Gemelli Diversi
Fuego

Hello everyone,

recently someone already positively reviewed this album and among the comments (all rather negative) one in particular stood out, something like "nooo! Let DEMIAN handle these things!"

Well, as a great idol of mine would say, "ITALY CALLS, DEMIAN ANSWERS!", so here I am in all my splendor!

About Gemelli DiVersi in general, I can say three things:

• They really have a very cool name, one of the most original I've ever heard for a group (... I don’t know if you got it, but the name has two meanings....);
• They started by trying to mimic their friends/relatives Articolo 31 with poor results, then taking a pseudo-neomelodic path without too much praise but no infamy either;
• Recently, with the boom of Italian rap, they started making some tougher tracks again (see the album "Boom!" and the unreleased tracks from the greatest hits "Endless") this time following a more personal style, and it’s a good thing because in my opinion they were a bit wasted clipping the wings of their uncommon compositional talents to try to sell to young girls.

And selling to young girls was something they managed marvelously, and I must also admit they managed to produce some really quite good pieces.

Analyzing "Fuego", for example, we find some filler tracks, but others really worthy of attention both lyrically and musically.

For example, the hit "Tu corri", an invitation to follow your dreams, or the equally well-received "Tu no", a fun and original declaration of love, both very melodic and well-arranged.

Then we have what will become their iconic track, "Mary", an average song (it gets boring after a while) but with a very important meaning, especially because, as mentioned above, this group has a strong influence on young girls, and who knows how many Marys among them might find in the words of their idols the strength to change horrible situations like the one described, perhaps by denouncing it... who knows...

However, outside of the singles sphere, we also find other good tracks like "Whisky & Margarita" and the very funny "Quella cosa".

Overall, from their first very mediocre album I think Grido, Thema, Strano, and THG are evolving, becoming increasingly skilled at delivering a message here and there while remaining strictly pop, and this album is a bit of a transition.

My rating is three stars (not too generous).

Cheers