Bugo - C'è Crisi (Video Ufficiale)

What this video is

Released April 4, 2008 as the lead single from Bugo's album 'Contatti' (Universal Music Italy), 'C'è Crisi' arrived months before the global financial crisis erupted in autumn 2008, lending the song an almost prophetic quality that amplified its cultural reach far beyond its indie origins. The song originated from Bugo's observation of Italians habitually invoking the phrase 'c'è crisi' ('there's a crisis') in…

Why it matters

A key document of the Italian 'fantautore' movement: Bugo's fusion of indie irony, pop accessibility, and sociopolitical observation, channelled through a tightly conceptualised single-location video that won critical prizes and helped bring left-field Italian songwriting to national mainstream…

The director

Born in Chiavari, Liguria, Italy. Co-founded the Genoese 'Zerobudget' cinematic movement in the mid-1990s. Director of approximately 150 music videos for major Italian artists including Max Gazzè, Max Pezzali, Subsonica, Litfiba, Baustelle, Arisa, Articolo…