Fresh competitor of Friends 25, Gard he told our microphones about his experience in the program and made it clear how much, for him, in the end only his artistic project counts, which has nothing to do with what was proposed to him, in artistic terms, in the talent show.
Of course, many things have changed compared to 9 months ago but, specifically, how and what has changed?
“Everything is the same as before, the only difference is that when you pass by on the street people recognize you. I really appreciate it when they write to me privately for the music and not for the image, for the appearance. I don't want to be a model.”
Gard talks about the EP Bruises After Friends 25
Speaking of the EP, what does it represent for you?
“Bruises it represents many nuances of my pain when I was writing the pieces and we go through pain in all its forms, a mix and combination of things that made me discover many things about myself.
I want this EP to represent freedom. I wrote it in 9 months, Hell And Tell me you want me before Friendsthe others while I was inside and when I left. We started the project with Fulvio Masinimy producer, and he was very Calcutta indie. I enjoyed it but not like I do now, so I wrote the first two and brought them to him asking for the sadness of a ballad with an uptempo melody.
I had never heard something like this in my music and I immediately felt 100% inside the project. I'm not good at describing everything in words but I hope that everything can be understood with music.”
Gard between punk, rock and artistic path
The reference points:
“Definitely emerging bands and artists in venues like the Trinity of Genoa, where they make strange projects that maybe you don't hear on the radio. The day before yesterday and three days ago I went to listen to Argentine and Japanese punk rock bands with only women, I really liked it.
The punk world is different from that of Friends but I come from there and I want to keep that, I don't want to change. The two worlds have nothing to do with it, but I told myself that if I had gone with the head I had and still have then it would have been fine and so it was.
I have to thank for life Mary for the opportunity, especially because in 8 months I made a journey that takes 6 or 7 years. I'm not afraid of having limited the time, now I want to exploit this visibility to grow little by little in small places and then continue organically.”
Gard's live shows afterwards Friends 25
What to expect from the live shows:
“I want to play rock, no keys or anything like that. My band has been together for 10 years, they have experience in small venues so I have no fear of having these experiences. Inside Friends I tried to propose rock and punk but they told me to experiment and I did, I tried and it went well without making a fool of myself.
For me it was an achievement to enter with a piece like Hellwith a distorted and saturated voice. If I have to present myself once on TV I want to do it as I say and in the end it happened. Mary he told me to continue on this path and to keep my mentality strong, when I left I didn't despair because it happens. In the end you can see out there who has the character and who doesn't.”
Featuring with your other adventure companions?
“We didn't talk to my featuring partners, in this EP I wanted to be me because people don't know me artistically. I wanted to be the one who exposed myself to the listeners with a path, with a meaning. I also collaborated with Leyla El Abiri who has a vision that I like.”
Summer single?
“There are no seasonal pieces, for me music is music and only pieces exist, we cannot label what is not labelable.”
