{"id":87370,"date":"2020-09-25T10:33:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T13:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gay.blog.br\/?p=87370"},"modified":"2020-09-29T18:57:04","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T21:57:04","slug":"rohmanelli-the-singer-who-questions-sexual-romantic-political-and-religious-standards-through-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gay.blog.br\/en\/gay-en\/rohmanelli-the-singer-who-questions-sexual-romantic-political-and-religious-standards-through-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Rohmanelli, the singer who questions sexual, romantic, political and religious standards through music"},"content":{"rendered":"

A student of classical music and classical singing, Sergio Rohmanelli<\/strong> was born in Italy, but has been living in Brazil for the last 20 years. The college professor started his musical career in 2014, with the <\/span>Vita Balera band, a project that explored alternative rock with lyrics in Italian.<\/span><\/p>\n

By uniting aesthetics, costumes, lyrics and music, Rohmanelli merges rhythms and styles, giving his art the characteristic androgyny of his artistic persona. With two released works, “Anomalous” and “Fanatismi”, the artist escapes monotony and allows himself to try new art directions in each work completed. <\/span><\/p>\n

His new step is a collaboration with the rapper Raphael Warlock<\/a>. \u201cMacho Discreto\u201d, co-produced with Binho Manenti, is a track with a strong concept about freedom of expression and LGBT+ visibility with a transgressor clip that opens a new phase in the artist’s career.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rohmanelli – Picture: Bruno Ropelato<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Your <\/b>new album, which will be released on the next day 29, has a curious title, “Brazil’ejru”. How did you get to this name? <\/b><\/p>\n

Yes, [Brazil’ejru] in brackets, because it is the phonetic transcription of the word “brasileiro” (“Brazilian”). It is the way we pronounce it and not the way we write it, in order to highlight many things: firstly, my intention of depicting the Brazil of orality, of street culture, of the outskirts, of communities and not of the standard language elite; secondarily, a “pop” Brazil, because I am a foreigner who lives in Brazil for 22 years and who has an accent, an identity, my own way of being BRAZILEJRU. And lastly, because I am a linguist and a scholar, so I wanted to put this other side of me in my music as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

Your music addresses aspects that involve sexual, romantic, political and religious standards. How do you make sense of the moment the country is going through?<\/b><\/p>\n

It is, at the same time, a dangerous, contradictory and exciting moment. Surely there is a backward and violent questioning of an evangelical and fascist tone over all the rights and freedoms achieved through battles and deaths throughout many years: abortion, gay marriage, homophobia, transphobia, environmental preservation, racism, etc. On the other hand, there is a strong reaction coming from the community and the minorized majorities that translates into a lot of fighting, powerful art, but we need to do much more, I think everyone, but especially artists and public entities have to be more present always. <\/span><\/p>\n