My flying reporter Robert met Can Bonomo, a singer, musicians, poet and fashion designer! They chatted about his musical background, what does he value in a person, why he is in Eurovision and his fashion sense. And why his demos have such great acoustics? And what was his initial reaction to Rona Nishliu's voice?! Read it here:
How would you describe yourself, like
what are your values and what you find important in life?
Wow, that's a deep question. Hmmm... I
think all that matters in life is the present moment, now. The other
thing that is very important to me is the art. It takes a lot of
space in my life. And my family of course.
What do you dislike and like in other
people if talk about values?
Disliking is a strong word, I don't
want to say I don't like something. I appreciate people who fight for
themselves. A quality that I look for in my friends and people around
me is that they are in peace with themselves.
When did you know that you wanted to be
a singer?
I always knew I would do music. I
started with music at the age of 8. My family wasn't really into it
at first and I had to beg for my first guitar for some time but then
I finally got it. And I started playing. All the time. I really wanted
to be a rockstar but I studied classical music. I thought it was lame
but it's not, it's gorgeous but I always wanted to play rock guitar!
I didn't know I could sing but I was in a band when I was 18 playing
the lead guitar but then the singer quit and I ended up singing and
it went pretty well and started training my voice, taking vocal
classes and... I didn't go to any music school, at collage I was
mastering in cinema. But my music career went on and I decided to go
solo and write my songs. I have been writing poetry for 15 years.
Most of the songs on my first album were born that way; first the
poetry. I released my first album 1,5 years ago.
In what setting are you the most
creative?
It doesn't matter, I can be creative
everywhere, 11pm … any time. But when I record my stuff I go to the
bathroom, it has good acoustics! Ha ha! When the record bosses
listened my demos they always asked ”Where did you record this?”
Ha ha!
Let's talk about Eurovision a little.
What do you hope to gain with this participation?
If I say I wanna win this it's not
sincere. If I wanna win this, which I kinda do, it would be for my
country. In Turkey I'm doing ok, I have a good fanbase that loves me
and I love them. I don't want to compose in English so I have no
interest to record more in English. I'm for Turkey and I'm ok with
it. Now. I'm here mainly to promote my music in Turkey. It's not the
usual pop music. I'm here to expand my Turkish fanbase. And the Turks
in Europe, of couse. But they know me already pretty well. So I see
Eurovision as a very positive thing for myself and my career.
What are your plans after Eurovision?
Holidays planned maybe?
I was planning a holiday but while I
have been here the agenda has filled with concerts and because of
Eurovision we will also record a new album very soon. Hopefully we
will do that in some nice summer place so we can combine it with
holidays!
I like the way you dress. Where do you
buy your cloathing and do you get some advice or is this your own
style?
I don't actually, I create my stuff
myself. I hate shopping. I recently met this designer who has also
made my Eurovision wardope and I often go to her with some designs or
ideas and ask if she can make something out of them. But this
Eurovision look is all hers. As I said I hate shopping, fitting and
all that so I buy most of my stuff online.. and they don't fit
usually either so that's why people say I'm dressing up like a
weirdo! Everything's too tight or too baggy but I wear it anyways!
:-) That defines my style!
Ha ha ha.... ok, the last question:
What is your favourite Turkish Eurovision song?
Ooh, Manga's song, We could be the
same! I also like Sertab's song. I also love Seninle bir dakika. It
came last but it's one of the most beautiful songs! I have to say I
don't know much about Eurovision but I'm into it now, I will
definately follow it in the future! I had a fast ccourse about it
before coming here.
Have you met any new favorites among
the other participants this year, like Hey, they do good music?
Yeah, Montenegro, Israel, Malta...
they're all doing their own music. You know, I write my own music and
I though that's the case in Eurovision for everybody but I learned
it's not! It would be cool if there were more musicians in Eurovision
isstead of singers but it's cool anyways. And there are some great
voices here, like Albania! She's like WTF? WOW! She's got a voice!
Thank you Can for this interview and good luck on Thursday... and see you in final!
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