"Mille" is a song by Italian singers Fedez,Achille Lauro and Orietta Berti. It was written by Fedez,Achille Lauro,Davide Simonetta,Paolo Antonacci,and Dargen D'Amico,and produced by Simonetta.[2]
It was released by Warner Music Italy and Sony Music on 11 June 2021. "Mille" peaked at number one on the Italian FIMI Singles Chart and was certified platinum in Italy two weeks after its release.[3]
Background
The song was born following a collaboration decided by the three artists during the Sanremo Music Festival 2021 and was announced by the three artists through an Instagram live on the evening of 12 June 2021.[4] Fedez revealed in an interview that he had originally planned for Annalisa to sing in the chorus,but she wasn't able to take part,and the song was passed to Berti.[5] The cover of the single,created by Francesco Vezzoli,shows the three artists in the form of nymphs covered with flowers,created from the paining Le tre Grazie by Émile Vernon.[6][7] The song has an official choreography,which was published by Fedez on his Instagram profile.[8]
Commercial performance
"Mille" debuted at number one on the FIMI Singles Chart,becoming Fedez's tenth number one,Lauro's first and Berti's first since 1965.[9][10]
Music video
The music video for the song was released on Fedez's YouTube channel on 14 June 2021. It was directed by Giulio Rosati.[11] The video was accused of covertly advertising for the brand Coca-Cola by the agency Codacons,with bottles of the drink appearing several times throughout the video,in reference to the lyrics of the song.[12]
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