Yendry: from X Factor to the world charts to Maneskin

When Maneskin began their rise to global success in 2021, winning the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Zitti e Buon” to international critics. she was already the “next big thing” to watch. But here in Italy we were too distracted to notice it, or perhaps we just didn’t know that this familiar-sounding name was inserted Barack Obama on the list of his favorite songs that year with “Yes“, along with hits from Lizzo and Cardi B, Lil Nas X, Brandi Carly and Courtney Barnett, it was truly familiar. Yendry Fiorentinohe’s just Yendry in 2012 he was among the participants in the sixth edition of the Italian version of X Factor.the second in the Sky era after the acquisition by pay television of the format launched in our country by Rai2.

Her experience in the program, in a team of girls from 16 to 24 years old under the leadership of Elio, did not last long, just a little: she arrived.eliminated from televoting in episode five

. Ten years later, Yendri’s music boasts impressive numbers on streaming platformsmainly due to the success it enjoys across the English Channel and abroad: when He will return with a concert to Italy on November 25th.on stage in Biko From MilanThe singer-songwriter, originally from the Dominican Republic but adopted from Turin – she arrived in the Piedmontese capital at the age of one, joining her mother who had left Santo Domingo to start a new life in Italy – will make it as an international artist.

His channel YouTube official counts 30.4 million views in general e 132 thousand participants. “Nena” alone, released three years ago, collected 7.6 million views, and the duet with Damian Marley – Bob’s son – scored on “You” for the last two years 5.7 million clicks On Spotify Yendi shows off half a million listeners monthly: various versions of “Nena” collected Total 37 million streams World. The X Factor is a very distant memory for the singer-songwriter. Who is reluctant to talk about this experience.

In an interview provided Pitchfork – the indie “Bible”, which criticized Maneskin, dedicated a long report to the singer-songwriter – it is said that her talent taught her to be on stage, but also showed her some of the dark sides of show business: “I had my own taste in music, but they didn’t really understand it. I listened to Massive Attack and Lana Del Rey.

(he conquered the judges – that year, in addition to Elio, there were Morgan, Simone Ventura and Ariza: the program was won by Chiara Galiazzo – with a cover of “Video Games”, editor’s note) and they made me sing Dionne Warwick just because I was a black girl who had to sing black music on television.“

Raised on ’90s pop, Latin and electronic music, Yendry, after her experience on The X Factor, tried to reclaim her roots by turning her music into a true cultural mash-up.

The doors of international success, which also allowed her to conquer the New York Times (always before Maneskin), opened for her with joining the management company. Guerrerasame as stars like JEssie Reyez, Omar Apollo and K-pop boy bands Seventeen and Tomorrow x Together. In 2021, she performed the single “El barrio” at the Latin American Music Awards, being nominated for Best New Artist at the MTV Millennial Awards. There is also a short film on YouTube “In the courtyard“, which traces her story: directed by Kiran Khan, it begins with her childhood in the Santo Domingo area where she grew up and reaches a turning point. Perhaps Yendry is the Italian pop star the world has been missing.