Why you should listen to the new Leo Fulcro’s EP
About a month ago Leo Fulcro released his latest EP “Boe sulla Fune” (Boe on the rope), but why should you all listen to it? If you will be able to spare some time with me and with Leo Fulcro’s music I’ll answer your question.
But firstly, you’re may asking who Leo Fulcro
is. Leo Fulcro is a rapper whose first song, “Tourmalet” dates back to 2020.
Then, in 2021, he released his first EP, “Salmoni” (Salmons), followed by his
first album “Il Mondo Che Cambia” (The World That Changes), and other EP, such
as “Boy on earth” ( a personal favourite ) and “Il cuore un po’ più grande”
(The Heart a bit bigger). Leo Fulcro’s “alter ego” is Leonardo Maltese, who’s
an extremely talented actor. His first role was in Gianni Amelio’s movie “Il
signore delle formiche”, where he played Ettore Tagliaferri as co-star. Then he
played in “Rapito”, by Marco Bellocchio,the role of Edgardo Mortara, in
“L’abbaglio” by Roberto Andò the role of the lieutenant Ragusin and, last but
not least, he played the role of Giacomo Leopardi in the Sergio Rubini serie
“Leopardi - il poeta dell’Infinito”.
I started listening to his music with a lot of
doubt caused by the genre Leo Fulcro is focused on: rap. I started with “Il
cuore un po’ più grande” because, at that time, it was his latest EP. I listened
to it once, and then, at the end of the EP, I listened to it again and again. I
was truly scared, because I usually listen to pop, rock or glam rock and I’d
never listened carefully to rap, but it surprised me a lot. In his songs, Leo
Fulcro talks about his life in Rome, with all its problems and intricacies in a
poetic (but not assuming) way.
His latest EP, “Boe sulla fune”, is the second
part of another EP, “Boy on earth”. In that EP, Fulcro tells the story of Boe
(acronym of Boy On Earth), who’s a guy who tries to balance and to survive in a
world where life isn’t always easy to live and where it is not always possible
to be the person the world wants you to be. With the release of this EP, Fulcro
released a book with a cd at the end too. The cover of this little book shows
Boe foundering in the sea, with a resigned face. “Boy on earth” was released in
2023, and now, three years later, Boe came back, playing in another role. In
“Boe sulla fune” he’s a tightrope walker, still trying to balance.
The first song, “Il Funambolo” (The tightrope
walker) Boe explains to us that, from above the rope, everything looks more
clear. “Il mondo è bello solo da lontano” ( The world is beautiful just from
far) he sings. The first thing I taught while listening to this first song was
a date: 28 of January 1823. In a memorable letter from Rome addressed to his
sister, Paolina, Giacomo Leopardi consoled her for her “seclusion” in her
birthplace by telling her that “Il mondo non è bello, anzi non è sopportabile, se non veduto come ti lo
vedi, cioé da lontano” ( The world isn’t beautiful, indeed it is unbearable,
unless seen as you see it, far away).
Both Giacomo and Leo Fulcro want to tell us a truth that we may not want to know.
If you live (or try to live) in the world, it will certainly appear cruel and
not as you’ve imagined it. Then, Boe says that he relaxes just while walking on
the rope, probably because the risk of falling distracts him from his thoughts.
If I have to be honest with you, I cried a lot while listening to this song
because it made me feel understood in an almost ruthless but honest way.
The second track is “Dreamworks”, which is
about learning not to care about being the number one of everything. “I might
be the greatest loser of all time, no gold medal, no world cup, no guinness
record, never been number one, but I don’t really care of being number one”.
This song reminded me of another song called “Cosa faremo da grandi?” by Lucio
Corsi, which is about great aspirations and dreams gone up in smoke with peace
of mind. I know that the meaning itself is different, because Fulcro says that
if you want your dreams to come true “first you gotta kill your ego”, so you
have to stop pretending to be always the best in everything. But Corsi says
that we should stop blaming ourselves if what we dreamed of doesn’t happen in
the end, so we have to kill our ego even in this case.
I
don’t want to spoil you the entire EP, so I’m not going to talk about every
song. So, if you want to know what “Mani in alto” (hands up), “Don’t give”,
“Boom” and “Green lights” are about, go as soon as possible to listen to them
and you won’t be disappointed.
But,
contrary to what I’ve just said, I want to dwell on one more song. This is the
one that has surprised me the most in the entire Ep, because of a “musical
monologue” that Leo Fulcro has inserted in the middle of the branle. “La legge
di Murphy” (Murphy’s law) is the second-to-last song of “Boe sulla fune” and it
has a really catchy and upbeat rhythm, with heart breaking lyrics, especially
in the second half of the song, before the “musical monologue”. In this part of
the song the music stops and we only hear Leo Fulcro’s voice, which becomes
driving. Words start to follow each other faster and faster, then stop their
run. At that point the music resumes
with the same beat as before, leaving, personally speaking, bereft of breath
and a bit reeling.
The
main themes of this EP are the feeling of being inadequate, the loneliness we
have to cope and live with every day, the sense that everything is going wrong
and so on. Some themes are new, some were in the first volume of this “musical
saga”, “Boy on earth” too.
“So, why should we all go right now to listen
to this Ep?” Well, you should do it just for the pleasure of feeling understood
in a world where everyday is more difficult to find someone who is able to
listen without belittling how we feel. Unfortunately “il mondo è bello solo da
lontano”, but as long as there is someone who say or sing this truth, there
will also be the hope of not feeling completely alone while, like tightrope
walkers, we try to balance on this thin trope that is the life.
Listen
to Leo Fulcro’s music at:
Spotify:
Leo Fulcro
Instagram:
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Youtube:
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