The Catania-based singer-songwriter Giuseppe Cucé has spent years in what he calls “inner silence” before finding his voice with “21grammi.” Released in June 2025, this debut album feels like the work of someone who’s been storing up things to say, about loss, about starting over, about the strange loneliness of our hyperconnected world. This is an artist who took their time, who waited until they actually had something worth sharing before stepping into the spotlight.
“The album takes its name from the mythical weight of the human soul, and Cucé uses this as a jumping-off point to explore what we all carry inside.”
Working with producer Riccardo Samperi and a full band, Cucé has designed an album that feels surprisingly relatable. For “21grammi,” Cucé draws from real experiences, relationships that ended, moments of falling apart, and the struggle to figure out who you are after everything changes. But he never drowns in self-pity. There’s this constant push toward rebuilding, toward finding something solid to stand on again. It’s the kind of album that meets you where you are, whether you’re going through something difficult or you’ve come out the other side and are looking back.
The production itself walks an interesting line. There’s the warmth of Italian songwriting tradition running through it, but Cucé isn’t interested in simply recreating the past. He blends that foundation with contemporary indie-pop production and atmospheric layers that give the songs room to breathe. The concept of those “21 grams,” the weight of everything we’ve survived, runs through the entire project like a thread. But Cucé is smart enough not to hammer you over the head with it.
Giuseppe Cucé has announced himself as an artist worth paying attention to, someone who’s thinking seriously about what music can do and say. And, “21grammi” is a statement about finding your way through difficulty, about the process of becoming someone new while honouring who you were. In a time when so many of us are feeling worn down and disconnected, that message lands with real impact.
Muse Chronicle 
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