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Every Saturday, we’re going deep on one song we’ve never reviewed before. This week, we look back at a pop single that defied early-2000s purity culture to reveal a deeper truth about young women’s coming of age. Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
Three months after Sean Penn was noticeably absent after winning Best Supporting Actor for his turn as military colonel Steven J. Lockjaw in One Battle After Another at this year's Oscars, the actor shared why he opted out of the ceremony. When appearing at the Tribeca Festival in New York on Friday for a conversation with CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins, Penn said that he had deliberately timed his visit to Ukraine to overlap with the Academy Awards. According to USA Today, he said that the ceremony had “always represented social discomfort to me,” and that he “won't go anywhere to…
There’s different tiers of grief: the self-induced (watching your home team’s first-ever World Series appearance slip through their mitts by one game), the tragic (a marriage dissolving despite weathering a claustrophobic pandemic), and the unspeakable (the deaths of loved ones, taken in a flash or drawn out over years). In recent years, Ben Gibbard, one of indie rock’s prevailing figureheads, has unwittingly endured all three. That much is clear on I Built You a Tower, Death Cab for Cutie’s first album in four years. Sorrow has always been a songwriting wellspring for Gibbard, who built his band’s reputation on an…
Federico Zampaglione will be president of the jury of the new edition of Promote your musicthe contest dedicated to emerging artists which in recent seasons has involved over 3,000 participants. The leader of the Tiromancino he will also be the testimonial of the format. The final will be broadcast by Radio Italia TV and will take place in the studios of Radio Italia Solomusicaitaliana, on the same stage that hosts the concerts of Radio Italia Live. The management is entrusted to Mauro Marino. During the evening Zampaglione will perform live and receive a lifetime achievement award. The selections of “Promote…
Fasma released the new single on Friday 5 June Tulipscreated together with the manufacturer GG. The song comes after the EP Tyrant Lizard Kingwhich had opened a more intimate phase of his journey, and moves on a contrast between the sweetness of the piano and the distorted guitars of the chorus. Fasmawhat is “Tulips” about? Between Sundays that taste like derbies, distances traveled without desire and nights that seem to never end, Tulips it tells of the emotional tiredness of those who get hurt, walk away and try to interrupt the mechanisms that always lead to the same wounds. A…
Layanaamong the rumors that emerged from the latest edition of X Factorreleased the new single on Friday 29 May Dollout by Woodworm Publishing/Universal Music Italia. The song follows the first unreleased song Usual Night and confirms the artistic partnership between the Milanese singer-songwriter and Dario Mangiaracinawho signed the piece with her and took care of its production. Layanathe meaning of “Doll” If Usual Night had highlighted the singer's vulnerability and expressive strength, Doll presents itself as the manifesto piece of the project. It talks about the illusion of having control within a relationship, while almost without realizing it you end…
The critic and journalist passed away at the age of 67 Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
Text and meaning of Festivalbarthe new single by Angy together with Jacopo Ottonelloreleased on May 22, 2026. A song that recalls right from the title the historic television program that marked Italian musical summers, and which plays on that imagery to tell of a summer love that has come to an end. Angy, from musicals to music Angyborn in Milan on 28 February 2008, came to music after various experiences in musicals. Festivalbar it is her fifth single as a singer-songwriter, after Temporary Love (2024), OOPS (2024), I want you (2025) e Spare Heart (2025). At the same time he…
For a movie about toys and their human counterparts, the Toy Story franchise has done impressive work of becoming a cornerstone of American nostalgia. Multibillion dollar global revenue aside, the films hold a warm, fuzzy spot in pop culture, with Woody and Buzz Lightyear returning with each reiteration to pull at our heartstrings. In the upcoming Toy Story 5 film, set to release June 19, however, cowgirl Jessie takes front and center. This week, the upcoming movie got the Taylor Swift-treatment and the star bestowed both film and music fans with the country-tinged and sentimental, “I Knew It, I Knew…
1961: Tom Araya, singer and bassist of Slayer, is born in Viña del Mar, Chile. Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM