"Las-o…" (English: "Let her…") is a song by Romanian rapper Vescan featuring
Florin Ristei
Florin Ristei (born Traian Florin Ristei; 29 August 1987) is a Romanian singer and television presenter. He was born in the city of Galați, Romania, but he currently lives in Bucharest. He is best known for his debut single, "Dana" (together wit ...
. It was released on 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 ).
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.
Music videos and promotion
Two accompanying music videos for "Las-o…" were made. The first one was uploaded to YouTube on . It is dubbed as the ''Xsession'' version and it features Vescan, Ristei and the band all playing the song. As of , 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 . It illustrates the meaning and the lyrics of the song with Vescan playing the cheated boyfriend. As of , 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.
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
See also
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References
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2016 songs
2016 singles
Number-one singles in Romania