Folcast - Scopriti

What this video is

Released for the 71st Festival di Sanremo (March 2021), one of the most unusual editions in the festival's history due to COVID-19 restrictions, which forced performances before an empty Ariston Theatre. Folcast (Daniele Folcarelli), a Roman cantautore born in 1992 and winner of Sanremo Giovani 2020, competed in the Nuove Proposte category with this introspective soul-pop ballad. The song's themes of isolation,…

Why it matters

Scopriti exemplifies a strand of early-2020s Italian indie-soul that gained mainstream visibility through Sanremo: raw, piano-conceived songwriting inflected with funk, R&B, and orchestral arrangement, produced with high craft (Tommaso Colliva). Its Sanremo Nuove Proposte placement marks a broader…

The director

Rome-based Italian videomaker, editor, and director. Known for directing the music video Diodato: Fino a farci scomparire (2020) and camera/electrical work on Nick Drake - Songs in a conversation (2019) and Waterworld Music Festival (2021). Specialises in…