As i have begun listening to more italian music, I have come across a lot of Baby K. Baby K, or Claudia Nahum, is an italian cantuatore, rapper, and model. Her music is primarily pop and rap and is really fun to listen to. One of my favorite songs of hers right now is Roma-Bangkok.
Roma-Bangkok is a pop rap song on Baby K’s second album Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. italian singer Giusy Ferreri is featured on vocals. It is upbeat and a song that will make you want to get up and dance, especially when Giusy does vocals during the chorus. The song is about living in the moment with your loved ones no matter where you are and the chorus lists places around the world. It reads:
All’ultimo secondo
Volerei da te, da Milano
Fino a Hong Kong
Passando per Londra, da Roma e fino a Bangkok
Cercando te
In an interview, Baby K said “The lyrics of this song present the geographical map of my life: London, Rome and the Far East. Actually, they are the places where I lived, which I still carry within myself and I can live again through my music.” The music video shows friends having adventures around the world together. It is awesome to see an artists’ background influencing their songs because it makes the message of making the most of wherever you are even more potent.
Claudia was born to italian parents in Singapore and moved to london- she now lives in rome– so a lot of her music is partially bilingual and includes certain english words. This particular song has a spanish version sung by the Argentine Lali.
Roma-Bangkok was a huge success in Italy. It topped the charts when it came out in 2015 and was Baby K’s first number one single. It stayed on the charts for 11 weeks straight and was named nine times platinum in Italy. I think the song is so popular because it is upbeat and has an important message about just living in the moment. It is not heavy or particularly thought-provoking, it just makes you want to have fun and be around people you love.
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