Hi, my name’s Alessandro Branchi and today I’ll try to tell you my story through music. My first memory dates back to when I was 5 years old.

I remember my father was creating, before leaving for holidays, a playlist with the greatest hits of the summer. We were always going to Puglia, in the South of Italy, with some friends and during the journey which was lasting more and less 12 hours by car, we were listening to all the playlist. My favourite song was ‘All’ by John Legend. Even if the melody of the song is a little bit sad, I loved to listen to it and it was giving me strength. This song represents me because I’ve passed many bad moments, such as the death of my grandfather or the moments when I was bullied...This period of my life is also represented in the song, which becomes happy after being sad, like me: I never want to give up and surrender. I’m thirteen now, and I don’t listen to music that much… So I don’t have a favourite song.