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| Single by Vescan featuring Florin Ristei | ||||
| Language | Romanian | |||
| Released | March 31, 2016 | |||
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| Length | 4:02 | |||
| Label | MusicExpertRecords | |||
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"Las-o…" (English: "Let her…") is a song by Romanian rapper Vescan featuring Florin Ristei. It was released on March 31, 2016 as the second single of the XsessionMUSICVLOG project, which consisted of recording sessions that took place weekly in the Scandalos Music studio during 2016. The song's music was written by Mahia Beldo and the lyrics were written by Vescan. "Las-o…" is a Hip-Hop-Rap song where the Rap part is done by Vescan, being accompanied by Ristei who sings the pop-oriented chorus. The lyrics are written as a monologue of a male who advises his friend to let go of his girlfriend, after she has cheated on him. The song experienced commercial success, peaking at number one in the Romanian charts and the XsessionMUSICVLOG music video surpassing 43 million views on YouTube (as of April 2021).[1][2][3]
The song peaked number 1 in both the weekly Romanian Radio and TV Airplay charts and won the Media Music Award for Best Summer Hit of 2016.[4]
Music videos and promotion
Two accompanying music videos for "Las-o…" were made. The first one was uploaded to YouTube on March 31, 2016. It is dubbed as the Xsession version and it features Vescan, Ristei and the band all playing the song. As of August 3, 2020, it's the most popular music video of the song, surpassing 40 million views. The other music video, dubbed as the Official Video was published to YouTube on April 19, 2016. It illustrates the meaning and the lyrics of the song with Vescan playing the cheated boyfriend. As of August 3, 2020, it surpassed 9 million views.
Vescan and Ristei performed the track live in Romania: on Radio ZU, on Radio 21, at the Forza ZU Festival, on ProFM LIVE Session and at the X Factor Romania.
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from YouTube.[5]
Technical and songwriting credits
- Mahia Beldo – composer, producer, additional voices, mixing
- Daniel Leonard Vescan (Vescan) – lyricist
- Adi Colceru – mastering
- Alin Ilies – guitarist
- Bogdan Chiculita – violinist
Visual credits
- Claudiu Stan – director
- Iulia Dinu, Andrei – actors
Charts
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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| Romania (Romanian Radio Airplay)[6] | 1 |
| Romania (Romania TV Airplay)[7] | 1 |
See also
References
- ↑ "VESCAN SI FLORIN RISTEI LANSEAZA "LAS-O…" – A DOUA PIESA DIN XSESSIONMUSICVLOG".
- ↑ ""Las-o..." să cânte! Vescan feat. Florin Ristei au lansat videoclipul celei mai noi piese. Succes garantat!".
- ↑ "VIDEOCLIP NOU: Vescan feat. Florin Ristei - Las-o..."
- ↑ "Media Music Awards 2016 la Piața Mare din Sibiu".
- ↑ "Vescan feat. Florin Ristei - Las-o… (Official Video)".
- ↑ "Media Forest – Weekly Charts. Media Forest. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020. Note: Romanian and international positions are rendered together by the number of plays before resulting an overall chart.
- ↑ "Media Forest – Weekly Charts. Media Forest. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2020. Note: Select 'Songs – TV'. Romanian and international positions are rendered together by the number of plays before resulting an overall chart.