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Dance / 06 Mar 2026

Lù Lauru

Lù Lauru is a song inspired by a legend from Salento, born from a story my mother passed down to me over the years.

The track draws on a world of dark nights, old oil mills, ancient houses, shadows, and mysterious presences. Lu Laùru appears as an unsettling and elusive figure, able to enter dreams, take away your breath, and leave behind a fear that is hard to explain.

I wanted to turn this folk tale into music, while preserving its connection to dialect and to that atmosphere suspended between memory, superstition, and oral tradition.

This song brings together tradition and a modern sound, giving voice to a figure that belongs to the deep imagination of our land.

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The words.

Intro

La mamma della maestra mia...

diceva che lo vedeva...

tra lu fumu ti lu frantoio...

quannu l’aria si facìa scura...

Ritornello

Era lu La-ù-ru...

veniva di notte...

alto e magro...

ti toglieva il respiro...

Era lu La-ù-ru...

non sempre lo puoi vedere...

ma lo senti addosso...

come un’ombra su di te...

Strofa 1

La notte con la candela

ma a iddu non ci pià-cìa

stava là, fermo e zitto

mazzu mazzu, sempre dritto

Poi all’improvviso arrivava

sopra lu piettu si cummìa

sentivi lu respiru scappare

e lu cori forti a tremare

Pre-Ritornello

Si avvicina...

non lo vedi...

lo senti ma non ci credi...

chiudi gli occhi...

ma ritorna...

stanotte ti fa dispetti...

Ritornello

Era lu La-ù-ru...

veniva di notte...

anima scura...

ti blocca il respiro...

Era lu La-ù-ru...

entra nei sogni...

ti resta addosso...

e non lo mandi via...

Strofa 2

A volte gatto, a volte bambino

a volte ride… ma non è lui

piccolo e scuro, con il cappello

se lo perdi… piange per quello

Sopra la terrazza faceva rumori

passi felpati, strani odori

alla fine tutto era spostato

come se fosse passato

Bridge

Ci li rubbi lu cappieddu

chianci e ti prometti tuttu

tra le mani nu tesoru

ma poi torna… La-ù-ru

A casa noscia lu chiamanu

lu ziu La-ù-ru… e già lu sapunu

tra li muri, intra lu scuru

sempre torna… La-ù-ru

Breakdown

Non parla...

ma lo senti...

sobbra lu piettu...

ti leva il respiro...

Ritornello finale

Era lu La-ù-ru...

veniva di notte...

anima dannata...

ti blocca il respiro!...

Era lu La-ù-ru...

lo senti vicino...

intra lu suennu...

non ti lascia mai...

Outro

lu La-ù-ru...

lu ziu La-ù-ru...

lu La-ù-ru...

BEHIND THE SONG

How it began.

“Lù Lauru” was born from a story my mother told me, connected to a figure from Salento’s folk tradition.

What struck me most was the way these stories remain alive across generations. They are not just frightening tales, but pieces of memory passed down by word of mouth within families, homes, countryside communities, and old oil mills. In those images there is an ancient world that still carries a strong presence today.

From that story came the idea of turning Lù Lauru into a song, trying to preserve its mystery, tension, and the strange fascination of a presence that is not always seen, but is deeply felt. I chose to use dialect because it was the most natural way to keep the original atmosphere of the story alive.

The song brings together two dimensions: on one side the legend, superstition, and oral tradition, and on the other the music, which gives this figure an even stronger and more immediate presence.

For me, it is also a way of giving value to what has been told to us by those who came before us. “Lu Laùru” does not come from an abstract idea, but from a family memory connected to the wider tradition of our land.

Keep listening.

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