In the event you’ve been following Federico Nessi’s Be My Spouse mission, you realize he doesn’t do something by halves — and his newest single, ‘Solely You’, proves it as soon as once more. A part of his upcoming EP ‘To Ship a Feeling’, this observe is equal elements sweeping energy ballad, hypnotic Krautrock journey, and emotional rollercoaster.
From the opening bars, there’s a deliberate nod to The Platters’ basic, however don’t anticipate a nostalgia journey. Nessi shortly layers lush, cinematic synths and his emotive vocals, transferring effortlessly from tender intimacy to hovering theatricality. And simply while you assume you’ve acquired a deal with on the track, it pivots — rhythms stagger, synths buckle, and repetition takes over, turning the observe right into a mantra-like exploration of affection’s extremes: “I’m solely considering Paradise.”
Directed by Grégoire Léon-Dufour, the visible for ‘Solely You’ mirrors the track’s twin nature completely. It’s cinematic, immersive, and painterly — each body appears like a brushstroke, shifting between mild and shadow, intimacy and spectacle.
Nessi’s background as a wonderful artist shines by, with imagery that evolves alongside the music, pulling viewers deeper into his world. It’s much less a conventional “efficiency” video and extra a visible meditation, giving the listener one other entry level into the track’s emotional highs, lows, and contradictions.
It’s a observe that wears its influences on its sleeve — Bowie-esque drama, post-punk pressure, and hints of Love & Rockets — however feels unmistakably Nessi’s personal. There’s a playfulness to the chaos, a way that he’s inviting you into his kaleidoscopic world the place music is each cerebral and instinctual, intimate and larger-than-life.
By the point it ends, ‘Solely You’ has performed what nice artwork usually does: left you exhilarated, disoriented, and by some means fully glad. If that is the center of ‘To Ship A Feeling’, we’re in for one wild, immersive trip.
