Paolo Belli come back with Scent of summerthe new single on the radio and on all digital platforms for CinicoDisenchanto/Artist First. A song built on funk sounds, horns in the foreground and a summery refrain which however hides a critical look at the present.
Behind the energy of the music, in fact, the Emilian singer and host focuses on an increasingly current theme: the relationship with social networks, the search for appearance and the need to rediscover a more authentic dimension of everyday life.
Paolo Belli between irony and criticism of social media
In the text of Scent of summer, Beautiful uses his direct and ironic style to target some behaviors that are now widespread online. From posts constructed to show a perfect lifestyle to the need to constantly appear successful, the song questions a culture of ostentation that often clashes with reality.
The song also looks critically at the excess of negativity that comes from daily information and at a part of contemporary musical production, described by the artist as increasingly artificial.
The meaning of summer perfume
Alongside the social criticism, however, there is the other face of the song: the search for simplicity. Beautiful sings of the desire to slow down, to rediscover contact with nature and people, away from the dynamics imposed by screens.
The images that run through the text are those of the summer lived without filters: the sunflower fields, the bicycles, the scent of freshly cut hay, the sea and the most sincere affections. Elements that become the symbol of a less flashy but more concrete happiness.
How Paolo Belli's new single was born
The artist himself tells the story of the genesis of the song:
“Profumo d'estate tells a very precise image. It is that moment in which, suddenly, the smell of cut grass, the warming sun and the lengthening days bring lightness and a desire for the sea, for fields of sunflowers to cross by bike, for carefreeness and love. It is a song that I hope can become the soundtrack of the most beautiful memories of summer 2026”.
The song was written by Paolo Belli together with Francesco Arpino, Lorenzo Delli Priscoli, Fabrizio Brocchieri, Gabriele Cannarozzo And Pino Iodice. A piece that combines lightness and social observation without giving up the danceable dimension that has always characterized the artist's repertoire.
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