Taki (song)

"Taki"
Single by Sarah Toscano
from the album Met Gala
Released	23 May 2025 (2025-05-23)
Genre	Pop [1] afrobeats [1]
Length	2:33
Label	Warner Music Italy
Songwriters	Sarah Toscano Alessandro La Cava Federica Abbate
Composers	Alessandro La Cava Federica Abbate Nicola Lazzarin
Producer	Nicola "Cripo" Lazzarin
Sarah Toscano singles chronology
"Perfect" (2025) "Taki" (2025) "Semplicemente" (2025)
Music video
"Taki" on YouTube

"Taki" is a song by Italian singer-songwriter Sarah Toscano. It was released on 23 May 2025 by Warner Music Italy as the third single from the debut studio album Met Gala . ^{[2] [3]}

Description

The song, written by the singer-songwriter herself with Alessandro La Cava and Federica Abbate, is produced by Nicola Lazzarin, aka Cripo, and its sound combines a pop soul with Afro influences, evoking the energy of nature. ^{[4] [5]} Inspired by Japanese philosophy, whose title "Taki" means "waterfall", ^[6] the song tells a moment of inner rupture and awareness in an intense and pure love story, where the water of the waterfall, which slides slowly, represents the delicacy and intensity of a deep emotional connection. ^{[7] [8]}

Promotion

On May 18, 2025, the singer-songwriter performed the song as a preview during the ninth final episode of the evening of the twenty-fourth edition of the talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi . ^{[9] [10]} Initially distributed only on digital platforms, the song was also made available for radio rotation on July 11th. ^{[11] [12]}

Music video

The music video for "Taki", directed by Byron Rosero, ^[13] was released on the same day via Sarah Toscano's YouTube channel. ^{[14] [15]}

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Taki"

Chart (2025)	Peak position
Italy (FIMI) [16]	82
Italy Airplay (EarOne) [17]	81

References

1. "Balleremo Taki di Sarah Toscano tutta l'estate". Cosmopolitan Italia (in Italian).
2. Meo, Oriana. "Con Taki Sarah Toscano accende i sensi e ci trascina delicatamente nella sua "cascata"". All Music Italia (in Italian).
3. "Sarah Toscano, in arrivo il singolo estivo Taki". Recensiamo Musica (in Italian).
4. "Sarah Toscano: dopo Sanremo arriva la cascata di Taki". La Gazzetta dello Spettacolo (in Italian).
5. "Musica, la vigevanese Sarah Toscano annuncia il nuovo singolo Taki". Vigevano24.it (in Italian).
6. Giometti, Eduardo. "Sarah Toscano sposa il Giappone nel nuovo singolo Taki". Spettacolo.eu (in Italian).
7. Piscitelli, Maria Grazia. "Taki di Sarah Toscano: dove l'amore scorre come acqua" (in Italian).
8. "Sarah Toscano: il 23/05 esce il nuovo singolo Taki". Inside Music (in Italian).
9. Donvito, Nico. "Sarah Toscano presenta in anteprima ad Amici il singolo Taki". Recensiamo Musica (in Italian).
10. "Amici 24, in onda stasera su Canale 5 la finale: Sarah Toscano e Carl Brave tra gli ospiti in studio". ComingSoon.it (in Italian).
11. "Sarah Toscano, l'armonia dell'amore nel nuovo singolo Taki". Radio Italia.
12. "Sarah Toscano: in radio con Taki". Radio Capri (in Italian).
13. ""Quando gli sguardi accendono incendi": Sarah Toscano esplora l'attrazione fatale in Taki". Wonder Channel (in Italian).
14. "Sarah Toscano ha lanciato il nuovo singolo Taki". Sky TG24 .
15. "Taki testo Sarah Toscano: significato canzone". Team World (in Italian).
16. "Classifica settimanale WK 22 (dal 23.05.2025 al 29.05.2025)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 30 May 2025.
17. "Taki - Sarah Toscano". EarOne. Retrieved 30 September 2023.