Liberato, even in 2025, continues to travel shrouded in mystery. He begins the year by surprisingly releasing his third album, “Liberato III”, a new chapter in his musical history.
Nowadays the records arrive so unexpectedly. Maybe that's a good thing. There is no point in creating pathos and expectations. The music must be the center of attention and not everything that revolves around it.
No May 9th, no hype, no traditional promotion, just music. A choice that seems to mean that the essence lies in the content and not in the superstructures. And, despite this absence of conventional marketing, Liberato manages to attract attention and reach a large audience.
With “Liberato III”, the mysterious artist continues his artistic journey, mixing contemporaneity and electronics with his unmistakable singing in Neapolitan.
The album could be the declination of Daft Punk if they were still active and Neapolitan.
The opening entrusted to Turna is emblematic: a tribute to Teresa De Sio and the city of Naples, revisited in an electronic key, with a French touch patina.
Don't you wish your girlfriend was from Naples?
Don't you wish your boyriend was from Naples?
The pace remains high throughout all the nine songs that make up the tracklist, ranging between different genres: from electro-pop to the most extreme contemporary, passing through 808 between trap and The Weeknd (November), UK garage ('A photograph) and hints of EDM (Three).
Each track is a piece of a mosaic that tells of a cosmopolitan Naples, imbued with global sounds but rooted in its traditions.
Among the songs there is the feat. of Maria Nazionale in It and there is also the edit Lucia (Stay with me), already known for being part of the soundtrack of the animated film The Secret of Liberato.
The album ends with “'O diary”, a song that stands out for its essentiality. Here Liberato abandons effects, filters, autotune and vocoder, choosing a more direct and intimate approach, as if to underline the authentic genesis of the project. A piece that, more than a conclusion, sounds like a manifesto.
But, wow, I'm on duty now
Aggio began to write n'ata vote
I'm a coccheduna, I'm a stoned stoner
We hoped that everything was okay
And maybe what the fuck I want to tell you
It's that whatever happens
Now it's not done for me and courage
Pe'tté can be 'o masto â effort that is an ostrich
Well, it can be 'or person' and home
Well, it can be a family
Pe'tté can be 'a capa
Come to think of it and what
Ca nun staje maje sulo tu
Once again, Liberato establishes himself as a narrator of universal stories in a local key. His texts, which mix Neapolitan with English, Spanish, French and Italian, give life to a unique and recognizable language, capable of overcoming geographical and linguistic boundaries. “Liberato III” is not just a record, but a sonic journey that celebrates cultural hybridization and the essence of Naples in the contemporary world.
TO LISTEN NOW
Turnà – It – 'O diary
TO BE SKIPPED IMMEDIATELY
I would say nothing: Liberato is a vision!
SCORE: 7.50
Turnà – Rating 7.50
'A 'mbassy – Rating 7.25
November – Score 7.25
Essa (feat. Maria Nazionale) – Rating 7.50
Three – Rating 7.50
Sì tu (It's You) – Rating 7.50
'A photograph – Score 7.25
Lucia (Stay with Me) – Rating 7.15
'O diary – Rating 7.50
