Calogero is teeming with projects. After a year 2024 marked by a long tour, the singer released “X”, his tenth album released only a year after “AMOUR”. Led by the single “Parie qu’on s’aime encore” and duets with his daughter Nina and Ibrahim Maalouf, the record did not have the expected success, with only 35,000 sales recorded. This while at the same time, he is preparing a musical comedy “The Count of Monte Cristo”, after the immense success of the film with Pierre Niney (9.3 million spectators). “ I surprised everyone [avec cet album] : me, my family, my audience. In fact, after the U Arena, I didn’t sleep all night, I wanted to start a short-lived group with Jean-Louis Aubert and Richard Kolinka. I wanted to make songs all night (…) The songs stayed, what’s the point of waiting for the classic pattern. We did it a little in secret » attests Calogero at the microphone of RTL2.
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“A difficult reality”
Thus, the year 2025 begins with music for Calogero, who is banking on a new single in order to revive sales of “X”. Make way for “Take my hand”, his duet with Marseille rapper Soprano. Despite its synthetic and rhythmic spirit, this single evokes a dark story: that of migrants who flee their country to find a better future. “ At the level of the lamps / Lives trying / To cling / To rocks / Is it a sin / To fish out screams? » ask the two popular singers: “ Take my hand, my brother / My air is your air / Now we are from the same mother / Give your hand, my brother / Hold on, hope / Now we are from the same earth ».
This song was inspired by Calogero by a report from Arte: “ We saw Sicilian fishermen who, despite the Italian government’s ban, fished out migrants and saved their lives. This song, given the origins of Soprano and mine, it takes on its full meaning. There is an energy in the music and something dramatic in the text. It’s a difficult reality “. Enough to guarantee him a new hit? Only the future will tell us!
