Sinitta, who also had a long time romance with Simon Cowell, has recently given several statements to the press ‘breaking her silence’ on the Jolie/Pitt divorce to assure the public she had nothing to do with the breakup. She has also stated that Pitt “won’t stop calling her.”
Ok so I was scrolling on tik tok as you do when you’re a bored teen and I saw a video on my feed that was about the possibility of Måneskin’s new manger being Simon Cowell. And I was desperately hoping it was a joke until I saw another video about and then another one.
Here’s the thing. I love Måneskin and this could be an amazing opportunity for them to reach further than their current audience, probably made up of Italians and eurovision watchers. But on the other hand after everything with One Direction and Little Mix and so many other artists I am terrified that this would just change them in a bad way (not them themselves but rather their music and image)
1. Firstly we know with Simon, modest managment and syco suppress and over work their artists. 1d released like 5 albums in five years and barely had breaks between them and tours. And Little Mix were worked to a similar schedule. Not to mention the effects this had on the various members of the bands.
2. Simon Cowell and homophobia/transphobia/misogyny. The thing I adore about Måneskin other than their music and just me being in love with them is that they aren’t afraid to express themselves how they want to. The boys especially Damiano aren’t at all afraid to be feminine and wear feminine clothes and makeup and whilst I doubt that Simon would have much success in trying to control that aspect of them, I personally would be terrified to go up against Damiano and Victoria, I would still worry that they might start wearing more conventional clothes and less makeup and stuff.
Now I do realise that they are older than Little Mix and 1 D were when they signed with Simon but they aren’t much older. Damiano is only 22 and the others are around 21/20 if I’m right. They are still at a slightly vulnerable age and place, albeit less than the other bands because they already have a career. And so I’m just worried about them entering into a contract with him and having to change because of it.
Lastly and this is the most important thing for me is that I adore their Italian music. Don’t get me wrong I love the English songs too but songs like “for your love”, “chosen” and “I wanna be your slave” have nowhere near the emotional and lyrical depth of songs like “Coraline”, “le parole lontane” and “Torna a Casa”, as well as Damiano just always sounding much more confident and actually just being a better singer(in my opinion) in Italian rather than English. Anyway my point was that I fear and probably rightly so that Simon would try to make them write and sing in English more than in Italian.
Anyway all of this is purely speculation. Maybe they will sign with Simon and they’ll stay as amazing as always(not that they themselves wouldn’t still be amazing rather their image and music) and maybe (hopefully) they won’t sign with him altogether and this will just become another rumour that goes away. And I will still listen to them anyway cause I am absolutely obsessed at this point with them.
Sorry for the long rant and thanks for reading till the end.
Reality TV is what it is but there are some good things that can come from it.
Here’s one
Grace Vanderwaal was the winner of America’s Got Talent… a generally tacky though somewhat entertaining show giving people with what they think is talent a chance to show case what they think they can do.
But every once in a while, there is talent to be seen and heard.
And the minute amazing Grace took the stage, you knew that she was going to win the season. And she did.
Will she be the superstar of Taylor Swift-like proportions as Simon Cowell predicted? Possibly. I’m just glad to see and still hear that she is the real thing!
