Måneskin didn’t fall off, you put them on a pedestal no one could balance on
People put far too many conflicting expectations on them, bring rock back to the mainstream but don’t get too famous, act like a rockstar but don’t do anything controversial, do something original but don’t get experimental, don’t get repetitive but don’t change your sound either, be authentic yet flawless
They were barely in their 20s when they won sanremo and since then have been criticised for everything, I’m really not surprised they took a break both from the band and from the rock scene in general
Damiano loves an Icarus metaphor, but in this instance they didn’t fly too close to the sun, people burned them the moment they took off