{{Infobox song | name = {{lang|it|Seta|i=no}} | cover = Cover_of_Seta_single_by_Elisa_Toffoli_2021.jpeg | alt = | type = single | artist = Elisa | album = Ritorno al futuro/Back to the Future | released = {{start date|2021|11|24|df=yes}} | recorded = 2021 | studio = | genre = * Synth pop | length = 3:33 | label = * Universal * Island | writer = * Elisa Toffoli * Davide Petrella | producer = Dardust | chronology = Elisa | prev_title = Rubini | prev_year = 2021 | next_title = O forse sei tu | next_year = 2022 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|vkva6mVh4jY|"{{lang|it|Seta|i=no}}"}}}} }} "'''{{lang|it|Seta|i=no}}'''" is a song by Italian singer-songwriter Elisa. It was released by Universal Music Italia and Island Records on 24 November 2021 as the lead single from Elisa's eleventh studio album, ''Ritorno al futuro/Back to the Future''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bolognini |first=Luigi |date=November 24, 2021 |title=La sfida di Elisa: "Posso permettermi anche di cambiare" |url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/musica/2021/11/24/news/elisa-327647575/ |access-date=April 29, 2024 |website=La Repubblica |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 24, 2021 |title=Elisa torna con Seta: "Un brano fuori dagli schemi" |url=https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/spettacolo/elisa-torna-con-seta-un-brano-fuori-dagli-schemi_42097219-202102k.shtml |access-date=April 29, 2024 |website=Tgcom24 |language=it}}</ref>
== Background and composition == After the publication of the reissue of ''Diari aperti'' (2019), Elisa took a solo discographic break, working as a songwriter and producer on several artists' albums, including ''Fortuna'', ''Feat (stato di natura)'', ''OK. Respira'', ''Guesus'' and collaborating on ''Neon – Le ali'' with Marracash and "Rubini" with Mahmood. In November 2021 Elisa announced the new single "Seta" and the upcoming eleventh studio album.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=December 17, 2021 |title=Elisa, annunciato il doppio album Ritorno Al Futuro/Back To The Future |url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/musica/2021/12/17/elisa-ritorno-al-futuro-back-to-the-future-album |access-date=April 29, 2024 |website=Sky TG24 |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 16, 2021 |title=Elisa: il nuovo album esce il 18 febbraio. La cantante, a tre anni di distanza da "Diari aperti", pubblicherà non uno, ma ben due album, uno in italiano e uno in inglese |url=https://billboard.it/musica/italiana/elisa-ritorno-al-futuro-nuovo-album/2021/12/1680142/ |access-date=April 29, 2024 |website=Billboard Italia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=November 24, 2021 |title=Elisa ha pubblicato il nuovo brano "Seta" |url=https://www.rockol.it/news-726537/elisa-pubblica-nuovo-singolo-seta-video-contro-violenza-sulle-donne |access-date=April 29, 2024 |website=Rockol |language=it}}</ref>
The song, written by Elisa, Davide Petrella, and produced by Dardust, is electropop and synth-pop, almost with dance-pop influences, showing a change in the singer discography's sounds.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dondoni |first=Luca |date=November 25, 2021 |title=Elisa: "Siamo donne, non prede. Canto la forza interiore che prevale sulla violenza" |url=https://www.lastampa.it/spettacoli/2021/11/25/news/elisa_siamo_donne_non_prede_canto_la_forza_interiore_che_prevale_sulla_violenza_-656864/ |access-date=April 29, 2024 |website=La Stampa |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=November 23, 2021 |title=Elisa lancia in contemporanea nuovo singolo e video... ecco "Seta" |url=https://www.allmusicitalia.it/news/elisa-seta-testo-significato.html |access-date=April 29, 2024 |website=All Music Italia |language=it}}</ref> The singer explained the meaning of the song and the process of writing and composing the it:<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 24, 2021 |title=Elisa, ascolta il nuovo singolo ‘Seta’ |url=https://www.rollingstone.it/musica/news-musica/elisa-ascolta-il-nuovo-singolo-seta/599493/ |access-date=April 29, 2024 |website=Rolling Stone Italia |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ciavarelli |first=Giulia |date=November 24, 2021 |title=Elisa torna con il nuovo singolo "Seta" |url=https://www.sorrisi.com/musica/canzoni/elisa-torna-con-il-nuovo-singolo-seta/ |access-date=April 29, 2024 |website=TV Sorrisi e Canzoni}}</ref>
{{blockquote|"I remember vividly that Davide Petrella, [...] with his perpetual air of defiance said to us, "Let's do another one now. Let's do one thing without thinking about anything. Out of the box, free to do everything wrong." That last sentence lit up my remotest cells and I recognized that oh-so-familiar impulse of wanting to do, of the almost physical need to materialize emotion, almost to get rid of it. [...] We were electric, happy as little children, and I don't know about the others, but I was also a little drained and finally calm, as I always am after I've written something I like so much."}}
== Critics reception == Andrea Laffranchi of ''Corriere della Sera'' described the song as "a song about falling in love, about the sounds and scents associated with that magical meeting, about emotions and anticipation."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Laffranchi |first=Andrea |date=November 25, 2021 |title=Elisa: "La mia clip contro le molestie.Chi le denuncia è una supereroina" |url=https://27esimaora.corriere.it/21_novembre_25/elisa-clip-contro-molestie-denuncia-supereroina-210ed66a-4dc7-11ec-aa55-94e0c30ae027.shtml |access-date=April 29, 2024 |website=Corriere della Sera |language=it}}</ref>
== Music video == The music video, directed by Attilio Cusani and Elisa with art direction by Pierpaolo Piccioli, was released at the same time as the single's release through the singer's YouTube channel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Basso |first=Andrea |date=November 24, 2021 |title=Elisa è tornata: ecco il video di "Seta", il brano che anticipa un doppio album |url=https://www.radioitalia.it/news/elisa-e-tornata-ecco-il-video-di-seta-il-brano-che-anticipa-un-doppio-album-532419 |access-date=April 29, 2024 |website=Radio Italia |language=it}}</ref> The video deals with the issues of violence against women and rape, a message which was explained by the singer in an interview with ''Corriere della Sera'':<ref name=":0" /> {{blockquote|"The energy that emanates from the hands of the protagonist represents [...] a superheroine as are all women who denounce situations of mistreatment. The colors are a symbolic trace: Pierpaolo has classically associated the female with pink and the male with blue. At the moment of her reaction, pink becomes red, meaning strength, blood. [...] When everything becomes intoxicated by aggression, for the male comes green, the color of poison."}}
== Charts == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for "Seta" ! scope="col"| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Italy Airplay (EarOne)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Classifica Airplay Radio Settimanale 2022 #1 (dal 31-12-2021 al 06-01-2022)|url=https://www.earone.it/classifiche/classifica_settimanale_storico/2022/1/ |access-date=April 29, 2024|website=EarOne}}</ref> | 2 |- ! scope="row"| San Marino (SMRRTV Top 50)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sanmarinortv.sm/radio/radio-san-marino/top-50-ascoltare |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120060419/https://www.sanmarinortv.sm/radio/radio-san-marino/top-50-ascoltare |archive-date=20 January 2022 |title=Top 50 – Radio San Marino RTV – 20/01/2022|language=it |publisher=San Marino RTV |date=January 20, 2024 |access-date=6 August 2024}}</ref> | 1 |- |}
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