Povia does not send a message and, in an interview with Adnkronos the day after the announcement of the big names of the 2024 Sanremo Festival, makes some reflections and confirms that he was rejected by the artistic director Amadeus: “Of course I sent.” The song, I do it every year. I have been ready for Sanremo for 14 years, but Sanremo is not yet ready for me and my social songs. This year I gave more than 110 concerts and in 2024 it will be similar because there are already a lot of requests, so the appreciation for me is there. However, we live in a time when we should only listen to love songs that may be beautiful but harmless so as not to disturb anyone’s cultural and ideological balance.
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“At festivals everything is forgiven, whereas in Povia positive messages are conveyed and always with respect, no,” says the singer-songwriter. In the four festivals I have attended, I have always raised specific but positive themes that were never discussed by anyone, and they were always successful precisely because they were encouraging and extraordinary among so many ordinary songs. The audience, explains Povia, “noticed it immediately and still sings it today and asks for it as an encore.” I have always participated alone without support and it was always difficult to enter, then it depends on the will of the people who are on the Festival work.”
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Furthermore: “Add that I’m a free agent, I have no influential communities and friends, I have no trading power, I produce myself, I’ve never had a major label pressuring me, and I don’t want to.” once one, and finally I have my ideas and I often present them with songs and explanations so that you understand it… Without affecting the many songs in the competition, the “Povia factor” that stopped me from “It “It doesn’t matter if the song is bad or good, even if it’s easier to make people believe that,” the singer bursts out. “They are choices and I respect them… Maybe I’ll try again next year,” Povia concludes with a smile. The last time Povia was at the festival, after winning it in 2006 with “Vorrei ave il becco”, was in 2009 with the controversial song “Luca era gay”.
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