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  El 1 de septiembre  Måneskin lanzaba su nuevo single, Honey (Are U coming?), que presentará en los VMAs . El nuevo sencillo de la banda italiana viene después de terminar el Loud Kids gets louder  tour y continuar con el Rush!  Tour, la gira de su cuarto álbum de estudio. Sin embargo, de Rush! apenas queda nada. El disco ha conseguido ser el álbum peor valorado por Pitchfork en lo que va de año y tampoco ha logrado un buen éxito comercial. El grupo parece dar como cerrado este capítulo, presentando nuevo single y haciéndolo en los Video Music Awards.  Honey (Are U Coming?)  aparece como gancho para reconectar con Maneskin.     Aunque la banda continúa con el giro americano de su carrera, volviéndose habitual en los VMAs y cantando en Inglés, Honey regresa a Italia en su videoclip. El vídeo ha sido rodado en el Gazometro de Roma y aunqu e pueda parecer ser sencillo, es bastante resultón: La banda aparece tocando, como lo harían en vivo, y lo acompañan de efectos fotográficos y de ju

 Este viernes se publicó el álbum conjunto de Irama y Rkomi - No Stress -, que llega después del primer adelanto, Hollywood. El disco se produce como resultado de la unión artística de dos de las figuras más importantes del mainstream, pop y del género urbano italiano en Los Ángeles, después de haber colaborado anteriormente en  5 gocce y Luna Piena .  Pese a haberse lanzado en pleno verano, en No Stress predomina un tono oscuro, como el azul profundo de su artwork . Puede que Hollywood sea la canción con un color más brillante del álbum porque el resto del conjunto alberga un sub-tono más sombrío. De la oscuridad y el sudor del club de Sexy - que cuenta con la colaboración de Gué , que se integra bastante bien en la pista- al anhelo de Quando Piove, que se acerca más al Drake de One Dance o al Sin Señal de Quevedo. Existe algún punto de luz en Sulla Pelle,  que podría titularse 5 gocce parte II y que replica sus claves del éxito: la vertiginosidad de la percusión ochentera y los

 Mañana se cumple un mes desde que Caroline Polachek sacara Desire, I Want to Turn Into You , su segundo álbum y sucesor de Pang (2019) . Sunset fue publicado como single del trabajo en octubre, con un vídeo dirigido por ella misma y Matt Copson, que fue rodado en Barcelona . Al igual que el vídeo, Sunset canta al Mediterráneo. Hay una especial homenaje a la música mediterránea e incluso, a toda la música en lenguas romances . Como ella misma dice en las notas de Spotify de la canción, la canción refleja sonidos italianos, españoles y folk romaní  . Y ese reflejo se ejecuta sin ninguna confusión ni tópico en mente, sino que permite apreciar la riqueza de la música mediterránea y su frescura,  en una bella muestra con guitarra española , palmas ... Simultáneamente, Caroline no deja su estilo, con sus estremecedores vocals y su deseo por el amor eterno. El amor es incandescente como el ocaso y como ella dice ‘ fiery red’ ('ardiente rojo'). El amor se funde en un sol rojo, p

 El famoso y legendario cantautor estrenó la semana pasada su nuevo proyecto ( Canzoni di Intorto )después de 10 años sin publicar álbum. Como dijo Guccini hace unos años para Fanpage Italia , ahora se dedica a la escritura, centrándose en la palabra y no a la composición de canciones. Es por eso que este disco contiene once covers con un toque folk, pensadas a lo largo del año y pensando, también, y como no podía ser de otra forma, desde un punto de vista social , enfocando una de las canciones hacia la guerra de Ucrania.  Lo más llamativo del álbum es que no está disponible en ninguna plataforma digital, ni YouTube ni Spotify. Solo se puede comprar y escuchar en formato físico, olvidando las formas de escucha más utilizadas por los jóvenes. Pese a este detalle, Guccini ha conseguido el puesto número 2 en la lista italiana de álbumes , solo por detrás del nuevo proyecto del rapero Ernia. Así Guccini vuelve a lograr toda una hazaña en cuestión de ventas y se muestra el interés que si

Both Maneskin and Tananai have returned with new singles this October and we couldn't finish the month without talking about them: Tananai released an unexpected ballad a few weeks ago, 'ABISSALE' as a single. It is surprising because, as I said in my previous post about the Italian artist , he usually includes some humor in his songs and in his videos, but in Abissale there is not a trace. The single comes after releasing 'Pasta' and reigning on the Italian chart throughout the summer with Fedez and Mara Sattei on 'Dolce Vita'. Abissale is an honest, heartfelt piece reminiscent of 2000s Italian balladry and Italian cantautori genre, tapping into Tananai's gruff voice. In it, he talks about how special the girl he is in love with is and how he has tried to be special to be by her side, but he has not succeeded. The text is simple but very poetic , framed by that negative sky that appears on the single’s artwork. The video, directed by Borotalco,

Tanto Maneskin como Tananai han vuelto con nuevos singles este mes de octubre y no podíamos acabar el mes sin hablar de ellos: Tananai lanzó hace unas semanas una inesperada balada , ‘ABISSALE’, como single. Sorprende porque , como dije en mi anterior post sobre el artista italiano , este acostumbra a incluir algo de humor en sus canciones y en sus vídeos, pero en Abissale no hay ni rastro. El single llega después de lanzar ‘Pasta’ y luego de reinar en la lista italiana durante todo el verano con Fedez y Mara Sattei en ‘Dolce Vita’.  Abissale es una pieza honesta, sincera que recuerda  a la balada italiana de los 2000s  y  a cantautor italiano, aprovechando la voz ronca de Tananai . En ella, se habla de lo especial que es la chica de la que está enamorado y como él ha intentado ser también especial para estar a su lado, pero no lo ha conseguido. El texto es sencillo pero muy poético , enmarcado por ese cielo en negativo que recoge la portada del sencillo . El vídeo, dirigido po

 Con la llegada del verano vuelve el Irama (ahora 'el chico italiano', como se grita en un ad-lib en su nuevo vídeo) más urbano o reggaetonero. Tras conseguir el cuarto puesto en el Festival de Sanremo este año y lanzar su álbum 'Il giorno in cui ho smesso di pensare ', Irama (con 5 gocce aún en el top cinco de la lista italiana) publica el vídeo para su nuevo single, PAM PAM PAM PAM PAM PAM PAM PAM (PAM x8) , su oda al twerk. El tema sigue a otros lanzamientos veraniegos de Irama, todas candidatos a canción del verano y con sonidos más urbanos o latinos ( Nera , Arrogante , Mediterranea o Melodia Proibita ). El nuevo single se queda muy al estilo de J Balvin (ya vimos que la colaboración con Willy William contenida en el álbum era muy similar a Mi Gente ), volviendo a mezclar el italiano con el español y expresiones latinas, y apostando por el Moombahton (mezcla de house o electrónica y reggaeton). El vídeo, creado por LAND HO, sigue el escenario de barrio (Nueva Y

 A few weeks ago, on March 19, it was the one year anniversary of Teatro D'Ira Vol. 1 , the second album from Maneskin . The project came just a couple of weeks after winning Sanremo, a commercial technique that is often used to make the most of the contestants' stardom - like Irama has done with Il giorno in cui ho smesso di pensare - On the album, Maneskin tried to fulfill and accomplish their best rock sound after the more pop Il ballo de la vita . Today, we focus on the first single from Teatro D'Ira  , VENT'ANNI, where the band melts in alt-rock guitars -forgetting hard rock for a while- to introduce ballad drums in the closing piece of the album.   Vent'anni is an authentic existentialist poem about the worries of people in their early twenties:  The ambition to leave a mark, idealism, the choices and mistakes we made, the opposition to materialism... Just in the first lines, Maneskin adresses the current topic of nonsense-drama associated with teenagers an

 Last Friday Irama released his new album, which follows up his 2020's EP, Crepe . The project comes after the incredible success of Ovunque Sarai, both commercially (the track is certified platinum in less than a month) and critically (Irama scored the 4th position in the Sanremo Festival this year) . Far from his latest latin sound, in  Ovunque Sarai  Irama looks at himself and his feelings. In particular, Irama portrays the feeling of missing someone relying on nature as the artistic reference point. The result is, in a chain of future tenses, a long poem , showing an almost unprecedented depth, artisitic growth and maturity. Irama's vocals on the track raise the track even more, creating an experience, where feeling is the protagonist.  Now, almost a month after the Festival, we get the album, Il Giorno in cui ho Smesso di Pensare.  The record includes featurings from his frecquent producer, Shablo  (and also writer of Ovunque Sarai),   Rkomi, Sfera Ebbasta, Guè, Mace, Wi

  The Sanremo Finale had place yesterday to close this intense week of performances, bets and hopes.   La quinta serata consisted in every contestant singing their song, while the spectators could vote at home. This votes would be sum up to the general ranking product of the rest of the nights. The finale and la serata cover (where every singer had to cover a hit from the 60s, 70s, 80s or 90s) didn't modify much the general ranking of the first three nights: Ana Mena only moved one place forward from the first night, letting Tananai in the last place and the podium kept the same (the obvious winners Mahmood & Blanco, Elisa and Gianni Morandi). We could say the same for Irama, who scored a secure forth place and his highest position with Ovunque Sarai. The contestants tried their best in the finale, with a lot of them moving around the stage or going to the box and asking the audience to participate in their performances. Some pronounced speeches to complete the whole meaning of

 The famous Italian Song Contest  returned to its original date and to the Ariston theater . Yesterday Sanremo 2022 started with the first twelve performances (the other 13 will have place tonight) to end with the Sala Stampa  (TV, radio and webs) voting, giving the first place to Mahmood & Blanco's Brividi. The winner will represent Italy at Eurovision, but that seems secondary. The impact of participating and winning Sanremo is bigger: You get cualified as an artist. Apart from that, is a true walkabout. Yesterday 10 million people watched the gala. Advertising, special guests and sketches and jokes  prolonged the gala and made it last more than four long hours, letting Rkomi and Ana Mena's  performances almost to the end of the show. Let's have a look to some moments of  the night! 1. Maneskin returns to the Festival after winning last year: It's been a crazy year for Maneskin and returning to the same, exact place where all started was hard for the band, with

In 1996 the Italian singer and songwriter Francesco Guccini published Cyrano as one of the songs from his album D'amore, di morte e di altre sciocchezze. The track, written by Giancarlo Bigazzi, Beppe Dati and Guccini, has aged as one of the best cantautori pieces.  In it, Guccini transforms in Cyrano, the famous protagonist of Edmond Rostand 's drama, to do social criticism and ends up making one of the most moving declarations of love to Rossana, Cyrano's lover.  His interest on literature is not unusual; he is a poet and has written other songs about other magna opera, like about Don Quixote .  1. Cyrano de Bergerac: Cyrano is the perfect Romanticism's hero (even if the play is from 1897). His big nose moves him away from the society, which makes fun of him. Consequently, Cyrano has learnt to defend himself with bravery, haughtiness and courage.  He is in love with Rossana, his cousin,but he's afraid of telling that he loves her. Meanwhile, Rossana loves  Christ

 Italian rapper Rkomi dropped his third studio album, Taxi Driver , in April. Inspired by the Martin Scorsese film, the album is certified double platinum in Italy and Rkomi has reached  number one in the singles chart, with 'NUOVO RANGE' (ft Sfera Ebbasta). The album includes fourteen tracks and ten of them are featurings. Rkomi recruits a great line-up of Italian pop, from his frequent collaborator Ernia to Irama and Italy's King of trap, Sfera Ebbasta. Today I am going to focus on one track that isn't a feature, 'PARTIRE DA TE'. It probably is the piece with the biggest rock sound on the record. Since the beginning, the alt -rock electric guitar riff captivates you, which is emphasized by the piano that makes you immerse in the song and the rhythm. Despite the music is not written by Rkomi, this inclusion isn't casual, as he confessed to Billboard Italy that he's learnt to play the piano during the pandemic. In the chorus, Rkomi is helped by the a-cap

The phenomenon is not only European: The Italian group scores their first entry on the Billbard HOT 100 with Beggin' (#78).  Since they won the Eurovision Song Contest, back in May, the band has experienced a huge ascent in popularity. Let's analyse the keys to this phenomenon step by step: 1.SUCCESS IN ITALY   Maneskin did not win X Factor (Italy) in 2017, but they were so close, and throughout the whole contest, they showed they had something special. In fact, they did since the very beginning: Their first audition felt like a freestyle and was later a track ( Chosen ) in their first project. The message of that song was basically  'I was born to do this', to be an artist. Damiano's fluency while moving onstage and the message did the rest and convinced the judges. Throughout the contest, they showed their passion for rock, covering The Killers' Somebody told me . They also covered Beggin ', their biggest hit yet.  Moreover, they did not only had the rock

 Italian artist Irama presented La genesi del tuo colore for 2021's San Remo festival, the biggest Italian music contest. It scored the fifth position, even with covid-19 difficulties:A member of his staff tested positive and Irama and his team had to cancel the rest of the performances and be in lockdown. Irama could just perform the song once and the clip was repeated in the following nights. The song is illustrative of these times and of 2020, especially. Here's why it represents everything we have lived and we're living with the pandemic: 1. The Lyrics:  The lyrics are truly poetic, from the beginning. The song was described by Irama as 'an anthem to life' and that's what is shown throughout the whole piece. Life triumphs in each verse: 'There won't be no snow to break a tree' the tracks states in its first words.There is no better symbol of life than nature and a tree fighting for life, to spring, and life is going to make through in spite of ev