Cuore amaro

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"Cuore amaro"
Gaia - Cuore Amaro - Single cover.jpg
Single by Gaia
from the album Alma
Released4 March 2021 (2021-03-04)
Genre
Length2:33
Label Sony Music
Songwriter(s)
  • Gaia
  • Jacopo Ettorre
  • Machweo
  • Orang3
Producer(s)
  • Machweo
  • Simon Says
Gaia singles chronology
"Nuove strade"
(2020)		"Cuore amaro"
(2021)		"Boca"
(2021)

"Cuore amaro" is a song by Italian singer Gaia. It was released on 4 March 2021 through Sony Music Italy, as the lead single from her second studio album Alma. [2] [3]

Contents

It was released by Sony Music on 4 March 2021. The song was Gaia's entry for the Sanremo Music Festival 2021, the 71st edition of Italy's musical festival which doubles also as a selection of the act for Eurovision Song Contest, where it placed 19th in the grand final. [4] "Cuore amaro" peaked at number 17 on the Italian FIMI Singles Chart and was certified gold in Italy. [5]

Background and composition

"Cuore amaro" was written by Gaia, Jacopo Ettorre, Machweo and Orang3 and produced by Machweo and Simon Says. [6] [7]

The song deals with the singer's love for herself, as described by the artist herself: "For the first time I'm not singing about love, but a song about myself, about my story. The "bitter heart" is mine, it tells a little about my stubbornness in not giving up, in a sincere way. It is also a song that in terms of arrangement, mood and production tells my story and takes you a little bit to South America but in a fresh way, in today's way... in my way of making music". [8] [9]

Critics reception

The song received generally positive reviews by Italian music critics. [10] [11] Carmen Guadalaxara of Il Tempo greeted the artist's song positively, associating it with words such as “exuberant, elegant and effervescent." [12] Rolling Stone Italia appreciated the singer's contemporaneity, stating, “she is a child of her time, traveling smoothly between musical styles and geographies,” [13] a sentiment confirmed by Silvia Danielli of Billboard Italia , who described the singer's project as “particularly pleasant and enveloping.” [14]

Music video

The music video for the song was released on YouTube on 4 March 2021, to accompany the single's release. It was directed by Enea Colombi. [15]

Live performances

On 1 May 2021 Gaia performed the song during the annual Concerto del Primo Maggio. [16]

Charts

Chart performance for "Cuore amaro"
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Italy (FIMI) [17] 17

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI) [18] Gold35,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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