MILLE - I Pazzi

What this video is

Released April 2021 during Italy's extended COVID-19 lockdown period, 'I Pazzi' channels the enforced intimacy of condominium living into a celebratory community portrait. The song and video reflect a broader cultural moment in Italian indie music where domestic space — the building, the courtyard, the neighbourhood — became both subject and stage. MILLE's use of parental clothing as costume situates the work…

Why it matters

Represents a significant example of the post-2018 Italian cantautorato revival, in which female singer-songwriters reclaim intimate, literary lyrical traditions within contemporary indie-pop production. The video's community-oriented visual language, piano performance staging, and autobiographical…

The director

Alessio Mose is an Italian music video director active in the contemporary Italian indie and cantautorato scene. He is credited as the director of MILLE's 'I Pazzi' (2021) and the earlier MILLE single 'Animali', forming part of a serialised visual project…