"Volevo essere un duro" is a song about the gap between who you want to be and who you are. The track, by Italian singer Lucio Corsi, was released on 12 February 2025. It is a rock and glam rock song that runs 3:05, released on Sugar Music, and it was written by Corsi and Tommaso Ottomano, with lyrics by Corsi.

The song was Italy's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, where it finished 5th with 256 points. The lyrics open with a confession: "Volevo essere un duro / Che non gli importa del futuro" ? "I wanted to be a tough guy / Who doesn't care about the future."

The narrator wanted to be a robot, a sumo wrestler, a golden-egg hen. But they are nobody. It is a song about the ache of not being who you imagined, and it is delivered with a vocal performance that is both tender and compelling.

What stays with me is how the song turns self-doubt into something almost heroic. It is not a song about failure; it is a song about the courage of admitting who you are. That honesty is what made it resonate with Eurovision audiences.

The song was Italy's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, where it finished 5th with 256 points. It is a song about the ache of not being who you imagined, and it is delivered with a vocal performance that is both tender and compelling.

The song's lyrics are full of the kind of poetic honesty that makes the best Italian pop songs work. It is a song about the ache of not being who you imagined, and it is delivered with a vocal performance that is both tender and compelling. It is a song that stays with you long after it ends.