Damiano David is sitting on a sofa over Zoom when his girlfriend Dove Cameron’s identify comes up in dialog. It’s about her abilities as a singer/songwriter — particularly, that she’s a proficient one.
At that, the Italian star seems to be up and to his proper, smiling at somebody off-camera whose presence was beforehand unknown.
“Good job, babe!” he says with a smile, laughing and increasing his arms up as he claps towards his girlfriend off-screen.
Regardless of the title of his hit solo single “Born with a Damaged Coronary heart,” David, 26, is clearly keen about Cameron, 29, whom he’s been relationship for simply over a yr.
“I’m so in love,” he says. “We play one another’s music, and I might say that we’re very fortunate as a result of she loves music and I really like her music. I actually vibe with it. So it’s very enjoyable.”
Although they’re followers of each other, don’t count on to listen to the Måneskin frontman — who introduced this week that his debut solo album Humorous Little Fears might be launched Could 16 — to collaborate with the “Boyfriend” singer anytime quickly.
“Possibly in a few years,” he explains. “Proper now feels extraordinarily tacky.”
The couple’s paths first crossed on the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, although they didn’t meet for actual till the 2023 present, when David approached Cameron and invited her to Måneskin’s present at Madison Sq. Backyard. The remainder, as they are saying, is historical past.
“I feel we’re simply extraordinarily fortunate. We have by some means navigated being aside for lengthy stretches of time… We simply actually make it work,” Cameron instructed ipromiseyoumedia in a latest interview. “We’re finest buddies, we’re consistently linked. You need to be collectively on a regular basis, so that you simply determine a approach to make that occur… It’s so stunning to be in love.”
David is at present launching a brand new part of his profession exterior of Måneskin, the rock band he’s fronted since 2016. In September, he launched his debut solo single “Silverlines,” and the brand new album will come out in Could. He’s additionally set to embark on a world tour later this yr that may cowl 34 dates throughout 5 continents.
He defined to ipromiseyoumedia that regardless of Måneskin’s success, which features a Grammy nomination and a chart-topping hit, he’d began to really feel burnout because the disconnect between who he was offstage and his frontman persona grew.
“I acquired to some extent the place a few not-great issues occurred, and it made me perceive how my character was fragile and the way a lot I used to be counting on exterior validation to really feel protected about myself,” he explains. “When these issues began to crumble, I began to essentially perceive that I’m not having fun with this. So it was like, ‘Okay, it’s both I preserve doing this and I turn into fully numb to my job, or I take an enormous step. I do the scary factor and I take every thing on my shoulders and I attempt to do it.’ And thank God I did it as a result of now I acquired again all that enthusiasm and enjoyable and happiness.”
In a press release saying his upcoming album, David mentioned he’d lengthy confronted fears, reminiscent of heights, darkness, and himself, however was lastly able to attempt.
“Actually typically I’m nonetheless scared, however I wrote myself a handbook. Hope u discover it useful too. I known as it Humorous Little Fears,” he wrote.
