Malavita (song)

"Malavita"
Single by Coma_Cose
Released26 April 2024 (2024-04-26)
Length2:46
Label
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Producer(s)Itaca
Coma_Cose singles chronology
"Una cosa bene"
(2023) 		"Malavita"
(2024)

"Malavita" is a song by Italian musical duo Coma_Cose. It was written by band members Francesca Mesiano (California) and Fausto Zanardelli (Fausto Lama) with Federica Abbate and Jacopo Ettorre, and produced by the collective Itaca, formed by Merk & Kremont, Eugenio Maimone and Leonardo Grillotti.[1]

It was released by Asian Fake and Warner on 26 April 2024.[2]

Background

The song incorporates elements drawn from flamenco and pizzica.[3][4] Describing the single in a press release, Coma_Cose stated:[5]

"It's a song about redemption. It tells the story of a woman who managed to escape from something that kept her captive. It has the essence of the Mediterranean, and like the sea, it is both sun and storm. It has been a beautiful winter: we took our time to fix our home, which is always a metaphor for something else; we made a lot of music, but the words never took flight; we simply realized that we had nothing new, nothing 'of our own,' that we hadn't already said. You have to live to describe it in music. And then, an insight: a bit like certain distant singer-songwriters did, we felt the urge to tell the stories of others, which are always a way to speak a little about oneself."

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Fausto Lama himself and released on YouTube on the same day of the single's release.[6][7][8]

Reception

Federico Pucci from Fanpage.it observes that the lyrics of the song "lack the autobiographical and reflective imprint typical of the duo's previous work," associating them with the folk repertoires of Fabrizio De André, which are containers of stories narrated in both the first and third person. The journalist notes a change in sound as well, highlighting the use of "a classical guitar, with soft strings, strumming an A minor that rises and falls in a manner typical of flamenco and even more so of the ciaccona."[9]

Alessandro Alicandri from TV Sorrisi e Canzoni also points out the shift in the song's musical production compared to the artists' discography, stating that it "mixes overtly folk sounds with an urban and highly danceable setup," while appreciating the feminist theme of "a woman immersed in a difficult and oppressive social context like the criminal underworld, who decides to escape at a certain point."[10]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Malavita"
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Italy (FIMI)[11] 7
Italy Airplay (EarOne)[12] 1

Year-end charts

2024 year-end chart performance for "Malavita"
Chart (2024) Position
Italy (FIMI)[13] 42

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[14] Platinum 100,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "I Coma_Cose ritornano dopo un anno: ecco il nuovo singolo". Tgcom24. 27 April 2024.
  2. ^ "I Coma Cose sono tornati con 'Malavita'". Rolling Stone. 26 April 2024.
  3. ^ Camilla Adami Lami (30 May 2024). "Coma_Cose: «Perché abbiamo raccontato la Malavita»". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni.
  4. ^ Giuseppe Giordano (26 April 2024). "Ascolta il nuovo singolo dei Coma Cose". Esquire.
  5. ^ Claudio Cabona (26 April 2024). "I Coma_Cose inaugurano la stagione dei singoli estivi". Rockol.
  6. ^ Silvia Bombino (9 August 2024). "Coma Cose: «Felicissimi di essere in vetta, ma preparatevi a una sorpresa»". Vanity Fair.
  7. ^ "Coma_Cose: guarda il videoclip del nuovo singolo "Malavita"". Ondarock. 26 April 2024.
  8. ^ Mara Bizzoco (26 April 2024). "I Coma_Cose tornano con il nuovo singolo Malavita". Radio Italia.
  9. ^ Federico Pucci (22 June 2024). "Perché non riusciamo a toglierci dalla testa Malavita dei Coma Cose". Fanpage.it.
  10. ^ Alessandro Alicandri (26 April 2024). ""Malavita" dei Coma_Cose: un ritorno folk tutto da ballare". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni.
  11. ^ "Coma_Cose – Malavita". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Malavita - Coma_Cose". EarOne. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Classifica annuale 2024 (dal 29.12.2023 al 26.12.2024)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  14. ^ "Italian single certifications – Coma_Cose – Malavita" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 6 September 2024.