If you’re a magazine writing about Italy right now, there are three things that you can’t not cover: police brutality, Italy’s victory at Euro 2020 and the outstanding success of Måneskin.

The Italian rock band are, in fact, the cultural phenomenon of the moment. They show an attractive face of Italy to the world — together with the boys of Roberto Mancini. This is exactly what Italy needs right now, when the alternative is the dark face of politics— extreme deterioration, radicalization, and confrontation — and the darker shadow of police violence.