Behind The Tracks: ArtemisiA - Erodi Di Plastica (Single) (2026)

Some songs begin as private memories and gradually reveal a much wider meaning. “Eroi di plastica” belongs to this category. Rooted in a real experience from Anna Ballarin’s past, the track transforms an individual story into a broader reflection on the forms of psychological pressure and abuse that still affect many women inside oppressive workplaces.

At the centre of the song is a system of power built on arrogance, incompetence, and control. It is a power that does not simply impose rules, but works by weakening identity, suppressing thought, and convincing people that they are worth less than they really are. In this sense, the “plastic heroes” of the title are figures of false authority: apparently strong, but empty, fragile, and sustained only by fear and hierarchy.

The personal dimension of the song is essential because it gives the lyrics their emotional weight. Anger, memory, and the need for redemption are not treated as abstract concepts, but as consequences of a lived experience. What begins as the story of one woman therefore becomes a collective act of resistance against every mechanism that humiliates, silences, and erases individuality.

Musically, “Eroi di plastica” reinforces ArtemisiA’s heavy rock and progressive metal identity. The harder edge of the arrangement supports the directness of the subject, while the darker atmosphere gives the song a strong narrative tension. Rather than softening the message, the music amplifies it, allowing aggression and emotional depth to exist within the same structure.

The choice to sing in Italian also plays a decisive role. The language preserves the precision, violence, and emotional nuances of the original experience, turning the lyrics into something immediate and culturally rooted without making them less universal. “Eroi di plastica” shows how protest, dignity, and resistance can cross linguistic boundaries when they emerge from something authentic.

For ArtemisiA, the song is both a denunciation and an act of reclamation. It exposes the structures that attempt to define a person’s value from above, but it also refuses to leave the victim trapped inside that definition. “Eroi di plastica” ultimately turns oppression into awareness and memory into a form of strength.

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