With “PERDIGIORNO”, Plasma opens a new chapter in his artistic journey and tries to transform a word often used as generational stigma into a declaration of identity.
The EP arrives after the experience at Amici, where he presented the songs Wanderers, Losing You and Secretand it completes new songs including Colorthe new single, a direct and disillusioned song that confirms the emotional character of his writing.
Within the project, songwriting and rap, very physical images and personal confession coexist, always with Genoa in the background. Not as a simple setting, but as living matter that passes through texts and atmospheres: the alleys, the port, the continuous crossroads of cultures. A dimension that Plasma absorbs and returns in intimate songs but never closed in on themselves.
On the occasion of the release of the album and the beginning of “PERDIGIORNO” we spoke with him about freedom, belonging and that increasingly rare need to give oneself the right not to have all the answers.
INTERVIEW
What are you interested in saving about the figure of the “wanderer”?
Today the word “wanderer” almost always has a negative meaning, perhaps more than ever. We live in a culture of hyper performance, continuous competition, individualism. I, however, wanted to reverse that meaning. In this project the wastrel is someone who allows himself the freedom to be what he wants, to not yet have all the answers, to make mistakes, to even take the long way around things. Especially when young, but actually throughout your life.
For me, wasting time is also contemplation. It's staying inside a song, inside the art, without immediately thinking of an economic or status objective.
I have to be honest: in everyday life I'm not really a waster, I'm very busy with work. But in the way I write music, yes, there I am deeply.And this is the positive part of the word that I wanted to reclaim.”
In your story Genoa is not just a background. How much does the city stay with you when you write?
I never try to get rid of it, on the contrary. I am very proud of my Genoese origins. Today we talk a lot about the excitement of the city, but I have always felt that vitality, since I was a child. I come from the historic center, close to the port, a place where different cultures coexist, a true melting pot.
Then there is the sea, there is a huge tradition in both songwriting and rap. If you are a sensitive person, all this gets inside you and naturally leads you to communicate.
It's something I let happen: I like to be influenced by my city, because after all I'm just the product of that context.”
Your writing often arises from very physical, almost cinematic images. Do you feel closer to the songwriting tradition or to the grammar of rap?
To both. Probably also because of the place I was born in and the music I listened to growing up. My father made me feel very much like a singer-songwriter, then I immersed myself in rap. I am a child of these two worlds.
A friend of mine defines my music as “singing-auto-rap” and I must say that it is a definition that I like a lot, because it describes what I do well.
Songwriting and rap, for me, are really mom and dad.”
If “Perdigiorno” were a mental place rather than an existential condition, what geography would it have?
Maybe a jungle.”
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ABOUT PLASMA
Plasma, the stage name of Antonio Silvestri, is a young singer-songwriter born in Genoa in 2001. Raised among the evocative alleys and picturesque alleys of the port city, the artist spent his adolescence immersed in the unique and evocative atmosphere of this place full of history and culture. His first musical experiences took shape during his adolescence, a period characterized by a series of intense and profound experiences. It is precisely during this period that Plasma goes through a particularly turbulent phase, culminating in a hospitalization in 2015. This moment of personal crisis proves to be a turning point for him, becoming the source of inspiration for his first song, “Rondine”. Imbued with a desire for freedom and an aspiration towards distant worlds made of green meadows and blue skies, the song contrasts with the anguished reality of the white room and the internal suffering that Plasma was experiencing. This experience profoundly marks the young artist, leading him to discover the transformative power of music, in particular rap, as a means of expression capable of sublimating pain into something positive. From that moment on, Plasma never stops: he spends many years gathering inspiration from every corner of his life, from the brightest joys to the darkest moments, and then locks himself in his room and dedicates himself intensely to writing and musical composition. His determination and passion lead him to earn a place within the Genoese rap scene, participating in freestyle battles and performing in concerts in various locations. He has the honor of opening concerts for established artists such as Bresh, Disme and Vaz Te, consolidating his presence in the local musical panorama and collaborating with artists from his own city, such as Alfa and Olly, thus contributing to creating a thriving artistic and cultural atmosphere in Liguria, from which Plasma constantly draws inspiration for his creations and which he considers essential in order to train a poet. Through his music, Plasma reveals himself not only as a skilled singer-songwriter, but also as a contemporary poet who transforms his personal experiences into works of art, capable of touching the hearts and souls of the audience. In 2025 he joined the class of “Amici”, strongly desired by Rudy Zerbi. His experience in the program marked by ups and downs manages to shape him even more, making him even more determined and aware of his own abilities, thanks to which he conquers the Evening phase of the talent show. During his time at “Amici”, Plasma presents 3 singles: “Perdere Te”, “Perdigiorno” and “Segreto”.
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