Radio Gotham

Radio Gotham is the debut album by Italian singer-songwriter Rose Villain, released on 20 January 2023.^[2] The project was anticipated by the singles "Elvis", "Michelle Pfeiffer" and "Rari" released between 2021 and 2022, while on 11 January 2023 Villain released the promotional single "Lamette" featuring Italian rapper Salmo.^[3]

Radio Gotham
Studio album by Rose Villain
Released	20 January 2023 (2023-01-20)
Recorded	2021–2022
Genre	Pop hip hop [1]
Length	38:10
Language	Italian English
Label	Sony Music Italy Columbia
Producer	Sixpm Drillionaire HDNRC Young Miles Stevie Aiello Zef
Rose Villain chronology
Radio Gotham (2023) Radio Sakura (2024)
Singles from Radio Gotham
"Elvis" Released: 2 July 2021 "Michelle Pfeiffer" Released: 13 May 2022 "Rari" Released: 7 October 2022 "Lamette" Released: 11 January 2023 "Cartoni animati" Released: 14 April 2023

Background

In 2019 Rose Villain ended her record deal with Republic Records, after 3 years spent to release music mainly in English language.^[4] At the end of 2019, she went back to Milan and started to work on new music, this time around even in Italian language, thanks to Italian rapper Gué Pequeno, who, after listened to the English version of "Chico", who was meant to be Rose's single with Republic Records, pushed her to translate the song in Italian and asked her if he could use it for his 2020 album Mr. Fini. "Chico" ended up to be one of the best selling singles in Italy, opening a lot of doors for Villain's into Italian hip hop music world.^[5] In 2020, Villain signed a record deal with Sony Music Italy/Arista.^[6] She started to release music in Italian language and in 2021, again with Gué, she released "Elvis", which is the first single from Radio Gotham. In 2022, she released "Michelle Pfeiffer", who became viral on TikTok and was certified platinum by FIMI. This single motivated her to putting together an album, that was finally announced in December 2023.

Track listing

Radio Gotham track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Dalle ombre"	Rosa Luini Andrea Ferrara	Sixpm	2:36
2.	"Gotham"	Rosa Luini Andrea Ferrara	Sixpm	2:33
3.	"Lamette" (featuring Salmo)	Rosa Luini Andrea Ferrara Maurizio Pisciottu Stefano Tognini Lorenzo Paolo Spinosa Nicolò Pucciarmati	Sixpm Zef	2:29
4.	"Non sono felice per te"	Rosa Luini Andrea Ferrara Stefano Tognini Nicolò Pucciarmati	Sixpm Zef Young Miles	2:39
5.	"Due facce" (featuring Tedua)	Rosa Luini Andrea Ferrara Mario Molinari Stephen Aiello	Sixpm Stevie Aiello	2:34
6.	"Moonlight"	Rosa Luini Andrea Ferrara Diego Vincenzo Vettraino	Sixpm Drillionaire	2:30
7.	"Rari"	Rosa Luini Andrea Ferrara Hendric Buenck	Sixpm HDNRC	2:48
8.	"Fantasmi" (featuring Geolier)	Rosa Luini Andrea Ferrara Emanuele Palumbo	Sixpm	2:13
9.	"Rehab" (featuring Carl Brave)	Rosa Luini Andrea Ferrara Carlo Luigi Coraggio	Sipxm	3:12
10.	"Yakuza"	Rosa Luini Andrea Ferrara	Sixpm	2:43
11.	"Monet" (featuring Elisa)	Rosa Luini Andrea Ferrara Elisa Toffoli	Sixpm	3:17
12.	"Michelle Pfeiffer" (featuring Tony Effe)	Rosa Luini Andrea Ferrara Nicolò Rapisarda	Sixpm	3:00
13.	"Cartoni animati"	Rosa Luini Andrea Ferrara	Sixpm	2:44
14.	"Elvis" (featuring Guè)	Rosa Luini Andrea Ferrara Cosimo Fini Mae Boren Axton Tommy Durden Elvis Presley	Sixpm	2:52
Total length:				38:10

Charts

Chart performance for Radio Gotham

Chart (2023)	Peak position
Italian Albums (FIMI)[7]	5

Certifications

Certifications for Radio Gotham

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[8]	Platinum	50,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Dai Maneskin a Lo Stato Sociale, le recensioni delle nuove uscite". agi.it (in Italian). 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
2. "Rose Villain: "La parità di genere ci sarà quando le donne saranno libere di parlare di sesso nei testi"". Billboard (in Italian). 20 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
3. "Rose Villain: in anteprima 'Lamette', il nuovo singolo feat. Salmo". rollingstone.it (in Italian). 10 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
4. "Scopriamo davvero Rose Villain: la perdita della madre, la fuga dall'Italia, NY, il disco e altro". youtube.com (in Italian). 31 January 2023.
5. "Musica, i più venduti del 2020: Marracash guida la top ten tutta italiana". larepubblica.it (in Italian). 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
6. "A chat with Rose Villain". collater.al. 5 May 2020.
7. "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 4 (dal 20.01.2023 al 26.01.2023)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
8. "Italian album certifications – Rose Villain – Radio Gotham" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 26 May 2024. Select "2024" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "Radio Gotham" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione".