Text and meaning of Amalfi Coastthe new single that unites Arisa, Fabio Rovazzi And Nino D'Angelopremiered on stage at TIM Summer Hits 2026soon to be broadcast on Rai 1.
The song was born from an unusual meeting, three musical worlds distant from each other that find themselves in a summer hit dedicated to the South and the Amalfi Coast. On the one hand the ironic pop of Rovazziserial maker of beach hits, on the other the voice of Arisa and the Neapolitan tradition of Nino D'Angeloin a combination designed to stay on your mind and make you dance. The presentation took place as a preview in Piazza del Popolo, during one of the evenings of the summer event hosted by Carlo Conti and Andrea Delogu.
Arisa, Rovazzi and Nino D'Angelo – Amalfi Coast: the meaning of the song
The meaning of Amalfi Coast it's all in his play of contrasts: North and South, Milan and Amalfi, the glossy postcard and crooked everyday life. The song opens with this friction, in Neapolitan dialect, where the promise of the sea collides with a much less romantic destination: “I saw you on the sea, you took me to the Idroscalo”. The Coast thus becomes a desired but unattainable place, something that “He can't bring it to you in Milan'”.
From here the text moves to deliberately over-the-top summer images: the strawberry bike, the bathroom with clothes, the melancholy evening at the bar, singing until I lose my voice. It's the summer told with the typical irony of Rovazzimade up of pop and everyday details rather than tourist brochure places. The Maranzas appear who have gone on holiday, the rental scooter, and even a gastronomic cameo: the meeting with the chef Cannavacciuolo and his pats on the back that make the protagonist fly to Amalfi, just in time for a photo.
The tone remains light and self-deprecating, built for the dimension of the catchphrase rather than for a profound reading. The Amalfi Coast functions as a symbol of an idealized summer, however told from the point of view of those who look at that postcard with a little distance and a lot of irony.
The text of Amalfi Coast
Below is the text of the song, inserted in the context of the analysis.
Look at me
I had you back on March
He took me to the Idroscalo
on the Amalfi coast they can't bring it to you in Milan'
The Amalfi coast
wow
ride on a strawberry bike
bath melancholic evening at the bar
with splash clothes
I enter the water and come out soaked
and I keep the hours very short
I sing, I sing, I sing again
one last song
voiceless
then we return home without a voice
And all the Maranzas too
they went on holiday
they left me at home alone
with the rented scooter
Cannavacciuolo meeting
he gives me a couple of pats and I'm flying
and I find myself in Amalfi taking a photo
The full text of “Amalfi Coast” will be available on this page upon the official release of the song.
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