Although there are still several months until the 2025 final, the Internet already has its favorite in the competition. The network is conquered by Tommy Cash’s song “Espresso Macchiata”, which this year will represent Estonia. The national preselection artist won with an advantage of 83 percent. over competitors, And the song is already a trend on the thicket, which today provides songs with great publicity and recognition.
Italians outraged by the favorite of this year’s Eurovision. They want to disqualify him
However, Cash’s playful song did not like everything. The Italians are outraged by the Italians, who drew attention to the song full of harmful stereotypes, which is a parody of Italian culture. The country that has won Eurovision three times (for the last time in 2021 thanks to Maneskin) is demanding the removal of “Espresso Macchiato” from the competition.
“The text was written in English, but contains distorted Italian words, refers to stereotypes and causes a comic, surreal effect” – we read in an article published by the Italian press agency Ansa. In the text to “Espresso Macchiato” we will find Italian expressions, which often distort foreigners, as well as references to the mafia (“I work without interruption, which is why I sweat like a mafioso), which in the culture there is a huge faux pas. In the song, the lyrical subject is a rich man who drinks a lot of “espresso macchiato”, smokes a lot, runs a tiny restaurant, years of private planes, hangs gold and eats spaghetti. Italians are outraged and consider him harmful.
“We invite you to Italy, see how decent people work here”
Even the vice president of the Italian Senate Gian Marco Centinaio intervened in the case from the Salvini league, which calls for the disqualification of Estonia from this year’s Eurovision. The politician felt offended that Tommy Cash’s song brings Italians to people drinking coffee and rich thanks to gangster. “We invite music to Italy, let him see how decent people work herebefore he decides to write such stupid and stereotypical songs. If someone really found a way to earn money easily by using others, it is him ” – emphasizes the senator.
In turn, Codacons, an Italian organization dealing with copyright protection. She issued a statement in which she emphasizes that she understood that events such as Eurovision should remain freedom of artistic expression, but she also has certain limits. “Songs about sexist content were excluded from the competition, so whether it would be fair to remove a song that offends all culture fairlycountry and community, and threatens to consolidate Stereotypes harmful to Italy that harm the reputation of the whole nation? ” – we read in an appeal addressed to EBU.
Italian media call “espresso macchiato” an open provocation. The debate on the song even reached Rai’s public television. We invite you to participate in the poll and commenting.
Source: Gazeta
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