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The project serves as the artist's first album entirely in Italian.^[9] It was written, recorded and produced over the course of three years between Cefalù, Settimo Milanese and Lake Orta.^[10][11] The project was announced on 6 February 2025,^[12] a few days before the singer's participation in the 75th Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Chiamo io chiami tu".^[13][14] The official tracklist and the collaborations included in the album were revealed on 3 March, via a telephone number announced by the artist through her social media profiles.^[15][16]

The album consists of thirteen tracks,^[17] all written by the singer herself, with co-writing contribution by Davide Petrella, Emilio Barberini, Michele Zocca, Miguel Duarte, Matteo Novi, Alessandro La Cava, Vincenzo Centrella, Simon Says!, Francesco D'Agostino, Thiago Faustino de Lima, Vigan Mehmedi, Federico Bertollini and Zef. The record also includes featured collaborations with Italian rappers Guè, Capo Plaza and Lorenzza and Brazilian singer Toquinho.^[2][18]

Gaia talked about the process of creating the album and her choice to perform the songs entirely in Italian:^[19]

I think the most special process of this album was acceptance, which is played out on a daily basis and doesn't always work, but it's underway. And that alone makes me much happier and more grateful for what I do. [...] With Portuguese, I've always been very independent; I'd go into the studio and everything would come out easily, like a necessity, while Italian has always made me feel a little more distant. I wanted to remind myself that Italian is a beautiful musical treat, that the poetry of our language is unmatched.

The singer explained the meaning of the cover image, which consists of a compass rose embossed on the artist's face:^[20]

It's our compass rose symbol. This prosthetic was made by Greta Giannone, and I wanted it to represent the third eye, the connection to creativity, to the empirical worlds, and I wanted the record to be tied to connection with others.