Young Signorino - Smoke and Run

We catch up with the most talked-about trapper of recent times, on the occasion of his debut album “Calmo“, two years after “Mh ha ha ha” and “Dolce droga”, tracks that somehow overturned certain conventions of the Italian trap microcosm, launching Signorino to the height of fame, amid excessive provocations and TV appearances, before his unexpected escape from the star system, in search of peace, serenity and, indeed, calm.

It's a nice metaphor, but staying calm is simply my mood right now. I've finally found calm in my life. And I'm extremely fulfilled.

After your first singles, pretty much everyone came looking for you: from Chiambretti to Manuel Agnelli. How did you experience these TV appearances?

I have to admit they were all positive. Nothing negative at all. In fact, I had a great time. Especially with Manuel Agnelli. I'm glad he called me. He's a great musician.

In the track “La via” you sing: “Se puoi scappare via, basta trovare la via”. And your path? Have you found it?

Every track on the album was preceded by a walk. Every song on “Calmo” comes from a solitary walk, most often with my wife or a friend. Walking, I come up with new ideas, which I then carry into my music. I walk, I go home, I record a demo of what I had in my head, and I produce it. That's often how it all comes together.

Among the so-called trappers you're a bit of an outsider, a lone wolf, really. Do you feel part of the trap scene or not?

Honestly, very little. Also, with this first album of mine, my main goal was precisely to move beyond the trap discourse. If I really had to point to a musical scene, I feel much more part of the neomelodica one.

Two years after the first single, your debut LP has finally arrived. Was it a complicated gestation?

The production of the album had no obstacles, luckily everything went smoothly, just as I had expected. I waited a long time before taking this step, because I felt the need to experiment and take risks before defining my artistic identity. It's also an autobiographical album, gathering the events that shaped me, my past and my present.

In “Calmo” you sing “Ho stretto la mano al più stronzo e l’ha messa nel culo al più buono”. Where do these words come from?

It's a way of saying that often the people who seem the nicest are actually the biggest assholes.

Samuele is a friend, I really enjoyed making music with him, ours is a relationship that goes beyond music. Luciano Lamanna, on the other hand, was chosen by the label. It wasn't a connection I made myself. He still did a great job on the mixing though, I'm really happy with it.

What's spinning on your player these days?

Exclusively French stuff, which I love a lot. F430, Karis, Booba, Maître Gims, basically that whole scene. I especially love the French language. I find it simply perfect for that kind of sound.

How did the collaboration with Capossela come about? A lot of people were surprised...

It all happened very naturally. I went to his festival, Sponz, held in Irpinia. Then he invited me to his home with my wife, and that same evening I even got up on stage. The collaboration between the two of us is the result of that meeting. It made me really happy.

Why "22 settembre" - is it a special date for you?

Yes, and it's also the first day of autumn, so it ties in a lot with the mood of the song.

Right now everything's on hold. Are you already getting ready for the tour anyway, or not?

You know, usually I don't need much rehearsal, so I'll wait until things start moving again, and probably a month before the tour starts I'll begin doing the first rehearsals too.

The future?

For now I'm calm, in the future maybe I'll be super calm (smiles...)

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