If you happen to’ve been following Federico Nessi’s Be My Spouse undertaking, you understand 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 monitor is equal elements sweeping energy ballad, hypnotic Krautrock journey, and emotional rollercoaster.
From the opening bars, there’s a deliberate nod to The Platters’ traditional, however don’t count on a nostalgia journey. Nessi shortly layers lush, cinematic synths and his emotive vocals, shifting effortlessly from tender intimacy to hovering theatricality. And simply if you assume you’ve bought a deal with on the tune, it pivots — rhythms stagger, synths buckle, and repetition takes over, turning the monitor right into a mantra-like exploration of affection’s extremes: “I’m solely serious about Paradise.”
Directed by Grégoire Léon-Dufour, the visible for ‘Solely You’ mirrors the tune’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 high-quality artist shines by way of, with imagery that evolves alongside the music, pulling viewers deeper into his world. It’s much less a standard “efficiency” video and extra a visible meditation, giving the listener one other entry level into the tune’s emotional highs, lows, and contradictions.
It’s a monitor that wears its influences on its sleeve — Bowie-esque drama, post-punk rigidity, 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 finished what nice artwork usually does: left you exhilarated, disoriented, and one way or the other fully glad. If that is the guts of ‘To Ship A Feeling’, we’re in for one wild, immersive journey.
