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LEVANTE

Thursday, March 19
12:00PM - 12:40PM

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Levante

Italy, Summer 2013: The country's airwaves are dominated by the sound of an indie-pop anthem from an unsuspecting rising star. The song "Alfonso" by Levante, a 26 year old singer-songwriter still working as a café barista, has unintentionally tapped into the mood not only of her own generation, but of a nation in crisis and understandably unenthusiastic about the typical Latin-Dance beach fare on offer. The video, which features the artist as a frustrated protagonist in a high-fashion party shouting out the song's hook "Che vita di merda" (What a shitty life), becomes a YouTube sensation in Italy approaching 2 million views -- numbers typically unrealized by all but homegrown superstars — and becomes a powerful social media meme. Levante's debut album "Manuale Distruzione" (Destruction Manual) enters in the Top 10 of the Italian charts in March 2014 and within one year the indie sensation is supporting headli...

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Music Badge, Platinum Badge, Artist Wristband
Genre
Pop
From
TURIN, ITALY

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