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There are a few things Italian rock band Måneskin can't live without. From their Yerba Mate Nobleza and bamboo rolling papers to a giant pair of sunglasses and a lucky American two dollar bill, here are Måneskin's essentials.

Director: Graham Corrigan
Director of Photography: AJ Young
Editor: Gerard Zarra
Producer: Sam Dennis
Production Manager: Andressa Pelachi; Kevin Balash
Talent Booker: Lauren Mendoza
Camera Operator: Shay Eberle-Gunst
Sound Mixer: Gray Thomas-Sowers
Production Assistant: Liza Antonova
Post Production Supervisor: Rachael Knight
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Rob Lombardi
Assistant Editor: Lauren Worona
Transcript
00:00 Overdrive!
00:01 Yeah!
00:02 Let's go!
00:03 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:07 Hey, y'all.
00:08 This is Måneskin.
00:09 And these are essentials.
00:11 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:14 OK.
00:21 Let's cover the brand.
00:23 This is a box of yerba mate.
00:25 And this is a bombilla.
00:27 And this is two of the three things
00:30 that you need to make mate.
00:31 We're missing hot water, but whatever.
00:34 Basically, I watch a lot of sport, mainly football,
00:38 the real one.
00:39 And a lot of South American players,
00:41 they're always drinking it.
00:43 So I got curious.
00:44 And I found out that it gives you a lot of energy.
00:48 So for me, it's very good.
00:49 And before the stage, I don't drink coffee.
00:51 I only drink this.
00:52 The grandpa.
00:53 Essentially.
00:53 The grandpa.
00:54 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:58 My second essential is my notebook.
01:01 This is where I write basically whatever
01:02 comes to my mind, songs, tattoos ideas.
01:07 I don't write anything with my phone.
01:09 I only write down with my handwriting.
01:11 Because otherwise, my mind tends to erase things.
01:14 So if I lose this, I lose my career.
01:17 Not a song that is not released.
01:23 Oh, this is Trastevere.
01:26 No way.
01:27 This is the first writing of Trastevere.
01:30 We're going to be very quick.
01:32 Ale.
01:34 People are going to screenshot this.
01:35 Exactly.
01:36 For sure.
01:36 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:40 My third essential is my grinder and my king-size paper.
01:48 You know for what it is, I think.
01:51 I love this grinder because it's called cheap as fuck.
01:55 I love that.
01:55 And I love that.
01:56 Because when I got into the shop, I said,
01:58 do you have a grinder?
01:59 And the guy was, yeah, whatever.
02:01 What type do you want?
02:02 And I'm not very fancy on these things.
02:04 So I was like, just the cheapest one.
02:06 I don't give a fuck.
02:07 Cheap as fuck, king.
02:08 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:12 So my first essential are my giant sunglasses
02:16 so I can hide myself when I'm too hungover.
02:18 Or I don't want to do makeup before an interview.
02:20 So you can hide yourself with your--
02:22 are recognizable.
02:23 Oh, it's perfect.
02:24 No, it's like my Hannah Montana wig.
02:27 Actually, the pair I use the most, Damiano broke them
02:30 at a gig two weeks ago.
02:32 So I couldn't bring my real first use.
02:35 I don't know.
02:36 I took them off on stage.
02:38 And then somebody put it back in the car.
02:41 Maybe with not enough care.
02:44 So I have to take it.
02:45 I don't believe this.
02:46 It's just an excuse.
02:47 Yeah, sure.
02:47 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:50 So I have a second essential.
02:52 But in reality, my first and most important essential
02:54 are these gums.
02:55 Every time I eat something, as soon as I'm finished,
02:58 I need a gum.
02:58 Because otherwise, I don't know.
03:00 I feel bad.
03:01 So I always need gums.
03:03 These Italian gums.
03:05 And it's the best.
03:06 It's also strong.
03:07 But it's really ugly if you fall asleep with them in your mouth.
03:09 Because--
03:10 You should never fall asleep with a gum in your mouth.
03:12 It's fucking dangerous.
03:13 But you never did?
03:14 No, I never.
03:15 Really?
03:15 It's dangerous.
03:16 I fall asleep so many times with a gum.
03:19 But it happened a couple times.
03:20 [MUSIC PLAYING]
03:24 So my third essential is my $2 bill.
03:28 And we got these in LA from the $2 bill man,
03:31 which we didn't knew existed.
03:33 But apparently, there is a man in LA
03:35 that goes around with a bunch of $2 and give them to people.
03:39 He says they bring good luck.
03:40 So I'm keeping them with me since two years.
03:43 And I have a big bunch at home that I give out
03:46 to the ones who deserve.
03:47 I must admit that the dollars are more swag than the euros.
03:51 It's probably because we're grown up with American movies.
03:54 And dollars are pretty fascinating for us.
03:58 No, and also, I always have them in my cover of my phone,
04:01 which is transparent.
04:02 Always show your money before your persona.
04:04 Exactly, I'm showing my money.
04:05 Before your persona.
04:06 My $2, rich bitch.
04:08 [MUSIC PLAYING]
04:12 This camera, my shitty digital camera,
04:15 in which I have all the nudes of everyone in this band.
04:19 So it's very precious.
04:20 And I could one day sell them on OnlyFans.
04:22 It's a money machine.
04:23 I bought it in a vintage market.
04:25 So it came with this.
04:26 Actually, it's so scam.
04:27 Because in Rome, in Italy, these cameras,
04:30 they were like 5 euros, 10 euros.
04:32 And the other day, I was at the market, flea market here
04:34 in LA.
04:35 And I go, and it was exactly the same camera.
04:37 I'm like, wow, nice.
04:38 And how much is it?
04:39 $140.
04:41 You can scam Italians.
04:42 I'm sorry.
04:43 Exactly.
04:43 So I've got this from my Italian flea market.
04:45 And I'll keep it.
04:46 We invented that practice.
04:48 Yeah.
04:49 We invented it.
04:50 Don't play with us.
04:51 So, Ethan, it's your turn.
04:53 Oh, shit.
04:53 Sorry.
04:54 [MUSIC PLAYING]
04:57 My first essential.
04:59 This is a little zipper.
05:01 And it's just lighter, basically.
05:03 Why the lighter, though?
05:04 Because you never know when you need fire.
05:07 So you never know.
05:08 You can't create fire by yourself, right?
05:11 So you need a lighter, or you need like stones.
05:13 But it's pretty hard to find that around.
05:16 So this is a perfect thing to have if you need fire.
05:19 It's like, now it's not working.
05:21 [INAUDIBLE]
05:21 Oh, fuck.
05:22 [LAUGHTER]
05:24 [MUSIC PLAYING]
05:26 My second essential item.
05:28 Just give me 30 seconds.
05:30 [LAUGHTER]
05:33 Oh, my god.
05:34 Mamma mia.
05:35 It's about the dirtiest glasses I've ever seen.
05:37 Dirty glasses.
05:38 When we're playing on stage, and in the first line of the crowd,
05:42 everybody's like, please, can you say hi to me?
05:47 And every time, I'm like, this, because I can't really
05:50 see anything.
05:51 But I actually use them when I have to watch TV,
05:55 or if I have to drive.
05:56 So it's helpful.
05:58 God, it is.
05:59 Yes.
05:59 Or if you have to look smart, right?
06:01 We don't care about being smart.
06:02 We just want to be hot.
06:03 [LAUGHTER]
06:04 [MUSIC PLAYING]
06:06 My third essential item, my little and cute scrunchie.
06:11 I usually use it for this, which will be very strange to see.
06:16 Like--
06:17 Cinderella.
06:17 --for the first time.
06:17 It's very weird, but it's actually very useful.
06:20 Because while we were playing, I had the pedal,
06:23 that like the drum pedal, that goes back and forth.
06:27 And sometimes, it goes inside this.
06:29 And so when I kick it, it doesn't stop,
06:32 because it doesn't kick the drum head.
06:34 This is why this is so important, not only for me,
06:37 but for everybody.
06:38 So no kick drum, no gig.
06:41 No kick drum, no party.
06:42 So no scrunchie, no party.
06:45 [LAUGHTER]
06:46 [MUSIC PLAYING]
06:49 My first essential.
06:52 Thank you, guys.
06:55 This is just for the swag, I would say.
06:58 You always wear this.
06:59 Just go for it.
07:00 Yeah, and me and Thomas, we always
07:01 have a battle on who is more stylish.
07:04 And every time we have to go to parties and stuff,
07:06 he always wears this.
07:08 And he's like, ha, ha, look, my suit is better than that.
07:10 So I'm like, OK, but you're cheating,
07:12 because it's the same every time.
07:13 No, that's not true.
07:14 I mean, he always buys a new one.
07:16 No.
07:16 Yeah, the same, but--
07:17 Uh-huh.
07:18 No, no, that's not true.
07:19 I love, of course, like a dress well and stuff like that.
07:23 I think that the suit sits really cool.
07:24 And the boots, of course.
07:25 The boots.
07:26 The star.
07:26 With the star.
07:27 Actually, I think that the star is the element of Victoria,
07:30 probably.
07:31 Because she has lots of stars, like in the bass, right?
07:34 Yeah.
07:35 Yeah, but you are the star.
07:36 You know this.
07:37 Oh.
07:37 [LAUGHTER]
07:38 [MUSIC PLAYING]
07:41 Next essential is, of course, the guitar.
07:43 [LAUGHTER]
07:45 And--
07:45 In case you didn't know.
07:46 Exactly.
07:47 Who are your, like, guitar gods?
07:49 Probably Jimmy Page.
07:51 Also a lot of Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore.
07:54 I love to write new songs, cool riff in my auto room.
07:58 Lots of times, we wrote some songs, like during the tour.
08:00 So this is really nice and good, I think.
08:03 Useful.
08:03 [MUSIC PLAYING]
08:06 My last essential is this tiny amplifier.
08:10 It's really cool, because, like, the problem, of course,
08:12 is I can't have, like, a huge amplifier when we are around.
08:16 So this is very nice.
08:18 1.5 volts.
08:20 Wee.
08:21 Backliners.
08:22 Thank you, guys.
08:23 Overdrive.
08:24 Exactly.
08:24 Max out the amplifier.
08:25 Everything gets better.
08:26 Everything gets better.
08:27 [CHEERING]
08:29 Let's go.
08:31 [MUSIC PLAYING]
08:34 That's so nice.
08:37 So nice.
08:38 Bravo.
08:39 [CHEERING]
08:41 Love you so much.
08:43 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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