Tatiana Shmayluk (Jinjer): “Non amo i vecchi stereotipi del metal”

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La cantante si racconta all’AdnKronos in vista del ritorno in Italia della band ucraina con un concerto a Trezzo sull'Adda il 10 febbraio prossimo. “Oggi abbiamo conquistato il pubblico italiano”

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00:00You toured the world extensively,

00:03but what do you remember most about the experiences in Italy

00:06with the Italian audience?

00:08I saw you playing, I don't remember if it was like three or two years ago,

00:14opening the Sleepnotta show in Italy.

00:16I was there, I was like, oh my God, what am I seeing?

00:19Because you were amazing.

00:22So I always wonder, do you have any stories to share about Italian people?

00:28Yes, I do. I do.

00:30It's one of my favorite stories and probably the biggest accomplishment as a musician.

00:39As we won, we won Italian listeners.

00:47We had to win them, you know.

00:50I remember, I still have some pictures of us playing Italian shows

00:57and there were hardly any people in the room.

01:03Our first shows were, they suck.

01:06They sucked in Italy.

01:09You know, no one wanted to come to our shows.

01:11I remember we played one show during Easter or something.

01:16So people really, they preferred to go to church or celebration

01:20instead of our show.

01:22and those who were at our show, they were completely dead.

01:27Like, dead silence.

01:31Well, I'm still grateful they came

01:34and probably they still come to our shows,

01:38but now they actually know who we are.

01:40Little by little, Italian shows became one of the greatest.

01:47One of the greatest.

01:48The audience is like day and night

01:51that comparing to what we were dealing with

01:55when we were younger, in the beginning,

01:58when they were like two, I don't know, 15 people in the crowd.

02:03The crowd, if you can call a crowd of 15 people.

02:07now they are crazy.

02:10I love, I love it.

02:11And I feel, yes, we did it.

02:14And I love Italian people, Italian audience even more for that.

02:20That we grab them and then we hold them

02:23and they don't want to live.

02:25Yes, because in Italy, metal is not a mainstream genre,

02:29but has a very loyal following.

02:33So people are really loyal to the bands

02:37and also to the artists.

02:40Yeah.

02:40And that's the thing,

02:42that they were really a difficult fish to catch, you know.

02:48We were thinking, oh no,

02:51that means that we never,

02:53you know, when there are people,

02:55there are 15 people in front of you

02:56and they are completely,

02:58they don't understand what's going on.

03:00You feel like, oh, I just want to disappear.

03:03Yeah.

03:04You feel cringe, you feel shame.

03:08But now you have a full audience.

03:11Yeah, now we have a full audience.

03:13Now we have thousands of people coming to our show.

03:15So that's great.

03:17Thank you.

03:18I must thank them.

03:21And if you could destroy one stereotype

03:25that still plagues metal,

03:27since in Italy it's not,

03:29as I said, a mainstream genre.

03:33Is there a stereotype about metal

03:35that you would destroy?

03:39Oh, yes, I would.

03:41And I don't think a lot of people will like it.

03:46But, you know,

03:49I had an interview once

03:53and they played me songs,

03:57played songs for me,

03:58and I had to guess.

03:59So all of the songs were from 80s and 70s,

04:03metal bands that I've never heard of.

04:06and the interview,

04:08I guess it failed

04:09because I couldn't answer any,

04:12like there were like 10 tracks

04:14that I had to guess.

04:15And I think I never guessed any.

04:19But if they played some songs,

04:22some music from the late 90s,

04:25I mean, some new metal,

04:27you know,

04:27I think it's still metal.

04:29Come on.

04:29I don't like gatekeeping.

04:31I think we all diversify the genre.

04:40And so for me,

04:41I would like to destroy the stereotype

04:44that if you play metal,

04:46you are like this,

04:48you're like heavy metal.

04:51I'm not like this.

04:52I have a different vibe of,

04:57it's like not ethereal,

04:59but it's something futuristic.

05:00which future is metal too,

05:02man,

05:03like look at it.

05:05It's unpredictable,

05:08you know,

05:09it's harsh,

05:10harsh reality

05:11that you cannot even see

05:14because it's future,

05:15you know,

05:15blah, blah, blah.

05:15So it's like really brings you chills.

05:19And I think it's pretty metal.

05:22And yeah,

05:23my idea of metal is like cosmos.

05:27I like the secrets of life

05:31and everything,

05:32but not the traditional metal values,

05:36like leather.

05:38For example,

05:39the outfit,

05:40like I don't like leather.

05:41or what is it called?

05:44Like a hand.

05:48Yeah.

05:49Like bracelets

05:49and stuff like that.

05:51Although I like eco leather.

05:56Yeah.

05:56but the style,

06:02the design

06:03is not metal,

06:04you know,

06:04I don't like

06:05like the harness.

06:07Yeah.

06:08Yeah.

06:08I don't like that.

06:09Yeah.

06:09I don't like the vests

06:11with patches.

06:14So I am metal,

06:16but I'm not wearing

06:17the older metal,

06:22how you call it?

06:25Serotyped also,

06:26also serotyped like clothes.

06:29Clothes.

06:29Yeah.

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