Cesare Cremonini, between vintage sounds and contemporary poetry

He had announced his return on social media with images from the studio: today, September 24, everything comes to fruition with the release of “Ora che non ho più te”, the first single from a project “made up of many scenography that I will reveal song after song”. An album is planned, still without a date or title, while the stadium tour has also been announced next summer, with 7 dates, between June and July.

The song was written by Cremonini with his “partner in crime” Davide Petrella, while the artistic production is by Alessandro De Crescenzo, Alessio Natalizia (aka Not Waving, already working on Cosmo’s latest album).

That Cremonini has sought a new sound is immediately clear from the attack, which introduces the retro sounds of the song, with a filtered drum that recalls Prince from the 80s (“Raspberry beret”?). An impression reinforced by the use of synthesizers, and a phrasing in the verses that recalls classic Venditti (“I go a hundred miles an hour like a madman on the highway, who still looks for you, who wants you, who calls you…”). Then it opens into a melody that is typically Cremoninian, which tells of the end of a love story: “Turn off the city lights, so that the sky illuminates you, let’s dance once more but the music has already ended. Now that I don’t have you anymore I never rest”.

It’s a Cesare Cremonini who plays with the vintage/contemporary sounds that marked the success of songs by Harry Styles and The Weekend, which recall the productions of Jack Antonoff/Bleachers. But who does it in his own way, remaining strongly rooted in the Italian tradition – quoting not only Venditti but also his maestro Lucio Dalla. And for this reason remaining strongly himself, with his own unique poetics. A song that sounds both classic and new at the same time.

Cremonini describes the themes of the song as follows:

It’s a real song. I chose it as a trailblazer because it represented a turning point in terms of musical production and a page-turner in my life. It’s not a memory that I want to return, it’s an experience that must become a biography, returning free. I think it’s important to abandon things when you’re allowed to, it’s useless to end a relationship, a friendship, a work relationship, any piece of your life, before it’s due, before the time is right. There’s a past in the song, there’s a finished love, but there’s also a new life to face for me and for those who were with me.
“Now that I no longer have you I never rest”. There has been nothing more true for me. No metaphors are needed, when you no longer rest, when you can no longer sleep. Then the new music coming out dresses you again, everything suddenly changes. You are the master, for a few seconds, of your destiny.
“Ora che non ho più te” is the curtain that opens on a project made of many scenography that I will reveal song after song. In this song there is all the desire to return to speaking a more real language, of the things I experience, without hiding. I am attached to life: I work, I travel, I know, I throw myself into experiences. Even the musical choices reflect this attitude, it is a song that wants to make you sing, scream, dance with your feet on the ground.

Also coming soon is the video clip, shot in Friuli, in the Magredi del Cellina area, produced by Borotalco.tv and directed by Enea Colombi. The song will also be released in vinyl version, with a 45 rpm limited edition in colored vinyl. This is the cover, while the photos of Cremonini were taken by Luigi & Iango in New York.

The tour

The concert tour, simply called “CREMONINI LIVE25” will start on June 8th in Lignano. Then on June 15th in Milan, on the 19th and 20th in Bologna, on the 24th in Naples, on the 28th in Messina, on July 3rd in Bari, on the 8th in Padua, on the 12th in Turin, and will end on July 17th in Rome.
Tickets on sale from 11am on Friday 27th September, with pre-sales on the LiveNation website the day before.