If they are active on platforms like TikTok
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, you have surely seen videos and stories set to music by a rock song called Beggin’ and interpreted by Moonlight. In this article we want to tell you some details about the song and the Italian band that performs it.
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Moonlight It is a band made up of Italians, but the name of the group is a Danish word that means Light Of The Moon. In a way it is a tribute to the roots of their bassist Victoria whose mother tongue is Danish.
They were officially formed in 2016, but began to gain recognition for their participation in the musical reality show. The X Factor Italy. His audition surprised the jury with the energy, the way the instruments were played, and the voice of his vocalist.
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The band made it to the final of the contest, but struggled with a jury for attitude. That didn’t stop people from falling in love with them. During the contest they released the seven song EP Chosen, produced by the renowned conductor Lucio Fabbri.
After the reality show, his popularity exploded. They began touring in Italy, participating in the programs with the largest audience in Italy and playing their songs on the radio. In 2018 under the record company Sony Music they released their debut album The dance of life with which achieved several recognitions including the invitation of Imagine Dragons to open their concert in Milan.
Known throughout Italy, they released a documentary in cinemas to show a bit of their history. THIS IS MANESKIN It was a box office success and served as a promotion for the band’s new music that was beginning to penetrate strongly in other European countries.
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2021 is the year that Moonlight you will never forget: in March they won the prestigious Italian festival San Remo with the original song Shut up and good.
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To celebrate their victory they released a new eight-song studio album titled Theater of wrath in which they sing in English and French.
Two months after crowning San Remo they won the famous contest Eurovision giving Italy the third victory at that festival.
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TIKTOK, SPOTIFY Y BEGGIN ‘
Beggin’ It is one of the songs that the band performed live The X FactorIt was also one of the songs on his first EP, but the song is not original from the Italians. Beggin’ It is a song composed by Bob Gaudio with Peggy Farina and popularized by the American band Four Seasons in 1967.
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The song was popular on the northern English soul scene in the 1970s, and has been covered several times. It has a remix by French DJ Pilooski and covers by Norwegian hip-hop duo Madcon.
However, the Italian band resurrected it and has given it a new level of popularity, this time backed by digital impact. The chorus of the theme, with the interpretation of Maneskin, became popular on Twitter for everyday videos, but without a specific challenge.
The song has helped the band overcome by July 2021 the barrier of 50 million monthly listeners, being Beggin’ his most listened to song on Spotify with 311 million reproductions. By the same date, the song was # 1 on the Spotify song chart receiving approximately 7 million daily streams.
TikTok estimates that Beggin’ It has been used since its arrival on the platform in more than 7.6 million videos. This is a compilation of the most successful videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_-7XPKRlqg
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International success will make Maneskin focus on the international audience in his upcoming projects. After touring Europe, they will continue with the United States and Canada. They will surely become headliners of many festivals after the coronavirus is controlled in different countries.
Who makes up Maneskin?
Damiano David, Victoria De Angelis, Thomas Raggi and Ethan Press swith the members of the Italian band Maneskin. Damiano is the youngest of the band, he was born in January 1999, while Thomas is the oldest, he was born in January 2001).
Moonlight, LGBT icons
During a live presentation for television in Poland, where there are great problems of homophobia and discrimination towards the LGBTIQ + community, two members of the band kissed on the mouth in support of free love. In a tweet the band said that “we hope everyone can afford to do this without fear.”
Equal rights for the LGBTQIA+ community ????️????.
We think that everyone should be allowed to do this without any fear.
We think that everyone should be completely free to be whoever the fuck they want.
Thank you Poland, LOVE IS NEVER WRONG ???? pic.twitter.com/dmbFukYQEK– ManeskinOfficial (@thisismaneskin) June 26, 2021
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¡Music our one!
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