The Statue of Liberty with a vibrator raised to the sky, a track regarding masturbation and late motherhood – Gianna Nannini loves provocation. The Italian singer with the catchy raspy voice is understood for her battle towards conventions. This typically precipitated her to get into bother, particularly in her dwelling nation. Her music was typically pushed into the background. However, Nannini, who formally turns 70 at this time, is presently omnipresent. She strikes from interview to interview, is releasing a brand new album (“Sei nel l’anima”) and a Netflix movie regarding her youthful years is popping out quickly.
Is all of this nonetheless potential at 70? Sure, says Nannini, as a result of she was solely actually born in 1983. In response to her personal understanding, the rock star is barely 41 years outdated. 1983 on the one hand as a result of she emerged from a critical disaster as a brand new individual, and however as a result of she would not really feel 70 in any respect.
Nannini has all the time been an artist who loves to impress. In her youth, the singer, who was born on June 14, 1954 in Siena, Tuscany, typically clashed together with her conservative father due to this.
A child in his mid-50s
Conventions do not curiosity her. In the summertime of 2010, she made headlines when it was introduced that she would grow to be a mom for the primary time in her mid-50s. This as soon as once more precipitated controversy in her dwelling nation: on the one hand, it was a scandal {that a} lady was pregnant so late, and on the opposite, her pleasure as a mom sparked a basic debate in Italy, the place start charges are low.
Nannini has lengthy been open regarding her bisexuality and married her long-term associate in 2010. For some time they lived in London with their daughter Penelope, however Nannini now lives in Milan once more.
“I used to be born in 1983, with out gender,” she sings within the new track “1983”. “I do not belong to any class.”
As a lot as she has whirled round on stage, climbed scaffolding and all the time given her all around the years, she nonetheless would not need to have a good time her personal birthday. She does prefer to have a good time, however she prefers different folks’s birthdays. And the ability lady may be very busy: she’s going to quickly be touring throughout Europe once more. “I am going to by no means cease!”
