Corleone (2024) – Nathy Peluso

On 21 of November this year I wrote about Nathy Peluso’s big night at this year’s Latin Grammys winning 3 for Best Rap/Hip Hop Song, Best Alternative Song and Best Long Form Music Video – Grasa. One of the songs from her recent album – Grasa (Fat) that I keep coming back to is today’s featured song – the 50s Italo-ballad – Corleone. In keeping with the album’s themes from which it resides; the song explores growth, crisis, and the pressures of fame. I wrote in response to her official release video how Corleone felt like ‘Tarantino in Music‘ in the sense it would have been a perfect fit on the soundtrack Pulp Fiction or about any other one of his releases.

The Argentine-Spanish singer-songwriter is no stranger to this blog having appeared here 7 times. She is so versatile, being able to immerse herself in any genre and leave her mark in an indelible way. For me, she is one of my favourite artists of the current generation. I have admired watching how she has transfigured her artistry and changed the music landscape as we speak with such brashness and authenticity. I’ll continue to follow Nathy Peluso’s development as an artist with much attentiveness as I do all my favourite singer-songwriters. Below I have included an audio version of the song and her very recent performance of the The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

After releasing her new album ‘Grasa‘, Nathy Peluso announced last summer her world tour in 2025 in which she would travel through the United States, Europe and the United Kingdom. Before continuing her tour through Miami, Washington and Los Angeles, among others. Despite the tremendous success of the album, the Argentine singer received a lot of criticism from her fans for not including Spain and Argentina among the countries on the tour.

‘Grasa‘ is an unusual album and the singer has decided to make a long half-hour video in which she has integrated all the video clips instead of a different video for each song. “The magic is that it is very theatrical, it is almost all a sequence shot and everything happens in the same space, the characters change… It is a story” she explains.

The following is a crude English translation of Corleone:

[Verse 1]
“This ambition is killing me”
I told my friend Tatiana
Stuck in the airport
Video call connection (Ah-ah-ah)
I wonder if it’s God
The ray of sunlight coming through the window (Stiff!)
Every day at 6 a.m. in the morning

[Chorus]
I smoke a cigarette, tears and sorrow, glory and peace
And even if I get it all, I always want more
I count money, I count loves, I brush my hair
And I ask the waiter for a sweet Martini to be calm (La-la-la-la)

[Verse 2]
I have an empire
A brilliant palace and a very deep sorrow (Oh-oh-oh)
Listen to me whoever wants
Drown the bitterness that comes, I’ll invite you a round
Baby, I assure you
If tomorrow I die, I won’t be calm
I have to close deals
And leave the will to my sister Sofia

References:
1. Nathy Peluso representa ‘CORLEONE’ y ‘EL DÍA QUE PERDÍ MI JUVENTUD’ en The Tonight show – XMAG

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