Available on all digital platforms from October 24, 2025.
“The World is Real” is a poetic and sensory journey that reveals the truth of the world in its dual nature: fragile and melancholic, but at the same time ardent and festive.
Through images of time-worn streets, nights illuminated by a black moon, and dreams pursued barefoot, the song evokes melancholy, desire, and resistance. Thanks to the Spanish adaptation of Alessandro Spagna (also known as Pandi), the lyrics acquire a new rhythmic and linguistic authenticity, giving the song a universal dimension.
“With this single,” explains Giuseppe Cucè, “I want to convey the idea that the truth of the world is not perfection, but contrasts: melancholy and celebration, solitude and embraces, shadows and light. It is a song that invites us to transform pain and nostalgia into dance and desire for rebirth.”
Musical style and production
“El mundo es verdad” is a Latin pop song with a warm and captivating rhythm, where Cuban son, guajira, rumba and danzón are intertwined in a mixture of tradition and modernity.
Recorded with a focus on acoustic instruments and Latin percussion, with no synthetic accompaniments, the single conveys an authentic and visceral energy. The result is a sound fabric that fuses Caribbean atmospheres with a Mediterranean and poetic sensibility.
The protagonists
• Lyrics by Giuseppe Cucè
• Translation and adaptation of Alessandro Spagna aka Pandi
• Music by Giuseppe Cucè and Riccardo Samperi
• Produced at TRP Studios by Riccardo Samperi
• Recording and mixing by Riccardo Samperi
• Mastering by Energy Mastering
• Artistic production and arrangements by Riccardo Samperi and Pat Legato
• Pat Legato – percussion and keyboard programming
• Riccardo Samperi – guitars
• Alberto Fidone: double bass
• Gionata Colaprisca: percussion
• Marcello Leanza: tenor sax and flute
• Nando Sorbello: trumpet
• Marco Bella – alto sax
• Francesco Bella: trumpet
• Chiara Samperi: cover design
Video clips
The official music video for “The World is Real” (written and directed byGianluca Scalia for Kemedia, produced by Track Records Productions – TRP) accompanies the song with evocative imagery: busy streets, melancholic inns, moonlit nights, and Latin dance scenes that are intertwined with Mediterranean atmospheres.
A visual story that alternates poetic realism and symbolism, between intimate and choral moments, transmitting all the evocative power of the song.
Giuseppe Cucè, a Sicilian singer-songwriter with a poetic and visceral style, has released the albums “La mela e il serpente” and “Attraversando Saturno”, consolidating himself as one of the most authentic voices on the Italian independent scene. In 2025, he presented his new album, “21 grammi”, a concept that intertwines memory, fragility and vital energy, and which also gave rise to the Italian version of the song “È tutto cosìvero”.
At the same time, he follows a career that combines music, theater and visual arts, collaborating with national and international artists and creators.