
GionnyScandal is the stage name of Gionata Ruggieri, an Italian singer, songwriter and rapper born in 1991 in Pisticci, in the southern region of Basilicata. His childhood was shaped by loss: adopted as a toddler and raised in Seregno just north of Milan, he lost his adoptive father at four, his mother at eleven, and in 2012 the grandmother who had brought him up. Those years became the raw material of almost everything he writes.
He started making a name for himself in the Italian rap scene around 2010 and released his first studio album, "Haters Make Me Famous vol. 3", in 2011. Since then he has become one of the defining voices of Italian emo rap, a style that sets melodic, sung hooks against blunt and confessional lyrics, and he has collaborated widely, including with pop veteran Max Pezzali. "MI MANCHERAI" arrived in 2023, one of the singles that led into his "Black Mood 2" project.
Sei Parte Di Me is a heartfelt confession that turns life’s constant motion into a love story. GionnyScandal sings about catching “so many trains” and navigating busy months, yet every journey circles back to one simple truth – the person he loves is a piece of him. The lyrics paint snapshots of distance and late-night debates, but also of that magical calm that falls whenever he sees a photo or imagines a smile. Claudia Ciccateri’s delicate voice layers in tenderness, making the track feel like a shared diary between two souls trying to stay connected when everything else is speeding past.
At its core, the song says I may have nothing else, but I have you – and that’s everything. Through images of changing seasons, television noise, and the chaos of everyday life, the singers promise that their bond will outlast each passing moment. “Sei Parte Di Me” invites listeners to think of their own special someone who turns confusion into clarity, proving that true connection is the best ticket on any train you take.
"Mi Mancherai" ("I Will Miss You") is a breakup song about the ache of coming home to an empty space where someone used to be.
The singer keeps writing messages he never sends, replaying the night she chose to be alone, and remembering the "us" that maybe never fully existed to begin with. He let her go because he believed it was what was best for her, even as he tells himself it doesn't matter.
The repeated line "Tutte le volte che ritornerò a casa e non ci sarai" ("Every time I come back home and you won't be there") is the emotional core: it's not one big loss, but the same small one, over and over, every time he walks through the door.
"Non piangere" is GionnyScandal's tribute to someone he lost. He opens by apologizing for not visiting more often, saying he still remembers the small things: how they defended him even when he made mistakes, how they cooked Sunday lunch for everyone.
He looks back at the day they died in the hospital, when he was told there was nothing more to do. To cope, he tells himself they are only sleeping, not really gone.
He wonders if rain means they're crying somewhere, if sunshine means they're smiling, if snow means they're cold. He still feels them present in his room, and hears their voice telling him "basta" (that's enough) whenever he cries. The title line, "non piangere" (don't cry), becomes both the comfort he gives himself and the words he imagines they'd say to him.
"Mamma" is GionnyScandal's raw account of growing up without ever knowing his parents. He never saw his father's face and never even learned his mother's name. He was left on a sidewalk with nothing, raised by people who weren't his family.
The chorus circles back to one aching question: if his parents had actually wanted him, where would his life be now? He still doesn't know who his mother is, and asks what fault a newborn baby could possibly carry.
By the second half he turns defiant. He's become famous with no parents behind him, and he challenges whoever abandoned him to face what they did. The song ends the way it started, with a childhood question that never got an answer.
"Come(te)" plays on a pun: "come te" means "like you," and the title also spells out "comets." GionnyScandal builds the whole song around that double meaning, comparing the person he loves to a comet streaking across the sky.
The verses are full of small, clumsy, tender moments: wanting to give a hug but his arm has fallen asleep under the pillow, asking to be told when he messes up, promising never to let her get hurt. It stays light and playful rather than heavy or dramatic.
The chorus is where the pun lands: he calls himself her other half, her gravitational center, and imagines the two of them as comet stars, complete only when they are together. It is a sweet, uncomplicated love song about wanting to be someone's missing piece.
"XOXO" is GionnyScandal's take on a relationship that runs hot and cold. The singer opens in all black, seeing everything in dark colors, then immediately contradicts himself: "I love you, that's not true." That push and pull carries the whole song.
He keeps a secret the other person will never know, even while asking to be told the truth in return. It's a standoff: two people circling each other, each holding something back.
The chorus counts through the days of the week with "xoxo" attached to each one, suggesting a fling that keeps repeating on its own schedule rather than settling into anything steady. The title itself is the send-off of a text message, fitting for a relationship that lives mostly in messages and half-truths.
"Pesca" is a playful, explicit party track built around a pun: "pesca" means both "peach" and "fishing" in Italian, and GionnyScandal uses it here as a nod to a woman's figure. Over a club beat, he compliments (and gently objectifies) her looks, comparing her to a full moon and to a peach that gets more impressive the more she moves.
The verses lean into exaggerated, comedic bravado: nicknames like "papi," pop culture references (Stranger Things, Elite), and over-the-top boasts about admirers. It's tongue-in-cheek rather than serious, in line with GionnyScandal's usual comedic rap style.
"Se ci sei tu" ("If You're Here") is a breezy love song about how everything feels lighter when your partner is around. GionnyScandal sings that life felt empty before them and now feels complete, framing a Netflix night together and a bit of harmless jealousy over an ex still texting as proof of how much has changed.
The lyrics stay casual and modern (brand names like Gucci and Prada, DMs, an iPhone full of photos), but the core idea is simple: nothing else really matters as long as this person is close. Even a bad day feels okay, because "if you're here, the world is a little less ugly."
Buonanotte ("Good Night") is GionnyScandal's ode to a love that ended but never really left him.
He tells his ex he'd promised himself not to get too attached, then lost his mind over her anyway. Now that she's gone, he still says goodnight to her out of habit, hugging his pillow and pretending it's her, replaying the old promise that things would last forever.
The chorus keeps circling back to that nightly ritual: missing her, hating the songs that remind him of her, and hoping that if he ever gets the chance, he'll go find her again wherever they lost each other.
It's a quietly heartbroken song about loving someone you've already lost, and still whispering good night to them anyway.
This song is about the messy aftermath of a breakup. The singer is caught between guilt and self-protection: he knows he has hurt the person on the other end of those six missed calls, and he admits he is not easy to love right now.
He describes racing away from the situation, chasing money and distraction, while his ex keeps reaching out, crying and sending messages even as she calls him names when she talks to her friends. He does not pretend not to notice.
Underneath the bravado there is real regret. He wants to be free, but he also knows he cannot fully save someone else until he saves himself first.
"Sei Così Bella" ("You're So Beautiful") is GionnyScandal's love letter to someone he can't stop looking at. He wakes up every morning in Italy thinking of her, falls asleep counting her heartbeat, and admits she's almost too beautiful for him.
The chorus builds it into something bigger than a compliment: every star gets shy and stops shining next to her, and he can't shake one thought no matter how many times he tries to say it. He promises this feeling is forever, that these are the best years of their life, and that even the sun only looks good because it reminds him of her.
Then the song gets playful. He jokes about her Instagram and WhatsApp stories, telling Zuckerberg himself that the best story going is the one he's living with her. It's a big, sincere declaration wrapped in a very modern joke.
NUVOLE is about wanting to leave a room full of people you no longer recognise. The singer asks what time it is, wonders how he ended up with this crowd, and admits he has nothing in common with them.
Instead of a smile he shows his teeth. He says he does not trust any of these people, and by the second verse he does not even trust himself. The line Sei come tutti gli altri e ora l'ho capito is the turning point: the person he is singing to turned out to be like everyone else.
Tra diamanti e cenere qui dentro e' tutto finto sets the shine of success next to ashes, and calls the whole scene fake. He finds no forgiveness, so he sits in a corner and drinks his own tears.
The chorus line Meglio soli che nuvole plays on the Italian saying meglio soli che male accompagnati, better alone than in bad company. Here the bad company is clouds: the heavy, grey people who follow you around. Being alone is the lighter option.
For learners, the song is a good place to hear everyday spoken Italian, including the clipped sto posto and sta gente for questo posto and questa gente.
"PROSSIMA FERMATA TU" is a breakup song about someone who keeps turning up everywhere except in your life. GionnyScandal builds it out of small, specific memories: his Vans next to her McQueens, the films she always cried at more than he did, waiting downstairs for her. The title comes from the metro. She used to be the person he came down to meet, and now she is just the next stop announced over the speakers, something he passes without getting off.
The chorus keeps circling the same feeling from two sides. "Siamo come catene se restiamo assieme" says that staying together would tie them both down, and the very next line, "mi hai spezzato il cuore ma tranquilla sto bene", insists he is fine anyway. He also compares himself to a TV series she stopped watching, which is a gentle, almost funny way of saying she just lost interest.
The middle of the song swaps the tenderness for bravado. Hotels, five stars, an Uber, sushi in Saint Tropez, being the most punk one in the band. It reads as a way of filling the space she left, and the honesty comes back the moment he admits he does not really know why they were together, only that he is not with her now.
For learners, the song is a good place to hear everyday spoken Italian: "mi vieni in mente" for someone coming to mind, "sto bene" doing a lot of quiet work, and the imperfect tense in "prima mi aspettavi" for the way things used to be.
“Anestesia” plunges us straight into that foggy moment after a breakup when you feel half-awake and half-numb. GionnyScandal sings about wandering the streets with his hoodie pulled low, pretending the tears have dried, while every corner still whispers the ex’s name. He admits his own mistakes (“È stata colpa mia”), yet he cannot escape the memories that cling like perfume—she was the wings that let him fly. Now he is on a symbolic trip “verso Nord,” trying to outrun the past, but every mile only reminds him that without her, the world stings instead of soothes. She used to be his “anesthesia,” the gentle drug that dulled all pain; with her gone, the ache returns sharper than ever.
The song balances raw confession with vivid imagery to paint heartbreak as a road trip you never planned. Listeners will recognize the push-and-pull of regret and longing: keeping an old phone cover that says “I love you,” hating once-beloved places, and replaying every argument in their heads. Even the hopeful idea of coming back (“magari tornerò”) feels empty, because by the time he finds himself, she will have moved on. “Anestesia” is a bittersweet anthem for anyone who has tried to numb the pain, only to learn that love is the strongest drug—and its absence the harshest withdrawal.
“Salvami” feels like a midnight confession booth set to a trap-pop beat. Canadian artist GionnyScandal pours out a whirlwind of raw feelings: regret over drunk words, panic attacks that hit every thirty minutes, and a desperate plea for someone to “save me from myself.” He flips between craving tender love and diving into reckless passion, showing how love can be both a lifeline and a trigger.
Behind the blunt language and club-ready chorus lies a deeper struggle with loneliness and anxiety. The singer admits he’s at his worst on a cold Friday night, stuck between wanting to push his partner away and begging them to stay. “Salvami” is ultimately a snapshot of modern vulnerability – a reminder that sometimes the hardest person to escape is the one staring back in the mirror.
“Ti Amo Ti Odio” invites us onto an emotional roller-coaster where love and resentment keep changing places at break-neck speed. Over pulsing beats, GionnyScandal stares at a photo of his ex, convinced that without her his life has lost its meaning. He hovers over the “send” button, only to freeze when he sees her smiling on social media. That single image sparks a tidal wave of conflicting feelings: he clings to unwashed sheets that still carry her perfume, smokes the stub of her cigarette just to “touch” her lips, and even contemplates shouting declarations of love beneath her window. Yet jealousy flares the moment he imagines someone else beside her, turning tender memories into raw fury.
Beneath the dramatic gestures lies a confession of vulnerability. The singer openly admits he still lies to friends about having moved on and even credits his ex for shaping the person he’s become. Ultimately, the chorus repeats like a desperate mantra—“A volte ti amo e a volte ti odio” (“Sometimes I love you and sometimes I hate you”)—capturing the universal tug-of-war between holding on and letting go. By the final refrain, he concedes she will never return, but the song leaves us with a poignant truth: the thin line between love and hate is often drawn by the ones who change us most.