Bugo - Casalingo (Video Ufficiale)

What this video is

Released October 2002 as the lead single of Dal lofai al cisei, Bugo's first Universal Music release, 'Casalingo' arrived at a pivotal moment in Italian indie culture. The song — written between 1996 and 1997 according to Bugo himself — became his first genuine radio hit and was widely seen as the track that secured his major-label deal. Writer Aldo Nove described Bugo's music in La Repubblica as a 'hallucination…

Why it matters

A landmark single in Italian indie-pop, 'Casalingo' represents the moment the Italian underground cantautore tradition met major-label reach without aesthetic compromise. Its Beck-influenced, lo-fi-but-pop structure and its ironic lyrical universe (celebrating staying home as spectacle) created a…

The director

Italian filmmaker and long-term visual collaborator of Bugo, active since at least 2001. Directed multiple early Bugo music videos including 'Casalingo' and 'Io Mi Rompo I Coglioni' (both 2002, album Dal lofai al cisei). In 2013 announced the documentary…