Luigi Masi | zh

In the case of ultimate name pop star will not be much better than a chart sensation pending Luigi Masi was born with, it is almost too good to be true

"You know what people think I made it up all the time!" Laughs the fresh-faced 18-year old singer-songwriter "They are always asking" is your real name? "I'm like 'yes, unless my parents lied to me all my life!"

Question Luigi on his exotic background and everything starts logically Born in San Paulo Brazil half-Italian/half-Brazilian for his father and mother half-Danish/half-Swedish ( "I guess it makes me Scando-Italy-Brazil," he jokes "so I just cut it short and call me for "international" it is easier ") Luigi found himself move to London as a child when hefirst started developing his musical style

"I got pretty much everything I could, I was in school choir played the piano took lessons in violin, he says" But the thing is that I have always been a massive Hear'Say pop fan was actually the first gig went I add that I am not ashamed to admit I always used to be glued to the CD: UK every Saturday morning, just take it all in and absorb everything for future reference "

It was not until Luigi was 16, that he really began his pop dreams seriously, but

"When I started my A-levels I am still not quite sure what I wanted to do for the university - so I thought 'Let's Get a side plan - I know I will be a pop star!" he jokes only partly tongue cheek

Undertecknat the newly formed Indie Bunx Records Luigi began a two-year process inspelningoch musical self-examination that led to his killer debut album "Save His Shoes" in between studying for her A Levels Luigi would sneak the odd long weekend break here and half-term is to go and work with some of the hottest up and coming pop producers in the world to take in New York, LA Stockholm, Copenhagen and London

"Almost have kept it a secret from everyone at the school in two years' confesses Luigi" Although I think they have have been a little suspicious when I was in New York on weekends, since they began to find out last Easter when I was supporting the Sugababes on tour so I had to speak out "

Luigi's live debut was lite of a litmus test for the new-born pop star when he received a call that someone had fallen into the opening slot for the band tour and had to rush back from vacation with just two days to get their first live show together, there was some kind of

" When we were in Manchester girls took me out on the town, it was the first time I ever clubbing "Luigi admits" Yeah, I was only 17, we ended up at a strip club with Keisha and Amelle danced around the poles so you could say it was a fun tonight! "

Not long after Luigi's pop apprenticeship continued in the country's biggest pop group Girls Aloud on their summer stadium tour

" So I went from nothing to theater venues all within a few weeks it was really crazy "Luigilaughs RECALLING the thrill of performing in front of 20000 people at O2 "I think I did well on the Girls Aloud put in to some of my soundchecks and encouraged migfrån side of the stage which was beautiful and Nadine came up to me after and said she liked my stuff "

is Luigi's irresistibly energetic brand cool poptronica guaranteed to win a lot more fans in 2009, also from the hyper-kinetic pop rush" of the press "and Luigi's top ten 2008 Club release" Strobelight "the relentless electro-R & B," Better Now "(complete with a cool rap cameo from Timbaland's brother Sebastian) "to save his shoes" is packed with classy uplifting pop gems and calls to the dance floor that will carry the shoes across the country, not least of these is the first single "Armed With Love "an extremely clever piece of pop perfection, which will be released on 25 May

" I always wanted my first album to be really optimistic - I wanted intedra it down with slow, boring things or something personal "Luigi mirrors" The Perhaps this is a song you can call midtempo - but also that you can dance to! It was a pop revival last year with people on Saturdays and Alphabeat but this year will get better, not only because there was me, because Pop will return as a whole, so out with all those tedious indie bands and pop! "

Boasts collaborations with platinum Hitmakers Jim Beanz (Nelly Furtado Britney Spears) Quiz & Larossi (The Saturdays Pussycat Dolls), Raine Maida & Chantal Kreviazuk (Avril Lavigne Kelly Clarkson) and Cutfaths & Jonas Jeberg (Kylie Jordin Sparks), alongside exciting newcomers Anton Malmberg Elias Kapari and Eric Sanicola Luigi worked more than 40 tracks around the world before he went over the twelve who made the last album

"I wanted that half of this known to be major producers and the other half to be young, fresh talent that I can help to have a platform to work with other people, "said Luigi, whose anthemic pop track diamond" Strangers Again "exemplifies this, as it says an every-teen story of a random no-strings encounter on the dance floor, which manages to be bittersweet and quite euphoric at the same time

"It's about the moment when you catch someone on a song and have that connection in a club, but you can interpret it how you want" , SSgives Luigi "It's about having that time together and then it's gone forever"

He may be only 18 years old, but Luigi has been in the wings prepare and refine its pop moment förtillräckligt long Now he's ready to stand in the spotlight

"It's been two years of learning my craft and really develop my sound" he says

"During this time, my motto has become" Life is not to find yourself it is about creating yourself "and I truly believe that" .