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Mahmood

Italy's 2019 Eurovision Song Contest representative is Alessandro Mahmoud, AKA Mahmood, he will sing 'Soldi'. Mahmood was born in Milano in 1992 to an Italian mother and Egyptian father. In 2016 he took part in Sanremo Giovani with the song 'Dimentica' and in 2017 he collaborated with superstars Fabri Fibra and Michele Bravi. A year later, he worked with Dardust on the hit single 'Nero Bali' by Elodie and Michele Bravi (Platinum), he co-wrote his new album 'Atlantico' with Marco Mengoni which includes radio candy 'Hola' featuring Tom Walker, and released 'Doppio Whisky' with rap star Guè Pequeno.

In 2018 Mahmood released his first EP Gioventù Bruciata with Island Records, produced by Ceri, MUUT and Katoo, which includes the duet Anni ‘90, another collaboration with Fabri Fibra.

Title track Gioventù Bruciata won Sanremo Giovani 2018 and as a result Mahmood got to take part in the Sanremo Festival along with the other established contestants.

In February 2019 Mahmood managed to win the Sanremo Festival with the song Soldi, written and produced with Dardust and Charlie Charles. The track immediately became a megahit in Italy, resulting in a certified platinum status and reaching the number 1 position in all the Italian charts including airplay, the official singles chart, iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music and even charting in the Spotify Global Top 50.

In March, Mahmood released his full Gioventù Bruciata album, which debuted at number 1 in the FIMI/GFK Albums Chart.

Music video

Live performance

Lyrics of Soldi

In periferia fa molto caldo
Mamma stai tranquilla sto arrivando
Te la prenderai per un bugiardo
Ti sembrava amore ma era altro
Beve champagne sotto Ramadan
Alla TV danno Jackie Chan
Fuma narghilè mi chiede come va

Mi chiede come va, come va, come va
Sai già come va, come va, come va

Penso più veloce per capire se domani tu mi fregherai
Non ho tempo per chiarire perché solo ora so cosa sei
È difficile stare al mondo quando perdi l’orgoglio
Lasci casa in un giorno
Tu dimmi se

Pensavi solo ai soldi, soldi
Come se avessi avuto soldi, soldi
Dimmi se ti manco o te ne fotti, fotti

Mi chiedevi come va, come va, come va
Adesso come va, come va, come va

Ciò che devi dire non l’hai detto
Tradire è una pallottola nel petto
Prendi tutta la tua carità
Menti a casa ma lo sai che lo sa
Su una sedia lei mi chiederà

Mi chiede come va, come va, come va
Sai già come va, come va, come va

Penso più veloce per capire se domani tu mi fregherai
Non ho tempo per chiarire perché solo ora so cosa sei
È difficile stare al mondo
Quando perdi l’orgoglio
Ho capito in un secondo che tu da me

Volevi solo soldi
Come se avessi avuto soldi, soldi
Prima mi parlavi fino a tardi, tardi

Mi chiedevi come va, come va, come va
Adesso come va, come va, come va

Waladi waladi habibi ta3ala hina
Mi dicevi giocando giocando con aria fiera
Waladi waladi habibi sembrava vera
La voglia, la voglia di tornare come prima

Io da te non ho voluto soldi
È difficile stare al mondo
Quando perdi l’orgoglio
Lasci casa in un giorno
Tu dimmi se

Volevi solo soldi, soldi
Come se avessi avuto soldi, soldi
Lasci la città ma nessuno lo sa
Ieri eri qua ora dove sei, papà

Mi chiedi come va, come va, come va
Sai già come va, come va, come va
It’s quite hot in the suburbs
Mum, don’t worry, I’m on my way home
You will be disappointed by a liar
It looked like love to you but it was something else
He drinks champagne during Ramadan
On the telly they are airing Jackie Chan
He smokes shisha. He asks me how I’m doing

He asks me «How are you doing?» «How are you doing?» «How are you doing?»
You already know how things are going, how things are going, how things are going.

I think faster trying to figure out
whether tomorrow you will fool me
I got no time to clear things up
Because only now I found out what you are
Being alive it’s not easy

When you lose your pride
You leave home out of the blue
You, tell me whether
You only thought about money, money
As if I have had any money, money
Tell me whether you miss me or you don’t give a damn

You used to ask me «How are you doing?» «How are you doing?» «How are you doing?»
Now how things are going, how things are going, how things are going?

You haven’t told yet what you had to tell
Betrayal is a bullet in the chest
Keep all your mercy to yourself
You keep lying at home but you know that she knows
(Sittin’) on a chair she’ll be asking me

You ask me «How are you doing?» «How are you doing?» «How are you doing?»
You already know how things are going, how things are going, how things are going.

I I think faster trying to figure out
whether tomorrow you will fool me
I got no time to clear things up
Because only now I found out what you are
Being alive it’s not easy
When you lose your pride
I figured it out in one second
That you, from me
You only wanted money, money
As if I have had any money, money
Before, you used to talk to me till late

You used to ask me «How are you doing?» «How are you doing?» «How are you doing?»
Now how things are going, how things are going, how things are going?

«My son, my son, darling, come over here»
You used to tell me while playing, looking proud
«My son, my son, darling», it looked real
your wish, your wish to bring things back to what they were

I – from you – didn’t want any money…
Being alive it’s not easy
When you lose your pride
You leave home out of the blue
You, tell me if

You only wanted money, money
As if I had any money, money
You leave the city without anybody knowing
Yesterday you were here, where are you now, dad?

You ask me «How are you doing?» «How are you doing?» «How are you doing?»
You already know how things are going, how things are going, how things are going.