JVLI

The success of "Balorda nostalgia," the winning song of the 2025 Sanremo Festival - Italy's annual music competition - was a victory for its singer, Olly. But it was also a coronation for its co-writer/producer JVLI, a musician whose contemporary yet timeless popcraft seems like the work of someone far older than he was at the time. He's uniquely at home in both pop and hip-hop genres, having collaborated with local acts like Fred De Palma, Shade, Cicco Sanchez, Matteo Romano and Rocco Hunt. Born Julien Boverod in the Aosta Valley of northwestern Italy in 1998, JVLI was expos...