Måneskin’s Victoria De Angelis on her solo venture, working with Anitta and the future of the band
Måneskin‘s Victoria De Angelis has spoken to NME about her new solo venture, working with Anitta and the future of the Italian rock band.The bassist for the band – who first gained prominence as the winner of the 2021 Eurovision song contest with their song ‘Zitti E Buoni’ – De Angelis recently announced her new solo project which sees her trade in her signature rock sound for DJ decks and something much more dance club ready.Last week (September 3), she released her debut track ‘GET UP BITCH! (Shake Ya Ass)’ – a high-energy dance song that fuses bouncy techno with baile funk and features the Brazilian megastar.Speaking about the collaboration, De Angelis told us: ” I just sent her the demo I made and I was like, ‘I have this track, I think it would be sick to have you on it’, and she sent me the track after one week.“I was on a plane downloading it with the little Wi-Fi that I bought and I was like, ‘Ahh’, shaking my ass on the plane. I love Anitta, she’s so badass so it was the perfect collaboration.”The musician also discussed the stark change in sound direction, leaving behind the hard rock of Måneskin, revealing her love of “baile funk and Brazilian Latin club music” and shared that with ‘GET UP BITCH! (Shake Ya Ass)’ was “the perfect combination of all the sounds I like combined with hard techno.”A post shared by NME (@nmemagazine)She continued, saying that her new sound “has always been a part of me”.“Since I was very little, I have always been very much into club culture and electronic music in general,” she added.