ALFA, LOVE HASN’T MISSED ITS TRAIN!

The train is late. Usually, this is when we check the departure board, sigh and send a message to say we will arrive later. Alfa takes that everyday inconvenience and changes its ending: two people might find themselves on the same platform who, had everything run on time, would never have met.

That is where Eri solo da incontrare begins. Released on 30 October 2026 through Artist First, the single follows its live premiere at Verona’s Arena and previews Tempo al tempo, the album the singer-songwriter is working on. The single is available now; the album remains a project in preparation.

There was a life before you

The song’s idea works because it does not begin with a happy couple photographed at their best. It looks at everything that came before: journeys, confusing days and waiting. Experiences whose destination we cannot yet know while we are living them.

Its perspective belongs to someone looking back after an important encounter and recognising a path. That does not mean every disappointment was necessary, or that every relationship had to end to make room for a better one. That would be too convenient an explanation for complicated feelings. In this song, though, the past stops looking like nothing but wasted time: it becomes part of the lives of two people who have now found each other.

This detail may speak to people who already have years of love behind them. Remembering how we met often means rediscovering an almost forgotten version of ourselves: what worried us, where we worked, who invited us to that dinner. Above all, how little we knew then about what would happen.

Real couples enter the video

The music video expands the story beyond the song’s two protagonists. Alfa invited couples to contribute their own videos, sharing images of their time together. The result brings relationships, memories and different faces into the musical project, alongside some familiar people.

They include Amadeus and Giovanna Civitillo, as well as José Sebastiani with his girlfriend Beatrice. Creators and other couples who answered the invitation appear too. Recognising someone may make us press play. What makes us stay is a more personal question: which images would we choose to tell our own love story?

They would not necessarily be the ones with the nicest outfits. Perhaps a blurred photograph, a Sunday on the sofa or a departure with sleepy eyes. Pictures that need explaining to others but already contain everything for us. In a video made from people’s memories, this difference matters: there is one public image, but those who lived it see much more.

A relationship’s timeline is not a race

Showing how long you have been together is an immediate way to describe a bond. Yet years alone do not measure its quality. A new couple is worth no less than one celebrating a major anniversary, and being single today does not mean falling behind.

That is how we like to hear this song: as a story to share, without turning it into a countdown for anyone waiting for something. Its title leaves room for possibility. It sets no deadline, tells nobody when they must find love and does not promise that waiting without living will be enough.

Meanwhile, we can go out, change direction, build friendships and pursue our interests. If that person arrives, they will find a life already being lived. There will be plenty of stories to exchange.

Listening together can also reopen our own album of memories. Which journey really tells the couple’s story? What song was playing that evening? Sometimes we discover that we kept different details of the same day, and that difference makes the story richer.

A dedication with an extra question

If we send the song to someone, we might add a question: ‘Which moment of our first meeting do you remember best?’ Their answer may differ from ours. We remember the first sentence; they remember a laugh or the awkwardness of not knowing how to say hello.

That is when a song becomes more than a ready-made dedication and opens a conversation. We do not need to resemble the couples in the video. We have our own pictures, our waiting and even our delays to tell. Perhaps, for once, a departure board with the minutes mounting will also suggest a possible beginning.