Paloma sweeps you onto a sultry summer night where distance, doubt and even time get blown away by a warm Caribbean-style breeze. Fred De Palma sings in Italian, Anitta answers in Spanish, and together they paint a scene you can almost feel through an open window: the sun is still glowing, music drifts through the streets como en MedellĂn, and a heartbeat starts racing at the sight of someone unforgettable. The singer longs for life to feel "like before," yet finds hope in a simple truth – the girl in his mind is also the melody in his ears, stuck on repeat from night to dawn.
The word paloma means "dove," a symbol of peace, freedom and love. In the song it becomes a code name for everything the couple shares: a voice carried by the wind, a touch that calms a stormy sea, eyes that turn the whole world into a private dance floor. It does not matter where they come from or how long the night lasts; what counts is that the rhythm knows their names and promises a place "dove nessuna paura può farci male" – where no fear can hurt them. "Paloma" is therefore both a love letter and a party invitation, urging listeners to trust the pull of music, let nostalgia turn into motion and keep dancing until sunrise.
Fred De Palma is the stage name of Federico Palana, an Italian rapper and singer born in Turin in 1989. He got his start in the late 2000s battling in freestyle contests around Turin and Milan before going solo in 2012 and later signing with Warner Music Italy.
Over the following years he became one of the biggest names in Italian urban pop, blending rap with sun-soaked reggaeton and Latin pop, and he even competed at the Sanremo Music Festival in 2024. This track pairs him with Ana Mena, a Spanish singer and actress from Málaga, who sings her part in Italian. Their 2018 summer hit "D'estate non vale" was a breakout moment that turned Ana Mena into a star in Italy and remains one of Fred De Palma's signature songs.