Sad look, ripped jeans, a large headset to listen to music as he sinks, alone, into the seat of the train.

And a message, almost a desperate appeal: " One day a week when I go out, I decide to go to Bari and I'm going alone because I don't have any friends to go out with ." Hearing my mother say 'I can come so you don't go alone' is another kind of pain».

The video was posted on TikTok by Potes, an 18-year-old singer from the province of Bari. A boy who, despite his age, has the courage to admit that he feels alone. Even on social networks: where more and more young people show themselves to be strong and invincible by hiding all their weaknesses, he lays bare .

In just a few hours, his message went around the web: hundreds of thousands of views, tens of thousands of "likes" and over a thousand comments. «We are all alone», some write, «Going out with mum is beautiful», others.

But many say they are ready to go out with him and propose to become his friends , calling him a "very sweet" boy. Just enough to put a smile back on Potes' face. The singer accepts the offer and posts another video in which he wears a trendy shirt, ready for an evening with friends. And the message this time is positive: " I noticed that we are all too alone - he writes - so guys from Bari and the surrounding area, write me on Instagram, so we can go out together as soon as possible: we are a family ".

A message that served to form a group, to help each other, to share feelings and fragility. Many boys and girls write to him that they are alone, like him. A problem therefore felt by many of the 18-year-old singer's peers . Even some parents write to him: "My daughter is in the same situation as you", "Even my son was like that up to 19 years old, now he's 21 and is full of friends, courage".

On TikTok and Instagram Potes publishes the videos in which she performs singing: some are filmed in her bedroom, others during public performances. In one passage he asks himself: « .'