This year San Marino has chosen Achille Lauro as its representative on Eurovision 2022 that will take place in Turin this month with the song “Stripper”. But who is Achille Lauro? In this article you will have the opportunity to know more about San Marino’s singer for Eurovision 2022.
About Achille Lauro
Lauro de Marinis, better known as Achille Lauro, was born in Verona on 11 July 1990 although he grew up in Rome. He acquired his passion for music from his older brother Fet, producer of the band Quarto Blocco, and at the age of 14 he moved in with him. He started to get into the world of punk rock and underground rap. Achille started his career in the music world independently in 2012 making several mixtapes with the help of Quarto Blocco. Quickly, the music industry realised the Italian’s potential and in 2013 he signed with Roccia Music, where two of the biggest Italian producers Shablo and Marracash stand out.
In recent years, Achille Lauro has become one of the stars of the Sanremo Festival, both as a participant and as a guest. His first participation took place in 2019 with his producer Boss Doms and the rock song Rolls Royce. In 2020 he decided to participate again with the song Me Ne Frego making his performances during all the seratas the most remembered for the costumes and influences he brought to the Ariston Theatre. His last participation in Sanremo took place this same year accompanied by the Harlem Gospel Choir in his song Domenica. In addition, Achille managed to sing in the duet serata with one of his references and one of the most important artists in Italy, Loredana Berté.
Likewise, in Sanremo 2021 he was the guest star at all the seratas, leaving unforgettable shows for the audience and paying tribute to different genres such as glam rock, rock and roll, pop with Emma Marrone, punk rock and classical music.
“Stripper” is the song that emerged as the winner in Una Voce Per San Marino after the decision of the juries, it is written almost entirely in Italian with some English phrases and its composers are Daniele Dezi, Daniele Mungai, Davide Petrella, Federico de Marinis, Francesco Viscovo, Gregorio Calculli, Marco Lanciotti, Matteo Ciceroni, Mattia Cutolo, Simon Pietro Manzari and Lauro himself. A song that continues with the total essence of the singer and that he always sings accompanied by his band.
Lyrics
È uno stripper, sì
Questo amore è uno strip club, ah
Il mio cuore in un freezer, freezer
Sono a letto col killer, thriller
Like a virgin, virgin
Non è un film, London Calling, corri
Ah, I love Britney
È il diavolo in una Birkin (Ah-ah)
Ma che stupida voglia che ho
Quella stupida voglia
Metto la gonna più corta che ho
E vado fuori, ah
E vado fuori di me
I don’t know (Ehi)
All I need is love (Ehi-ehi)
All I need is love (Ehi)
All I need is love, all I need is love
Ma che stupida voglia che ho
Ma guarda che donna che sono
Nessuno mi può giudicare
Ti fidi di me? Che stupido uomo
Cowboy
Il mio cuore è il suo sex toy
Il mio bad boy
Madonna su Playboy
È una Barbie
Ha seicento cavalli (Ah-ah)
Io il suo beagle
È il mio Personal Jesus
I don’t know (Ehi)
All I need is love (Ehi-ehi)
All I need is lovе (Ehi)
All I need is love, all I need is love
Ma che stupida voglia chе ho
Ma guarda che donna che sono
Nessuno mi può giudicare
Ti fidi di me? Che stupido uomo
Ma che stupida voglia
Ma che stupida voglia
Metto la gonna più corta che ho
E vado fuori, ah
E vado fuori di me
Ma che stupida voglia che ho
(All I need is love)
Madonna, che donna che sono
(All I need is love)
Nessuno mi può giudicare
(All I need is love)
Ti fidi di me? (All I need is love)
Che stupido uomo
I don’t know
San Marino in Eurovision
San Marino is one of the smallest countries in the world, surrounded by Italy, and is said to be the world’s oldest surviving republic.
The 2008 Contest in Belgrade would stage San Marino’s debut entry; alt-rock group Miodio, composed of Sammarinese and Italian band members. Their song, Complice, may have finished last in its Semi-Final but not before picking up two points from fellow aspirational minnows Andorra.
Since their debut, the ‘Most Serene Republic’ has qualified for the Grand Final on three occasions: Valentina Monetta (in 2014 with the Ralph Siegel produced track Maybe), Serhat (in 2019 with Say Na Na Na) and Senhit (in 2021 with the track Adrenalina).