to "always uphold their own ideals and values and have the courage to show who they really are." After all, the fear of other people's judgment "is completely normal, especially when you're starting out and people don't know you yet. The risk is being taken for something you're not."
For Filippucci, the discipline he developed through sport has been very important: "I have a very hard head. Sometimes it's an asset, other times a flaw, but it has taught me to persevere. It takes dedication, sacrifice, a lot of study, and you have to keep going on your own path. If it's meant to happen, it will happen." And furthermore: "I live on adrenaline. I come from sport and on stage I feel an incredible rush. Seeing people sing along with you and sharing that moment with the musicians is something unique."
There were many questions from the young people, including about his songwriting process: "It's not always the same. Sometimes it starts from the music, from a melody, and you try to tell a story. Other times, instead, the need to tell something comes first: there are ideas jotted down on the phone, phrases written in notes, and from there the melody is built." And finally, sometimes he has recorded a new melody "at two in the morning" after getting out of bed, because he couldn't stop thinking about it.
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