MEET CUSPIDE: A Neapolitan Soul Doing Neapolitan Soul

Where does love end? It doesn’t dissolve into the air, nor does it vanish like that dream you wish would linger but can’t seem to grasp once you open your eyes. It stays. It clings to the city walls, to the benches in the square. It stays within, beneath the skin, turning into a question: and now? CUSPIDE isn’t afraid to face that question.

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Stage name of Diego Davide, born in ’96, a Neapolitan artist. A child of a city rich in new wave along the shores and funky beats echoing through the alleys at night. There is an artistic bond that feels like a promise kept. And above all, there is an invitation: don’t fear solitude. It is there that, one day, love will find you again. But this musical journey isn’t just about pain - it’s about the search for freedom, lightness, and a strength that reveals itself along the way.

We had the chance to sit down with Diego to talk about the release of his new single, “Tutta Sola”.

Cuspide: the sign of a turning point. If life were a curve, there would always be a moment when the need to shift its trajectory arises, that point where something urges a change in direction. And today, the question remains whether the chosen path is truly the right one or if the cusp continues to waver, caught between what was and what could be.

“The shift in my curve was actually a necessary condition - personally first and artistically later. At 17, I went through a particularly tough event in my life, and that’s when my cusp intervened: music.
Today, I feel like I’m on the path that makes me happiest. I don’t think I can ever truly know if it’s the ‘right’ one. I tend to see right and wrong not as universal and constant concepts - what seems ‘right’ today might be ‘wrong’ tomorrow, or vice versa. But in the now, I feel balanced, and I think that’s an important point on my curve”.

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“Tutta Sola” is an odyssey through the streets of Naples, a journey through endings and new beginnings. But is solitude really a sentence, or can it be an ally? And in the end, what remains of the city when you stop searching for someone else and start searching for yourself?

“Solitude is only a burden when you don’t walk through it, but if you dive into it, scrutinize it, move beyond it -like someone once said, though I can’t recall who- then solitude will never leave you alone. It fills you up. For me, it has meant this at various points in my life, and in this song, I tried to convey that - even through a story that isn’t entirely my own. In a way, I also created a connection to <Anima Fantasma>, my first single, confirming that only through certain experiences can we truly feel alive. I strongly believe in rebirth - not as mere spiritualism but as the real, tangible ability to roll up your sleeves and rise above your own pain. At the end of the city, I found all of this: awareness”.

In Cuspide’s music, multiple cities intertwine, past and future blend together, funk meets urban - each place he’s lived leaving an indelible mark on his sound and lyrics. There’s the idea that the cities we inhabit settle into our voices, our hands, shaping our gestures and melodies. And then there’s the thought of a city yet unknown, an unexplored territory that could resonate within him in unexpected ways, once again transforming his musical journey into something new.

“I have lived -and still live- between two cities that probably feel everything around them viscerally, with a touch of anarchy. For me, cities are in motion, driven by the people who inhabit them, and those people create, give, and receive experiences. So yes, I do believe the cities we live in shape us.
But it’s not just these two cities that have influenced me - there are others, too. And perhaps it’s nice to let them emerge little by little, song by song. Italian cities, and others beyond.
A city I don’t yet know would inevitably sound like an experiment to me, and that’s exactly what I seek in my music. The city I don’t yet know is the next one I want to experience, with all the stories it has to tell”.

Art is born from imbalance, from the need to restore meaning. But when music becomes the means to find balance, doesn’t it risk losing its urgency? How do you keep the creative tension alive without falling into a comfort zone?

“For me, art isn’t exclusively born from imbalance - it always stems from an event. It can be action or reaction, but it doesn’t just happen to you, it doesn’t fall from the sky, and in many ways, it can’t really be taught. In my case, imbalance was the initial input, but the artistic output isn’t balance itself - it’s everything I’ve lived through in between. Between point A and point B, there are infinite other points, and I want to tell as many of them as possible. Now, if you ask me: ‘You’re in balance now, so does that mean you don’t create anymore?’ I’d say I feel much more balanced than I did at 17, but I still create - maybe even more. The source of creativity can change, just as we do. If there’s a constant thread, it’s empathy. Often, something happens to me, to someone close to me, or I overhear a conversation in the street - I live through experiences, and I create. If you ask me what could kill my artistic expression, right now I’d say: the lack of social interaction. The absence of confrontation, even with those who think differently from me”.

There always comes a moment when the gaze shifts forward, toward what has yet to come. Diego’s future projects weave through new sounds, undiscovered collaborations, and roads still waiting to be traveled. There’s the urgency to keep creating, to push further, to let music find its next direction - without fear of new cusps ready to alter the course.

“For the future, I just want to keep telling stories through my music. As I said before, I want to explore more points along that curve. And if even one person sees themselves in it, no matter how small that connection is - then I’ve already ‘won’”.

Photogrpahy by Eleonora Spagnolo Capezzuto, taken during CUSPIDE's live performance © All rights belong to their respective owners. No copyright infringement intended.