Photo Credit: Luca Rossetti

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Matteo Bocelli gives a raw, emotional performance of his debut solo single in the “Solo” Acoustic video, released today. In the clip, his voice rings clear and true as he performs alone at a Milan studio, accompanying himself on piano.

“Solo” was released by Capitol Records in September along with this official video, which was shot in Italy’s majestic Dolomites mountains. It was directed by Gaetano Morbioli, who also helmed the official video for “Fall On Me,” a duet that paired Matteo with his father, opera legend Andrea Bocelli. Combined global streams of “Solo” now exceed three million.

“The song is the result of many different emotions and experiences. I called it Solo which means alone and it’s mostly about having to face your own fragility. Ever since I was very young my dad would travel all over the world to play shows and as a young boy it was difficult to realize that that’s what he was supposed to do. And now that I am myself doing the same thing not only I understand it better but I also experience the same pain he must have felt when he had to leave his family and friends for many weeks at a time.” 

“What’s really important is to understand the reason we do it, though. And that’s our supreme love for music!” 

Matteo, who is graduating at the Conservatory of Lucca in Tuscany, co-wrote “Fall on Me” for the elder Bocelli’s acclaimed 2018 album, Sì, which topped both the Billboard 200 and the UK Official Albums chart. 

The song, which has amassed nearly 300 million combined global streams, went on to soundtrack Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. The pair performed “Fall on Me” at Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl as well as on numerous television programs, including “Dancing with the Stars,” Colbert, “Good Morning America,” “Royal Family Variety Performance” and “Strictly Come Dancing.” It was a powerful introduction, yet Matteo’s musical journey began when he was a child.

Matteo’s father was a major influence in his career, as he states:

“I was born into music. I could have never imagined my life without it. I started playing piano when I was 5 and never stopped developing and studying. It was the most natural journey possible, though. Music is what I’m supposed to do with my life.”

However, it was when he first started collaborating with his father that Matteo knew that “singing was more than a passion and could have become a profession. I won’t deny the fact that it was quite scary at first. I went from singing in my bedroom to hopping on stage at Madison Square Garden and touring the world with my dad.”

When we asked him what was one of the most valuable things Matteo got from his father he told us that “it would be too easy to say that he taught me how to sing and perform. There was way more than that. He wrote a poem for me which tells it better than I ever could. The poem ends with these words ‘save them in the world of ideas, because those who have gold in the mind, have the world in their pocket’ 

That taught me a lot more than anything else because it helped understand how important knowledge and feelings are compared to material wealth and success. That’s the most important thing my dad taught me’