“Little Boys isn’t really about age. It’s a state of mind. It’s about keeping something of Peter Pan alive inside you — that restless, curious and slightly reckless energy you have when you still see the world as something to challenge. We never want to lose that.” This is how vocalist and guitarist Elle Bertone explained the origins of the power rock duo's name, Little Boys. She added that part of the band’s ethos is holding onto curiosities that bring them to places they are yet to understand. “In that sense, we still feel like little boys.” It’s this state of mind that the Italian two-piece act is bringing to Korea with their extensive 16-show tour of Korea this September and October. On stage, the duo goes beyond child’s play — turning that childlike spirit into something loud and unstoppable, creating a playground of their own. Bertone, a former classical pianist, opted to tinker with a guitar in her unusual technique — playing left-handed on a standard right-handed guitar without reversing the strings. Meanwhile, her bandmate, Esse Pirotta, who spent year