Diodato, the singer-songwriter who reveals human frailties and the importance of not betraying oneself

Diodato, the singer-songwriter who reveals human frailties and the importance of not betraying oneself

Diodato is a sensitive and intelligent songwriter, who reveals human frailties and the importance of never betraying oneself: analysis of some of his songs.

He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him

Diodato is a songwriter. It is not necessary to add an attribute to qualify (or quantify) his talent, it is a concrete hope for our music, for our long and impressive songwriting tradition and for sensitive niche, those who still know how to listen to the words of a song and recognize its value, weight, importance. Diodato makes use of it scrupulous, careful, delicate. He is a songwriter, I said, he is rightfully so, his verses reveal the man through the artist. It is life that becomes art, the of him.





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Empathy in music

Diodato's music has many qualities. But, above all else, it is empathetic, welcoming, capable of investigating the most intimate and suffered aspects of the human soul, the difficulty and urgency of being here and now, with our feet firmly in the present. Her pen knows how to be poetic and concrete, powerful but not overbearing, sensitive and refined. His way of telling the truth is never artificial, but direct; not so overwhelming as, rather, disarming. Diodato is like a draft of air that moves mountains, his words are never harmless, even when they seem so.

A recurring theme of his production is that ofself-affirmation, of the importance of not being trapped in one's own fears, which quickly become acquiescence, then resignation. Never compromise with what scares us: being flattered by fear is a simple exercise, the more difficult it is to deal with the less accommodating aspects of life, such as not like each other, not to be like the others they want us, of wanting to be what others expect.

What a wonderful life and other stories

What a wonderful life, a song that Diodato released last December and which gives the title to his new album, is just the tip of the iceberg of a much more complicated process and dense, which starts from self-acceptance, indeed, from full self-awareness. Accepting, in fact, involves a form of resignation, of renouncing to investigate our innermost truth. Diodato speaks, rather, of one real self-knowledge, of what one is and what one wants. In What a wonderful life he sings "You are the life I have chosen now and I do not regret this, not even when the wind rises", but it is only the end point of a long and treacherous journey, which began earlier with songs such as Per la first time (and not only).



For the first time, in fact, it looks like a whisper, but it strikes like a cry, so much it is powerful its message: it is the story of a man who looks back and realizes how much fear of what might be has mortified what has been. The protagonist of the song is like a veteran without a war, aged without becoming an adult, transparent in the eyes of himself only for the fear of taking risks. He never really knew each other, he never deepened his passions, he didn't have time to have ambitions and he compromised with the destiny that his family has placed on him. A severe tune, even painful, but certainly not defeatist: in the chorus it opens up to an unexpected hope, it is a flash of clarity, "But one day I will free myself and away from your blackmail and your deceptions I will be free for the first time, I will be free for the first time".

Hope that becomes more and more concrete in Of this happiness, a piece in which the protagonist stretches his thoughts after a long apnea and puts his whole story at the service of a complex but necessary exercise: learn not to be afraid of happiness. The past is not buried, it is alive and pulsating; the pain felt is not submerged, but remains on the surface as a warning; the mistakes made are within reach of memory, but they serve not to retreat. The protagonist of this story plunges into a timid, but happiness aware; he is not a fool, he is marked, but not defeated; he is not the same person as For the first time, because he is not a victim of the pain endured, so he is not an accomplice: "Beyond all the mistakes and crosses I wear, beyond the darkness that I have often met and do not confess, take my soul and tell her how to not be afraid of this happiness ".



And then there is Be simple, the keystone, the awareness of who it takes responsibility for being what it is, no longer afraid of displeasing anyone, not even himself. “And I apologize if I didn't live as the others told me”, sings Diodato. And then again: "I have always been complicated, always out of the chorus, always inadequate, like someone who never finds the way to go home", but the protagonist of this story has no intention of complaining, blaming himself or pointing the finger. against an established destiny. He knows what he is and what he wants, "I really wish I was simple," he says, but then adds "But I know it's stupid considering he's not part of me."

What a wonderful life, I said, it is the circle that closes, celebrates life for what it is, painful, seductive and miraculous, as Diodato describes it. He doesn't look for extenuating circumstances, escape routes, alternatives: he looks her in the face, he runs towards her and lets himself be overwhelmed. “I could have gone elsewhere, not set every emotion on fire, attached to a cliché,” she sings. And then, as mentioned before, she concludes "But you are the life that I have now chosen and I do not regret this, not even when the wind comes up".

La sincerity, which has a price to pay, it is never a price to pay: it costs effort, it is undeniable, but it is a privilege that the sensitive know how to recognize. That of Diodato has found fertile ground in so many people who look for in his words, which are punctual and sharp, land in the right place and leave a mark.

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Here is the official videoclip of What a wonderful life, which anticipates theself-titled album, out February 14, 2020:

Listen For the first time, penultimate track of the album What we have become (2017):

The official video of Of this happiness, second excerpt from the album What we have become:

The official video of Be simple (2018):

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