Fortuna (album) explained

Fortuna
Type:Studio
Artist:Emma
Cover:Emma - Fortuna.png
Recorded:2019
Studio:Speakeasy Studio, Los Angeles
Genre:Pop rock
Length:47:58
Prev Title:Essere qui
Prev Year:2018
Next Title:Best of Me
Next Year:2021

Fortuna is the sixth solo studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Emma Marrone, released by Universal Music Italy and Polydor Records on 25 October 2019.

The album featured severals writers and producers, including Vasco Rossi, Elisa Toffoli, Franco126 and Dario Faini.

It peaked at number one on the Italian Albums Chart, becoming her third number album to achieve it since Schiena (2013).

Background

After the completion of the Essere qui tour in March 2019, Emma travelled to Los Angeles to begin work on her next album. Describing the process, she said "I took my time, I experienced abroad and I opened my mind in a metropolis that is not your home", adding that this helped her understand who she is and what she wanted to do.[1]

Composition and lyrical content

In an interview, Emma said that Fortuna represented who she is now: a serene, continuously changing person projected towards the future. One of the album's most prominent themes is positivity, with the title track focusing on viewing things positively and the importance of trying, whether you succeed or not.

The album calls upon a variety of musical influences, with an array of producers and writers, including Dario Faini, Franco126, Elisa Toffoli, Andrea Rigonat, Vasco Rossi, Giovanni Caccamo|and Lorenzo Vizzini.[2] Emma is credited as a co-writer on three of the album's tracks: "Fortuna", "Alibi" and "Dimmelo veramente", the latter of which focuses on modern-day emotions and the anxiety that social media causes.[3]

Singles

On 6 September 2019, Emma released "Io sono bella" as Fortuna's lead single, written by Vasco Rossi, Gaetano Curreri, Gerardo Pulli and Piero Romitelli, and produced by Dardust. The second single "Stupida allegria" was published on 6 December 2019; the song was also released in collaboration with Izi and was certified gold by FIMI.[4]

Release and promotion

On 16 October 2019, Emma announced that her sixth solo studio album Fortuna would be released on 25 October 2019, via a video on her social media accounts. In addition to the album's title and release date, Emma revealed the cover and announced a concert on 25 May 2020, her birthday, at the Arena di Verona, to celebrate Fortuna and ten years of her solo music career.[5] Of the album cover, Emma said that she wanted a cover that fit with the album's sound and lyrics, and that "it shows a woman who can be anything she wants, the important thing is what you can't see".

On 17 October, Emma revealed the album's track listing.[6] Fortuna was made available to pre-order on iTunes the following day.

Following its release on 25 October, Fortuna debuted atop the Italian album chart, becoming her first album to top the chart since 2013's Schiena.[7]

Critical reception

Fortuna received positive reviews from music critics. Writing for All Music Italia, Fabio Fiume praised the album as "Emma's most beautiful yet", for establishing her artistic maturity. He also highlighted Dardust's production, writing that "he is capable of turning everything that glitters into gold". Concluding his review, Fiume wrote "Emma has definitively transformed herself into the queen of our contemporary pop and giving her that place is not an exaggeration; her throne rests on real credibility in whatever she does".[8] In their review, Rockol commended Fortunas variety, with Emma's traditional ballads: "Luci blu", "I grandi progetti" and "A mano disarmata", rock songs: "Io sono bella", "Mascara" and "Fortuna", as well as a new sound, highlighting "Stupida allegria"'s rap-like stanzas.[9] Writing for Newsic, Elena Rebecca Odelli also mentioned the album's new sound for Emma, calling Fortuna "a record that opens Marrone to a new era". Odelli chose "Stupida allegria", "Luci blu" and "A mano disarmata" as her recommended tracks.

Personnel

Credits from All Music Italia.[10]

Production

Vocals

Technical

Art

Release history

RegionDateVersionFormat(s)Label
Various25 October 2019Standard
Spain and ItalyCD
ItalyVinyl
WorldwideNovember 2019
Europe
Italy16 December 2019Christmas EditionCD

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019-10-23 . Emma Marrone: "Fortuna è un disco che vi farà ballare e sorridere" . Emma Marrone: "Fortuna is a record that will make you dance and smile" . 2019-10-23 . TV Sorrisi e Canzoni . it-IT.
  2. Web site: Longo . Massimiliano . 23 October 2019 . Emma Fortuna ecco tutti gli autori da Dardust ad Amara, da Daniele Magro a Elisa . 13 June 2024 . All Music Italia . it.
  3. Web site: Conti . Andrea . 14 November 2019 . Emma: “Cari ragazzi, leggete tanti libri, i giornali e restate sempre informati per essere liberi e combattere l'ignoranza” . 13 June 2024 . . it.
  4. Web site: Ciavarelli . Giulia . 6 December 2019 . Emma: il nuovo singolo è "Stupida allegria" . 13 June 2024 . . it.
  5. Web site: Emma Marrone, la notizia su Instagram dopo l'operazione: "Sono la ragazza più felice del mondo" . Emma Marrone, the news on Instagram after the operation: "I'm the happiest girl in the world" . 2019-10-23 . www.leggo.it . it.
  6. Web site: Emma svela la tracklist del suo nuovo album Fortuna . Emma unveils tracklist of her new album Fortuna . 2019-10-23 . Radio Italia.
  7. Web site: Rossini . Matteo . 2019-11-04 . Emma, il nuovo album Fortuna debutta al primo posto . Emma, the new album Fortuna debuts in first place . 2019-11-09 . tg24.sky.it.
  8. Web site: 2019-10-24 . Emma Fortuna - La recensione del nuovo album della Marrone . Emma Fortuna - The review of Marrone's new album . 2019-10-26 . All Music Italia . it-IT.
  9. Web site: s.r.l . Rockol com . √ Emma: ecco il nuovo album, tra ballate e pop-rock . √ Emma: here is the new album, between ballads and pop-rock . 2019-10-26 . Rockol . it.
  10. Web site: 2019-10-23 . Emma Marrone Fortuna autori del nuovo album: Elisa, Amara, Dardust... . Emma Marrone Fortuna authors of the new album: Elisa, Amara, Dardust... . 2019-10-24 . All Music Italia . it-IT.
  11. Web site: Album – Classifica settimanale WK 44 (dal 25.10.2019 al 31.10.2019) . Album - Weekly ranking WK 44 (from 25.10.2019 to 31.10.2019) . . Italian . 5 November 2019.