OK. Respira

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OK. Respira
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Studio album by
Elodie
Released10 February 2023 (2023-02-10)
Recorded2021–2022
Genre
Length48:24
Label Island Records
Producer
Elodie chronology
This Is Elodie
(2020)		OK. Respira
(2023)		Red Light
(2023)
Singles from OK. Respira
  1. "Vertigine"
    Released: 24 September 2021
  2. "Bagno a mezzanotte"
    Released: 9 March 2022
  3. "Tribale"
    Released: 10 June 2022
  4. "Proiettili (ti mangio il cuore)"
    Released: 16 September 2022
  5. "OK. Respira"
    Released: 9 December 2022
  6. "Due"
    Released: 8 February 2023

OK. Respira is the fourth studio album by Italian singer Elodie, released on 10 February 2023 by Island Records. [1] [2]

Contents

The album featured "Due", presented by the singer during the Sanremo Music Festival 2023 where it took ninth in the final ranking, [3] and the original song "Proiettili (ti mangio il cuore)" from the soundtrack of the film Burning Hearts , winner of the David di Donatello for Best Original Song. [4]

Composition

The album is composed of thirteen tracks, eleven of which were written by the singer herself, [5] with the authorial participation of Elisa Toffoli, Federica Abbate, Joan Thiele, Alessandro Mahmood, Davide Petrella, and production by Francesco "Katoo" Cattiti, Dardust, Drillionaire, ITACA and Zef. [6] In an interview for Vanity Fair Italia , Elodie explained the process of producing and writing the songs on the album: [7]

"I had the immense opportunity to be able to collaborate with a group of artists with whom I have an important relationship, from Dardust to Mahmood to Federica Abbate, Elisa, Davide Petrella, all people who have built my path. I was able to tell my story, to collaborate for the first time on writing, to bring my desire into the songs. It is difficult for performers to get their vision across. It has everything in it, from my belly singing to the four-person box. I hope you can hear that it's the most in-focus record I've done so far. [...] Almost the whole album is from those 10 days we spent together [in Tuscany]. I am a fragile woman but at the same time proud of my frailties. I tell my fears with a lot of honesty but also firmness. I hope I am not just another one."

The singer also told about her relationship with singer Elisa, author of three songs on the album: [7]

"Our first interaction was at Amici di Maria De Filippi . Elisa didn't talk much, but she read an uneasiness in me, she saw something in me that humanly she also had when she was young. I welcomed this approach of hers. It was gradual and now, after a few years, we now have the freedom of not having to tell each other. Each of us knows. It is an immense honor to work with her, I think she is truly the most complete and evolved artist we have. She is not afraid to confront herself. I am fortunate."

Critics reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Newsic.it [8] 6.75/10
OndaRock [9] 6.5/10
Rockol [10] 7.5/10

Claudio Cabona of Rockol described the project as "the sharpest snapshot of today's Elodie," thanks to "quality pop and dance songs" that "were able to tell the story of the singer's transformation." Cabona also stressed that the songs are "able to break away from much of what we listen to in Italy," becoming as a whole "a valuable vision for the Italian scene." [10] Marco Macchi of Newsic.it appreciated Elodie's musical evolution undertaken within OK. Respira, highlighting how the record turns out to be "contemporary electro-pop" thanks to the work done by the production team, citing Dardust of all people, concluding that the singer has become "the perfect Italian dancefloor star, between Madonna and Kylie Minogue." [8]

Silvia Gianatti of Vanity Fair Italia , on the other hand, indicated that the songs "show her pop soul" of "contemporary sounds," in which "Elodie looks at herself in the mirror, learns from mistakes, shows herself more fragile" believing that the producers and authors "have been able to tell her story, without hiding those fears [...] that make her helpless in the face of abuse." [7] Gabriele Fazio of Agenzia Giornalistica Italia claimed that the album represents one of " the most authentic pop manifestations possibly in the entire history of Italian music," finding, however, that it elicited a "deadly boredom" from the listener because the songs "do not pretend to communicate anything, but only to function on a sonic level." [11]

Track listing

OK. Respira track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Purple in the Sky"
 Dardust 3:52
2."Danse la Vie"
Dardust3:12
3."Strobo"
  • Di Patrizi
  • Petrella
  • Faini
Dardust3:46
4."Due"
  • Di Patrizi
  • Abbate
  • Ettorre
  • Francesco Catitti
  • Dardust
  • Francesco "Katoo" Catitti
3:13
5."OK. Respira"
ITACA2:41
6."Mai più"
  • Di Patrizi
  • Faini
  • Ettorre
  • Mahmoud
  • Thiele
  • Petrella
  • Stefano Tognini
Dardust3:09
7."Bagno a mezzanotte"
  • Marz
  • Zef
2:58
8."Boy Boy Boy"
  • Di Patrizi
  • Adel Al Kassem
  • Thiele
  • Diego Vincenzo Vettraino
Drillionaire2:09
9."Tribale"
  • Di Patrizi
  • Maimone
  • Abbate
  • Mercuri
  • Cremona
  • Ettore
  • Leonardo Grillotti
ITACA2:42
10."Apocalisse"
  • Mahmood
  • Faini
Dardust3:48
11."Vertigine"
  • Toffoli
  • Faini
  • Petrella
Dardust3:37
12."Una come cento"
  • Di Patrizi
  • Mahmood
  • Catitti
  • Katoo
  • Dardust
3:13
13."Proiettili (ti mangio il cuore)" (featuring Joan Thiele)
  • Di Patrizi
  • Toffoli
  • Thiele
  • Triglia
  • Thiele
  • Triglia
3:16
Total length:48:24
OK. Respira– bonus streaming tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
6."Pazza musica" (with Marco Mengoni)Marco Mengoni
  • EDD
  • Simonetta
  • Zef
3:15
Total length:51:39

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for OK. Respira
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Italian Albums (FIMI) [12] 4

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for OK. Respira
Chart (2023)Position
Italian Albums (FIMI) [13] 20

Certifications

Certifications for OK. Respira
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI) [14] Platinum50,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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