In the almost three decades that he has been on stage, Laura Pausino She can’t remember a year in which there was no armed conflict, and now the situation in Ukraine fills her with uncertainty as to whether she should continue making music, but just for a moment: “Even if there is a war, especially for the people who live there (…) it is fair to continue” because “hope and dreams come through art”, states in an interview with EFE.
In the case of the Italian, her form of art has always been singing, a passion that has led her to win awards such as the Grammys, the Golden Globes and the Sanremo Festival in 1993, the starting point of her career and a very special moment that he wants to remember in his autobiographical film Laura Pausini – Nice to meet youwhich will see the light in April.
The idea for the film came about during the pandemic, when the 47-year-old singer had time for the first time in decades to get bored. “I thought that the best way to feel alive again was to take a trip to my past that I had forgotten”, remember wistfully.
In that trip back in time, Pausini, one of the most important voices in Italian music, made a discovery that surprised her: “I had spent more time in my life as a celebrity than in my life as a non-celebrity.”
“It is a trip to my adolescence and childhood, to the countryside where I was born, among the school books, the songs I listened to… it was like opening a box”, explains in a video call with Eph in the midst of promotions for his new single, Cash registerwhich will be the soundtrack of her film and in which an adult Pausini chats with her adolescent self to assure her that she has not forgotten her because she lives in it.
Hopeful for the good reception of the song and its video clip, recorded in her childhood room that is still intact in the house where she was born in the small town of Solarolo (center), the singer admits that she is looking forward to seeing how people will react to a very personal film with which he expects something unique: “I want to know if the public identifies with me as I identify with them.”
Before the premiere, Pausini will be the mistress of ceremonies, along with two of her friends, the singer Mika and the presenter Alessandro Cattelan, of the Eurovision Song Contest, an opportunity that caught her by surprise: “I didn’t expect them to call me to present it because when there’s music involved, what I normally do is sing”.
The artist, a true star who accumulates thousands of fans in Spain and Latin America, tries not to reveal anything that the trio has prepared for the Turin contest in May, but advances that it will be “a great show” at the height of the motto of this year, “The sound of beauty”, to launch “a message of union and peace”.
When asked if she would have liked to represent her country, Pausini answers with the security that characterizes her: “This show is great, I love the concept of uniting the music of Europe”he says, despite the dramatic moment that the continent is experiencing and that sometimes makes him wonder if he should stop making music.
“Inside me the answer is always no. Although there is a war, especially for the people who live there, it is very important to tell them that there is life outside. Hope and dreams shouldn’t be left in words, both often live through art, so I think it’s fair to continue”explains about the conflict.
He acknowledges that when he gets home at night and sees that the television only talks about war “and it’s not a movie”, he feels “uncertainty” because he would like to “be there and help”, but then he remembers what many people write to him: “They tell me that I am helping them in my own way, with music.”
“I have been a singer for 29 years and honestly I do not remember a year of my career without a war. There are such as in Afghanistan that has been going on for many years, there are many mothers who lose their children, there are men who lose their lives. Unfortunately, if you go to Google to search for wars today, you don’t know how many there are. Of course right now it’s happening.” in Ukraine with Russia, which with “its elections” is making Europe suffer.
After 30 years in the music industry, Laura Pausino think about the future with the strength of a woman with a career full of successes behind her and happy to know that the conditions of women have improved in her sector, an achievement that she celebrated yesterday, March 8, but remembering that she still “ there are a lot of things to do”. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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