Insuperabile Explained

Insuperabile
Cover:Cover_of_Insuperabile_by_Rkomi_2022.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Rkomi
Album:Taxi Driver +
Released:2 February 2022
Genre:Rap rock
Length:2:52
Label:Universal Music Italy
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"Insuperabile" is a song recorded by Italian rapper Rkomi. It was released on 2 February 2022 through Universal Music Italy, as the fifth single from his seventh studio album Taxi Driver +.[1] [2]

The song competed in the 72nd Sanremo Music Festival,[3] [4] Italy's musical festival which doubles also as a selection of the act for Eurovision Song Contest, where it placed 17th in the grand final.[5]

Critic reception

Andrea Laffranchi of il Corriere della Sera found in the rapper's artistic choice a search for "national-popular consensus," converting to music played and not rapped, arguing that the song "plays with rock stereotypes: a riff, foot-stomping drums, flames, and powerful engines."[6] Andrea Conti of Il Fatto Quotidiano wrote that the single opens with "a sustained bass line that captivates from the first notes."[7] Francesco Chignola of TV Sorrisi e Canzoni also reflected on the musical side, writing that it "starts off immediately with a powerful bass line, a fast beat, breaking down the boundaries between rap and rock, with an explosive orchestral finale," although he finds the lyrics a bit "full of automotive imagery."[8]

Music video

The music video for the song, directed by YouNuts!, was released on February 2, 2022, through the rapper's YouTube channel.[9]

Charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Italy (FIMI)[10] 6
Italy Airplay (EarOne)[11] 10
San Marino (SMRRTV Top 50)[12] 13

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gradi . Stefano . 24 January 2022 . Il testo di "Insuperabile", la canzone di Rkomi a Sanremo 2022 . 13 June 2024 . . it.
  2. Web site: Spinelli . Andrea . 14 January 2022 . Rkomi, conto alla rovescia per Sanremo: "E sul palco punto tutto su Vasco" . 23 June 2024 . . it.
  3. Web site: Nasto . Vincenzo . 1 February 2022 . Il testo e il significato di Insuperabile, la canzone di Rkomi a Sanremo 2022 . 23 June 2024 . . it.
  4. Web site: Avellina . Giuditta . 1 February 2022 . Rkomi corre veloce a Sanremo 2022, «Insuperabile» . 23 June 2024 . . it.
  5. Web site: 6 February 2022 . La classifica finale: Elisa al secondo posto, Morandi terzo . 23 June 2024 . . it.
  6. Web site: Laffranchi . Andrea . 14 January 2024 . Sanremo, le pagelle delle canzoni: Elisa da brividi (voto 8), Zanicchi polverosa (voto 4,5) . 23 June 2024 . . it.
  7. Web site: Conti . Andrea . 14 January 2022 . Sanremo 2022, gli ascolti in anteprima dei 25 brani: Mahmood e Blanco, Elisa da podio. Sorprese da Dargen, Sangiovanni e Rkomi . 23 June 2024 . . it.
  8. Web site: Gradi . Stefano . 14 January 2022 . Le canzoni di Sanremo 2022: il primo ascolto . 23 June 2024 . . it.
  9. Web site: 4 February 2022 . Rkomi, "Insuperabile": ecco il video della canzone in gara al Festival di Sanremo 2022 . 23 June 2024 . . it.
  10. Web site: Classifica settimanale WK 5 (dal 28.01.2022 al 03.02.2022). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. it. 23 June 2024.
  11. Web site: Classifica Airplay - Insuperabile -Rkomi. 23 June 2024 . EarOne.
  12. Web site: Top 50 – Radio San Marino RTV – 21/03/2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220321071347/https://www.sanmarinortv.sm/radio/radio-san-marino/top-50-ascoltare . 21 March 2022 . it . . March 21, 2024 . 5 August 2024.