Francesca Michielin - 25 Febbraio

What this video is

Released December 2015 as the fourth single from Michielin's second studio album di20 (Sony Music Entertainment, October 2015), the video accompanied a pivotal moment in her career arc — the transition from X Factor winner (2011) to credible Italian cantautrice. The song is entirely written and composed by Michielin and titled after her birthday, February 25, 1995. The video's release coincided with the…

Why it matters

Represents a refined strand of Italian 2010s art-pop in which mainstream commercial artists — particularly post-talent-show — used music video as a vehicle for autobiographical, cinematic self-definition. The piano-ballad format, combined with Triglia's naturalistic visual grammar and…

The director

Italian director and screenwriter based in Italy. Career began in 2004 with the short film Jørgen's Son (Torino Film Festival). Has directed, written and edited over 200 music videos for major Italian artists across Sony, Universal, and Warner, including…