Bassist Victoria De De Angelis, who is half Danish, thought a word to honor part of her heritage would work as a band name. Though the word has no particular meaning to the band, everyone agreed on Måneskin.
“I picked it when we first started playing because we needed to join this musical competition, and we didn’t have a name yet,” said De Angelis in a recent interview. “So they just told me just say random words in Danish, and we chose one.”
How to Pronounce Måneskin
Fans often pronounce Måneskin as “Man-Eh-Skin,” which is incorrect, but it doesn’t faze the band. Though, De Angelis, along with vocalistDamiano David, guitaristThomas Raggi, and drummerEthan Torchio,shared the correct pronunciation of their name: “Moan-Ah-Skin.”
The Story (So Far) of Måneskin
Initially formed in Rome in 2016, Måneskin started by busking around the Italian capital. In 2017, the band finished in second place on the 11th seasonof the Italianversion ofX Factor and released their debut album, l ballo della vita, in 2018.
By 2021, the band won the Eurovision Song Contest with their song “Zitti e buoni”—which stands for “Shut Up and Behave” in English and is also featured on the band’s second album Teatro d’ira:Vol. I—and have kept moving since with their cover of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons’ 1967 Jersey Boys song “Beggin’,” along with their own “Supermodel” and “I Wanna be Your Slave,” which all hit the Billboard charts.
“For us, Eurovision came at a very right moment because we had just come out with an album, so what we brought to Eurovision was basically just one of the things of the whole album and it was fresh, and it was super authentic for us,” said David. “I think that people were happy to find a lot of coherence between what we brought to Eurovision and what they saw in our catalog, and they felt like, ‘Ok, this is not just a viral song that they made specifically for Eurovision, but it’s just one of their songs.”
Måneskin recorded Elvis Presley‘s 1968 song “If I Can Dream,” which was featured on the soundtrack for the recent Baz Luhrman musical drama Elvis,and was nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards in 2022, including Best New Artist, and won theBest Alternativecategory for “I Wanna Be Your Slave.”
The band is set to release their third album Rush!, featuring new singles “Kool Kids” and “The Loneliest,” in 2023.
Måneskin officially formed in 2015, when David, Raggi and De Angelis were all teenagers in Rome's middle-class Monteverde Vecchio quarter. The band's name, pronounced “MON-eh-skin,” is Danish for “moonlight.” (De Angelis' mother is Danish; the band asked her for some interesting words, and they liked that one.)
The band's name, the Danish word for “moonlight,” was originally suggested by De Angelis, inspired by her Danish mother. It stuck, and from then on they busked on the city streets and applied to the few music competitions of Rome as Måneskin.
Måneskin means 'moonlight' in Danish. The band decided on the name after Victoria De Angelis suggested that they use a Danish word in honour of her Danish heritage. “ Moonlight” doesn't mean anything in particular to the band.
Members Damiano David, Victoria De Angelis, and Thomas Raggi first met each other as students during their high school days in Rome, with Ethan Torchio from nearby Frosinone soon joining them when they inquired on Facebook in a "Musicians Wanted" advert for a drummer to complete the line-up.
MÅNESKIN: (Singing in Italian). SHAPIRO: It's only been a couple years since the Italian band Måneskin won, and so far, their star keeps rising. MÅNESKIN: (Singing in Italian). SHAPIRO: Their cover of the Four Seasons track "Beggin'" hit number one on the Spotify global charts.
All of that sparked speculation the band members may have really tied the knot, but it appears no legal “I do's” were involved in the ceremony. According to the band's publicist, Spotify threw Måneskin the “wedding” at Palazzo Brancaccio in Rome, Italy, to celebrate the new album.
Dove Cameron's love story with her boyfriend, Damiano David of Italian rock band Måneskin, began in fall 2023. The couple sparked dating rumors after they were seen getting close at a party.
Victoria and Damiano speak English very proficiently; Victoria is near fluent, I'd say. Ethan and Thomas mostly understand English well, and can express themselves in English, but they have more limited vocabulary and need more time to put together a response in English.
While Måneskin's drummer, Ethan Torchio, and bassist, Victoria De Angelis, identify as queer, vocalist Damiano David and guitarist Thomas Raggi are both straight – and in recent times, the band's heterosexual contingent have been repeatedly plagued with the accusation as a result of their style choices.
Damiano, who over the years has made his wild look a sexy icon , hasn't said goodbye to his thick hair for an unmotivated madness. The choice is nothing more than a promotional gimmick to announce the release of the band's new single , scheduled for January 13th.
Band members chase solo careers after Eurovision success and three albums. Måneskin, an Italian rock band, comprises vocalist Damiano David, bassist Victoria De Angelis, drummer Ethan Torchio, and guitarist Thomas Raggi.
"We chose it in an hour because we had to compete in a musical competition and we didn't have time to pick a name," De Angelis told 102.7KIISFM. "[Her bandmates] just told me, 'Say random words in Danish ... We are going to choose one, and change it later,'" she added.
So why is Måneskin breaking out? “They are a television phenomenon,” the Italian journalist Andrea Andrei explained to The New York Times in 2021, and the diagnosis seems right: On X Factor, on Eurovision, on TikTok, the band's appeal is clearer.
Band members chase solo careers after Eurovision success and three albums. Måneskin, an Italian rock band, comprises vocalist Damiano David, bassist Victoria De Angelis, drummer Ethan Torchio, and guitarist Thomas Raggi.
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