Italian rock band
Måneskin play with style and flair, utilizing tight musicianship and solid vocals to craft catchy pop/rock tunes. Enormously popular in their home country, their two full-lengths,
Il ballo della vita (2018) and
Teatro d'Ira, Vol. 1 (2021), have both topped the charts and earned quadruple-platinum certifications.
Based in Rome, the group -- consisting of Damiano David (vocals), Victoria De Angelis (bass), Thomas Raggi (guitar), and Ethan Torchio (drums) -- met at high school, where they formed
Måneskin in 2016. They started out as buskers, but they quickly became much more after an appearance on the Italian X Factor in 2017, where they finished in second place by performing a cover of
the Killers' "Somebody Told Me." Hot on the heels of their newfound recognition, they set to work on their debut album,
Il ballo della vita, which saw release in 2018. The band had a massive breakthrough in 2021, as just after they had released their second album,
Teatro d'Ira, Vol. 1, they entered the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, winning with the track "Zitti e buoni." The single "Supermodel" followed in 2022. ~ Liam Martin