The Kolors is an Italian pop rock[1][2] band founded in 2009 by lead vocalist Antonio Stash Fiordispino,[3] drummer Alex Fiordispino, and Daniele Mona who plays synthesizers. They are known for their hits "Everytime", lead single from their second studio album, and the collaboration "Pensare male" with Elodie.[4] Their 2023 song "Italodisco" peaked at number one in Italy and charted in several European charts.
The band rose to prominence in 2010 when they became the resident band of Le Scimmie, a famous club in Milan. Since that they opened concerts for Gossip, Hurts and Paolo Nutini.[5] In 2014 the producer Vichi Lombardo and the singers and producers Elio and Rocco Tanica noticed the group, making their first album I Want and single "I Don't Give a Funk".[6]
In 2015, The Kolors participated in season 14 of the TV program Amici di Maria De Filippi, on Elisa's team. In the finale on 5 June 2015 the band won the talent show and the Premio della Critica given by the journalists.[7] While competing on the show, they released the English language single "Everytime", which reached the sixth position of the Italian singles chart and was certified platinum.[8] On May 19, 2015, the band released its second studio album Out, which peaked at number one on FIMI's albums chart and went on to sell over 200,000 copies.[9] Later that year, The Kolors performed at the 2015 MTV Italian Music Awards and released their second single from the album "Why Don't You Love Me?".[10][11]
On April 15, 2017, the band announced that it would be releasing a new song, "What Happened Last Night", featuring Gucci Mane and Daddy's Groove. The track served as the lead single for their third studio album, You, which was released on May 19, 2017.[12][13] The album debuted at number four in the Italian charts, supported by the singles "Crazy" and "Don't Understand".[14]
In February 2018 the band competed at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Frida (mai, mai, mai)", their first strictly italian language record. Frida became their second single to reach the top ten of the Italian charts.[15] After signing with Universal Music Italia in May 2018, they released "Come le onde" with rapper J-Ax.[16][17] In September 2018 the band's frontman, Stash, was chosen to be a singing coach and judge for season 18 of Amici di Maria De Filippi.[18]
In May 2019 they released the collaboration with the Italian singer Elodie "Pensare male", which peaked at number 24 on the Italian Singles Chart and was certified platinum.[19] Pensare would become the most listened-to italian language song on the radio in 2019.[20] In September 2019, it was confirmed that Stash would return as a singing coach and judge for season 19 of Amici.[21] In May 2020 the band was cast for the spin-offAmici Speciali released a new single, "Non è vero".[22] In 2021 the band published the FIMI platinum single "Cabriolet Panorama", which anticipated their compilation album Singles.
In 2016 at the MTV Italian Music Awards, the band was criticized for their behavior during the performance, during which Stash spat at the camera. Moreover, at the end of the song they got off the stage without listening to the presenter Francesco Mandelli who was about to give them the MTV History Award.[29] Afterwards the singer apologized to the presenter and the award ceremony.[30]
In 2018, after a guest performance on Amici, the host and producer of the format, Maria De Filippi, revealed a background of the band's entry into the talent show in 2016 by declaring: "When Stash and his band were chosen to be the challengers, the editorial staff told me they didn't exist: there were no documents proving who he was". The front-man replied, "I had falsified the documents: I said I was a year younger in the office because I thought I was too old to be in the school. That's the way it is in Naples: you always find the solution to the problem!"[31]
In the summer of 2018 Stash was involved in a fight to defend a girl who had been beaten in public by her partner. The singer says, "When you see an injustice, when you see that someone needs your kindness and someone else deserves your violence, act. Help, help yourselves."[32]
Members
Current members
Antonio Alex Stash Fiordispino[33] – vocals, guitars, piano, synthesizer, drums (2009–present)
↑ Francesco Primerano (2018). "Instagram collection. La società di oggi tra 1000 Selfie, didascalie, Love Story e Pop Rock Revolution (Speciale Sanremo 2018), Volume 2". Youcanprint. p.23.
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