Text and meaning of Mantrasthe new single by Nicolò Filippucciavailable digitally and on radio from May 29, 2026. A summer song built with more direct and rhythmic writing than the singer's previous releases, designed to accompany the hot season with a light but recognizable energy.
With this song the young singer-songwriter tries to transform that sense of lightness and desire to live that characterizes summer into a song. A stylistic choice that shows a new phase in the path of Nicolò Filippuccialready passed from the experience to Friends and from the victory of Sanremo Youthand which today is aimed more across the board at a generational audience.
Nicolò Filippucci – Mantras: the meaning of the song
The idea behind Mantras It's in the title. For Nicolò Filippucci a mantra is a word, a sensation or music capable of restoring balance. The song is built precisely on this function: to detach from thoughts, live in the moment, create that sound loop that changes the mood without asking for anything else.
The artist himself explains it:
“For me, a mantra is a word, a feeling or music that puts you back in balance. I wanted a song that did this: detach you from your thoughts and make you live in the moment. For me 'Mantra' is just that: a positive loop that changes your mood.”
Lyrically, the song moves within a recognizable nocturnal scene: a nightclub with a panoramic view, a pink night with Cosmopolitan in hand, an attraction that is built on distance even before contact. Nicolò Filippucci he chooses concrete images instead of analysis: skin, thirst, the moon on his back, a magnetic mouth that calls and recalls. Everything remains in the territory of the gesture, of the moment.
The text of Mantras
Below is the text of the song, inserted in the context of the analysis.
Another moon, shining on your back
another corner to get lost in tonight
but I would like to finish […] a hair's breadth from the guardrail
risk it all for a frenetic beat
Uh it's a nightclub with a panoramic view
but how come more
and another pink night Cosmopolitan
if I don't come closer
You ask me, are you from where you come from
you become red all over your breasts, full
then I'll fall for two hands badly
It dances, like skin on top of another
like the thirst that never goes away
every time he steps up a drama
a mantra is repeated at night, mantra
Um your magnetic mouth
who calls me and calls me back
tell me the whole truth
even the angel wears Prada
It may be fashionable but it's out of place
with all your secrets
You and I know what's wrong
Uh it's a nightclub with a panoramic view
but how come more
and another pink night Cosmopolitan
if I don't come closer
Uh it's a nightclub with a panoramic view
but how come more
and another pink night Cosmopolitan
if I don't come closer
It dances, like skin on top of another
like the thirst that never goes away
a mantra is repeated at night, mantra
If I don't come closer
You ask me, are you from where you come from
you become red all over your breasts, full
then I'll fall for two hands badly
It dances, like skin on top of another
like the thirst that never goes away
every time he steps up a drama
a mantra is repeated at night, mantra
A new direction for Nicolò Filippucci after Sanremo Giovani
After the victory at Sanremo Youth and the subsequent transition to Sanremo Festival, Mantras continues like the previous single, All girls want love songson faster, more danceable writing, more similar to the language of his peers. Nicolò Filippucci shows here another possibility of his path, moving away from the more introspective songwriting of previous pieces to try a more immediate aesthetic.
Song credits
Title: Mantras
Artist: Nicolò Filippucci
Authors: Nicholas Filippucci, Anthony Caputo, Jacob Falsetti, Matthias Davi, Simon Henry Reo
Release date: May 29, 2026 (digital and radio)
Nicolò Filippucci, “Mantra”: frequently asked questions
When does “Mantra” by Nicolò Filippucci come out?
The new single by Nicolò Filippucci, Mantrasis available digitally and on radio from May 29, 2026.
What is the meaning of “Mantra” by Nicolò Filippucci?
Mantras was born from the idea that a mantra is a word, a sensation or music capable of restoring balance. The song is constructed as a positive sound loop designed to detach from thoughts and live in the moment, within a nocturnal setting made of disco, attraction and protective repetition.
Who is Nicolò Filippucci?
Nicolò Filippucci is an Italian singer-songwriter who emerged before AD Friends and then thanks to the victory a Sanremo Youthwhich opened the way for him to Sanremo Festival. Mantras represents a new direction of his path, more immediate and generational.
Is there a video clip for “Mantra”?
Yes. The official visual is also available together with the single Mantraswhich accompanies the publication of the song online.
What does the line “even the angel wears Prada” mean in “Mantra”?
The verse is an explicit quote from the film title The devil wears Pradareversed in “even the angel wears Prada”. In the context of the song, Nicolò Filippucci he uses it to talk about the ambiguity of those who appear candid but hide secrets: the fashion of appearance that clashes with the underlying truth.
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