"In the age of hits, likes and views, if I tried to do what my father did more than sixty years ago I could never succeed."
The surname Morandi, the fourth and last child of Gianni (had by his second wife Anna Dan), he left at home: the road is his, whether it is uphill or downhill, and he is looking for it under the name of Tredici Pietro in homage to the Bolognese “balotta”, his clique of friends. Because if there is one thing he has in common with his father Gianni, besides the love for music, it is the desire to smile and be in company.
The rapper's new album is out on Friday, April 4, digitally and physically: it's called "Non guardare giù" (Epic Records/Sony Music Italy). A journey through different musical styles, from trap to acoustic, from old school rap to drum & bass, until touching on Italian soul and rock. Each song is a stage of authentic artistic and personal growth that is also reflected in the profound lyrics, in which he leaves room for universal themes always bringing them back to more intimate reflections.
An album that «is very important to me, I would say consecrating» and that he can't wait to take around Italy and also to his beloved Sardinia: « I've visited it far and wide, from Cagliari to Porto Cervo. A place of the heart? Carloforte, of course ». Location of the successful series “L'isola di Pietro” starring Gianni Morandi, a great success on the small screen that had the merit of bringing the singer from Monghidoro back into the arms of another love of his, acting.
Twenty-eight years old, Pietro Morandi left Bologna five years ago to move to Milan. Passionate about music since he was a child («Even though my family wasn’t exactly happy with this path»), he has to deal, like everyone else in his generation, and not only, with « a world where only performance and perfection count, where you win or lose. We know, or at least we are convinced, that we won’t do better than our parents».
And he knows something about unattainable goals: « The constant comparison with him is exhausting but I realize that perhaps it is an inevitable retaliation for me. I try to make my own music. ». For years he was a victim of impostor syndrome « The reason is that many things did not go well for me. And then I understood that if I succeeded or failed it was because of my own merit or fault».
