Who is Madame, the Italian rap revelation The younger Sanremo 2021 participant has a unique story and personal style
An intense look full of feeling, an eye-opening voice singing bare feet on the stage of the Sanremo Festival. Madame, born in 2002, won the "Best Text" award with her single "Voce". From her debut with "Anna" in 2018 to her first appeareance on the Ariston stage, Madame has collected one success after another in the last two years, thanks to her talent and her unique intensity that made the Italian hip-hop scene fall in love with her. Marracash called her "the woman Italian rap needed" and Paola Zukar, to whom we owe the value and recognition that Italian rap has gained as a genre today, is her manager. Despite the undeniable ability to tell unique and true stories with a complex style that however find its way to reach everyone, her voice isn't the only thing that strikes us about the artist. Let’s find out more about the style and the career-path of the 19-year-old singer who made us googling texts more than anyone else since now.
The beginning
"Sex cannot be a limit, gender cannot be so standardized and stereotyped. Everyone is free, free to dress and express." This is what a post on Francesca’s IG profile says to celebrate the International Day against violence against women. A message of peace that puts an end to doubts about her sexuality and style, which was often considered very masculine or out of fashion. Madame’s style is beyond the imagination of gender held by the world of Italian pop music. A mix between the "street aesthetics" she fell in love with making rap and her very personal femininity expression that stays always true to her strong and secure identity. Being a woman in the world of rap is not easy, but dressing as if the gender-wall did not exist is a real feat, and of course she succeeded very well in it, playing with all the facets of the world in which she appeared.
The upcoming new album
ospite in semifinale di xfactor, disco dei negramaro, disco di marra, tre dischi d’oro, un platino, cr7 si ascolta sciccherie e non ho ancora autostima
— madame (@sonolamadame1) December 5, 2020
The album will be released on March 19 by Universal Music Italy and will be the artist’s debut album, the first released with the major label. "Voce" from Sanremo will be surely featured, as well as all other songs that made her famous in the Italian and European music scenario like “Schiccherie”, “Baby”, the summery “Defuera” feat. DRD, Ghali e Marracash but also “Non è vero” with Negramaro and “Acqua” feat. Mace. The tracklist has not yet been announced, and we can’t wait to discover the infinite prismatic facets of the diamond that is Madame, all marked, as always, by her voice.
