''2640'' is the third

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by Italian singer-songwriter

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, released by

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on 12 January 2018. It was released on vinyl on 7 December 2018 with the original 13 tracks as well as "Femme", a demo version of "Tropicale" and "Fotografia" with

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and

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Background

Michielin announced she started working in studio on her third album in January 2017, through her

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account. The album's tracks were recorded in

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with Italian producer

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. A few days after the album's release, Michielin and Treedom announced a plan to plant one tree in Kenya for every 200,000 streams that the album received.

Release and promotion

On 21 July 2017, she released the single "

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". The music video was released on the same day. It was directed by Giacomo Triglia and filmed between 10pm and 5:30am in

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. The song spent 16 weeks on the Italian singles chart, peaking at number 44, and was certified Platinum for sales exceeding 50,000 copies.Italian single chart positions - Francesca Michielin
(in Italian).

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. Retrieved 21 April 2019. Enter "Francesca Michielin" in the "Artista/Band" field. Select "Classifiche". On 1 October 2017, Michielin performed "Vulcano" as a musical guest on

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's TV show ''

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'' and announced that the album would be released on 12 January 2018. "

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" was released as the album's second single on 17 November 2017. The music video was directed by Giacomo Triglia and was released on 20 November 2017. It was filmed at

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. The song spent 18 weeks on the Italian singles chart, peaking at number 15, and was certified Platinum for sales exceeding 50,000 copies. On 4 December 2017, the album's cover and title were announced. The track listing was announced on 20 December 2017 through Michielin's social network accounts. On 22 December 2017, the album was made available for

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, and the track "Tropicale" was released as a pre-order bonus and on streaming platforms. On 16 March 2018, Michielin announced that "Bolivia" would be released as the album's third single. The music video was released on 20 March 2018. It was directed by Giacomo Triglia and the screenplay was written by Francesca Michielin. In an interview with

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, Michielin said that the song is a criticism of people who chase change and run away to exotic and remote places with the idea of living a more genuine life and making a difference, without realising that often the problem to be solved is within them. "Tropicale" was released as the fourth single on 15 June 2018, along with a music video. On 16 November 2018, Michielin released the single "Femme". The song has a

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message, describing the negative situations that women accept unconsciously. It was remixed by Bruno Belissimo. The single preceded the release of ''2640'' on

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on 7 December 2018. The vinyl edition also included a demo version of "Tropicale" and Carl Brave's single "Fotografia", on which Michielin and

featured. "Fotografia" had considerable success in Italy, peaking at number 6 and achieving a certification of 3× Platinum for sales exceeding 150,000 copies.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusicItalia.it. Production * Michele "Canova" Iorfida – producer, pre-producer, arranger * Pat "MyBestFault" Simonini – pre-producer, arranger * Christian Rigano – pre-producer * Cosmo – arranger * Mattia Barro "Splendore" – arranger * Francesca Michielin – vocal producer Music * Alex Alessandroni JR – keyboards, synthesizers * Francesca Michielin – lead vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizers * Pat "MyBestFault" Simonini – programming, rhythmic programming * Michele "Canova" Iorfida – keyboards, synthesizers, rhythmic programming *

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– acoustic guitars, electric guitars * Esther Oduro – sampled vocals

Charts

Certifications

References

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