Gianluca Zanna’s new single, “You Are My Destiny,” arrives with the polished sheen and unwavering confidence of a high-tech skyscraper. On a track featuring the soaring vocals of Claudette Lyons, Zanna, an entrepreneur with a background in self-defense, has built an anthem of absolute romantic certainty. There’s a curious friction in that, isn’t there? A man professionally versed in calculating risk and creating impenetrable barriers crafting a song about complete and total emotional surrender.
The track itself is a grand, sweeping affair—a blend of pop hooks, muscular rock guitar, and an EDM pulse that feels engineered to fill a stadium, or perhaps the final scene of a movie where the lovers finally kiss as a planet conveniently explodes behind them. It has that kind of scale. It eschews subtlety for sincerity, a choice so bold it feels almost radical in a world saturated with irony.
This isn’t a shy glance across a crowded room; it’s the booming, operatic declaration from the stage, unapologetic and blindingly bright. For a moment, it reminds me of the specific, slightly synthetic cherry scent of car air fresheners from the late 90s—overwhelmingly sweet, undeniably present, and nostalgic for a time when things felt simpler.
Through Lyons’s powerful delivery, the lyrics paint love not as a partnership, but as a cosmic event, a pre-written finale. The production swirls around this central thesis, a vortex of cinematic synths and driving rhythm designed to convince you that this is, in fact, how destiny sounds when it finally shows up.
The song doesn’t linger so much as it imprints. It leaves you contemplating the sheer force required to hold such a belief. What does a love song sound like when it’s written as the ultimate security system? Apparently, a whole lot like this.
