At just 23 years old, Angelica Bove takes the stage of the Sanremo Festival in the New Proposals category with a rare awareness. His journey, which began among the covers in the bedroom and went through X Factorwas constructed by specifically choosing slow tempos and a precise artistic direction.
Two and a half years ago the public met her during X Factor: rough voice, deep gaze, a story that weighs like a boulder. At 19 he lost both parents in a car accident. An event that cannot be overcome, one simply tries to go beyond. And which risks leaving us with a paralyzing sense of impotence.
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The “den” as a protected space
His first album is titled TANA. It’s not a coincidence. It is the symbol of a safe place, an emotional home where you can reorganize the fragments. In an interview with The Messenger she explained what it means for her:
My home and the people I love. Like my five brothers, who will be cheering me on at the Festival from home. In addition to triplets, I also have an older brother, 27, and a younger brother, 21. We shared the greatest pain of our lives. Talking to them is like talking to myself. The family, after the tragedy, became a mirror and still. Talking to your siblings is a way to not feel lost, to not let yourself be swallowed up by that sudden void that mourning creates.
“Brick”: living the pain
The song he brings to Ariston is called Brick. It is a concrete, heavy, almost uncomfortable word which however here becomes a symbol of that weight which, instead of crushing, serves to build one’s rebirth. In fact, inside there is the theme of mental health, addressed without rhetoric. A central phrase of the song speaks of “feel bad in a normal way“She herself explained the meaning:
Learning to live with great pain such as that linked to the loss of both parents. It was a pain bigger than me. I was becoming passive to life without realizing it: I was letting myself be carried away by the pain. Music was the best therapy.
Here lies the psychological heart of the song: not to erase pain, but to normalize it, to recognize it as part of the human experience. Music, for Angelica, is not an escape but a tool for returning to life. We don’t know if the public will reward it or if the power of social media – and talent – will prevail, but we know that Brick it is a song that should not go unnoticed because it can help those who are grieving to feel less alone, to understand that you can fall without stopping building. Because even a brick, if laid with care, becomes part of a new house.
A song that, like writing on social media, wants to dedicate:
my brothers, my scars and all the people who thought, even for just a moment, that they couldn’t fight anymore. Pain is never greater than the beauty of living but above all pain is not a battle: it is an opportunity to celebrate life beyond everything, because it is always worth it.
The lyrics of “Mattone”
Below we leave you the text Brick by Angelica Bove:
They say that to love you need to feel good
alone
not to settle just to stay together
From the outside we look alike like dogs do to their owners
but we don’t understand each other as children and parents
I take a little high
too much information
that I get confusedHow much more rain will fall for a little peace
in these days
I know it will pass sooner or later
the doctor said I have to get used to it
to feel bad in a normal way
like all other people
to feel bad in a normal way
like everyone else
and return to lifeThey say that to hate you need to argue
you need words said well
I always find myself saying mean things
I can never count to three
I lose patience as I lose opportunities
they are trains like this, far away
I wait a little longer
too many directions
possibleHow much more rain will fall for a little peace
in these days
I know it will pass sooner or later
the doctor said I have to get used to it
to feel bad in a normal way
like all other people
to feel bad in a normal way
like everyone else
and return to lifeThey say I carry a burden
which for me is a brick
but a brick is used to build
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