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Matteo Bocelli‘s partnership with his papa, precious Italian tone Andrea Bocelli, indicates whatever to him.
“Thanks to my dad, I had the pleasure to be on the most famous stages of the world and got to travel all over the planet,” 25-year-old Matteo informs Billboard. “Bringing our voices on stages, we were bringing a story that is true and authentic. As I always say, music is about authenticity, because when you’re not truthful to music, the music won’t work and people won’t feel it. Our duet ‘Fall On Me’ is a song that talks about a true relationship between father and son and it’s probably why people really felt the song and they were so excited to see us together all the time.”
While he’s currently had a remarkable quantity of music experience many thanks to functioning and also executing with his papa, Matteo prepares to reintroduce himself to the globe on his very own — however not without commemorating the family members that sustained him in the process. The vocalist went down a brand-new solo solitary, “Chasing Stars,” on Friday (July 28), which was created by pop super star Ed Sheeran and also his sibling Matthew concerning their very own papa.
“When I was younger, my father was my hero / Let me hop on his shoulders, we sang to the moon,” Matteo’s honeyed vocals lull on the opening lines of the wholehearted ballad, which, as anticipated, Andrea enjoyed. “Once my father heard that first line calling him my hero, he said, ‘I like this song,’” Matteo remembers with a laugh, prior to sharing exactly how encouraging the Italian tale has actually been while his kid functioned to sculpt his very own innovative course.
“My father helped this big step feel a little smaller,” he claims. “I’m very grateful for everything that he taught me, the values that he gave to me and all the vocal techniques. Every time I have jobs, I still go to him and ask him how I should use my voice. He’s always saying, ‘I’m here for you to help you for whatever you need.’ I think that this is what father should always do. Let their sons live their lives but always be there to support and give advice.”
Having a track created by Ed Sheeran on his launching cd made the track also sweeter, as Matteo has actually been a follower of the super star because he launched 2011’s “The A Team.”
“To think that in my very first album, I have a song with him, it’s incredible. It’s really a privilege,” Matteo claims, keeping in mind that he fulfilled Sheeran “multiple times” throughout the years, however actually was familiar with him when he dealt with Andrea on his 2017 “Perfect Symphony” duet. “We kept in contact, and later on, we asked if it was possible to have a song written by him. We thought it’d be a privilege to have one of his songs and he sent us ‘Chasing Stars.’ I fell in love with the song in the very first moment because it’s beautiful, the melody and also the lyrics. It wasn’t a song that he wrote for me. It was a song that he did for himself — but what’s cool is the song has a theme that is quite common because we both have a shared value of family and a passion for music.”
He proceeds, “I found so many connections on that song that I said, ‘I’ve got to do it.’ Not only because everything Ed touches is beautiful, but also because all the pieces of the puzzle were fitting perfectly.”
As for the olden expression, “Never meet your heroes,” the caution confirmed to be totally false in Matteo’s experience collaborating with Sheeran. “One of the things that I appreciate so much about Ed is that in his music and art in general, he knows what it means to be free and to have the freedom to do what you love in your way,” Matteo claims. “Many artists in their career have been judged for what they were doing or the way they were bringing music to people. For this reason, he gave me the freedom to perform the song the way I like. He wasn’t at all the type to be like, ‘No, you got to do this, you got to do that.’ He encouraged me to perform it the way I feel, because he said, ‘At the end of the day, you’re going to be on stage performing the songs.’”
The Parisi-created “Chasing Stars” will certainly be included on the vocalist’s upcoming launching solo cd, fittingly labelled Matteo, established for launch on September 22 using Capitol Records. The 12-track task will certainly include both Italian and also English tunes recording this brand-new phase in Matteo’s life.
Despite his self-confidence in taking this following action as a solo musician, Matteo is still expanding and also discovering that he is, much like any kind of 25-year-old. “They always ask me who I am today and I always say, ‘Honestly, I don’t know,’ because it’s truly a specific and particular phase of my life,” he claims of exactly how he sees himself presently. “This is why one of the first ideas we thought of was to call the album Fasi, which means ‘phases’ in English, because it’s a very important moment of my life with many, many changes. I’m super happy about all of the music I made these last two years and this record will be the product of getting to experiment and work with many writers and composers. You learn so many things, you have so many experiences and so many stories to tell. I hope that the concepts and all the stories and emotion will be able to connect with people.”
Listen to “Chasing Stars,” and also enjoy the relocating video, listed below.
