"Mami" is a song recorded by Romanian singer

Alexandra Stan Alexandra Ioana Stan (born 10 June 1989) is a Romanian singer. Born in Constanța, she made her worldwide breakthrough with the 2010 single " Mr. Saxobeat", which was written and produced by Marcel Prodan and Andrei Nemirschi. They had previous ...

for her fourth studio album of the same name (2018), independently released as its third single on 4 April 2018. It was written by Stan and Katie DiCicco, while production was handled by DiCicco and Simon Says. A

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recording, "Mami" explores

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. An accompanying music video was filmed by Bogdan Păun of NGM Creative and was uploaded onto Stan's official

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channel on 14 February 2018. Inspired by

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, it portrays the

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idealism of a

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daydreaming of her love interest.

Background and lyrics

"Mami" was written by

and Katie DiCicco, while production was handled by DiCicco and

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-based record producer Simon Says. Serge Courtois was credited for mixing and mastering the track. It was independently released as the third single from her fourth studio album of the same name (2018) on 4 April 2018 in Japan. The song was written mostly in

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, though a few lyrics are in

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(C'est incroyable/C'est impossible) and

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. During the

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, Stan repeats: "I love it when you call me Mami/I love it when you call me Mami/I love it when you call me Mami/'Cause you shake me like a

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", insinuating her desire to be viewed as a "

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". Valentin Malfroy of French website Aficia found the singer's vocals to be sensualized. Regarding the song's message, the singer said: "I am "Mami", I'm loving, I feel like the mother of all boys looking for attention and love, I feel fulfilled and happy with my

." During a Q&A session on her website, Stan dedicated "Mami" to "all the amazing women who are strong and powerful, who don't forget to love themselves and to love the others and toall the men who respect women in general .."

Music video

An accompanying music video for the song was uploaded onto Stan's official

channel on 14 February 2018. ''Note: Open description for credits.'' It was filmed by Bogdan Păun from NGM Creative in Romania, while Alexandru Mureșan acted as the

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. Ovidiu Buță, Ely Adam, Alexandra Craescu and Claudiu Alex Sarghe were additionally hired for styling, assistance, make-up and hair styling, respectively. Stan's hair styling was inspired by her mother's youth. An editor of Antena 1 wrote that Stan portrays a "lovely and sensual"

cooking in the kitchen. The singer is then seen daydreaming of her " papi". The publication also pointed out the video's "color, sensual movements and tsLatin atmosphere." Jonathan Currinn of CelebMix pointed out elements of

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in the video, writing: "Stan's mind wanders as she cooks food, imagining her lover appearing in the kitchen. Together, they knock out some dance moves and some provocative sexual scenes that become comedic when her mind drifts back to reality." Stan described the music video as being inspired by

, having coming up with the idea with her crew. She further explained that she wanted to showcase her love for cooking, as well as her desire to portray a

. Malfroy of Aficia wrote that Stan played a

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. Prior to the release of the visual, Stan received backlash from her fans for gaining weight and allegedly having

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Track listing

*Digital download #"Mami" – 3:32

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Antena 1. Technical and composing credits *Alexandra Stan – lead vocals, composer *Katie DiCicco – composer *Serge Courtois – mixing and mastering *Simon Says – producer Visual credits *Bogdan Păun –

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*Alexandru Mureșan –

*Ovidiu Buță – styling *Ely Adam – assistant *Alexandra Crăescu – make-up *Claudiu Alex Sarghe – hair styling

Release history

References

External links

Official video
on

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