Passionate about rock and electronic music, THE KOLORS (Antonio Stash Fiordispino on vocals and guitar, Alex Fiordispino on drums, and Dario Iaculli on bass) began collaborating in Milan in 2009, quickly becoming the resident band of Le Scimmie, one of the city's most celebrated venues. In 2011, they released ''I Don't Give A Funk'', which entered the MTV New Generation playlist featuring their friend Andy from Bluvertigo. International dates in Stockholm, Berlin, and London followed, before the band returned to Italy to open for Paolo Nutini (July 2012), Gossip (November 2012) and Hurts (March 2013), and performed as special guests for the Rome date of Atoms For Peace (June 2013).
In 2015, they won the TV show ''Amici'' and took home the critics' award. That May, the album ''Out'' (with collaborations from Elisa and Mace) reached number one on Italy's best-selling albums chart, holding that position for a record-breaking 12 consecutive weeks and earning five Platinum records. Its lead single ''Everytime'' was one of the most played tracks on Italian radio that year and soundtracked Vodafone's national advertising campaign. A sold-out summer tour followed — including a show at the Expo 2015 Open Air Theatre in front of more than 10,000 spectators — and the band received a nomination for Best Italian Act at the 2015 MTV European Music Awards and graced the cover of the Italian edition of Rolling Stone.
In May 2017, they released ''YOU'', recorded in London and preceded by the single ''What Happened Last Night'' featuring Gucci Mane, with contributions from former Oasis and Beady Eye members Andy Bell and Gem Archer, producer Tommaso Colliva (Muse) and mixer Mark ''Spike'' Stent (Ed Sheeran, Beyoncé, OneRepublic). In February 2018, The Kolors made their Sanremo debut with their first original Italian song, ''Frida (mai, mai, mai)''.
In March 2019, they signed with Island Records/Universal Music and released the duet ''Pensare male'' with Elodie, which became the most played Italian song on radio in 2019 with over 50 million views, followed by ''Los Angeles'' with Guè Pequeno. From 2020 onward, a string of radio hits confirmed their staying power: ''Non è vero'' (2020), ''Mal di Gola'' and ''Cabriolet Panorama'' (2021, one of the year's most-played tracks), ''Leoni al Sole'' written with Tommaso Paradiso and Dardust, and ''Blackout'' (2022).
In April 2023, The Kolors signed a new deal with Warner Music Italy and released ''ITALODISCO'', which held the number one spot on the FIMI chart for 11 weeks, accumulated over 305 million streams, earned 6x Platinum in Italy, Platinum in Switzerland, Austria and Slovakia, and a Double Diamond record in Poland. It was one of the most Shazamed tracks in the world in 2023. Their Sanremo 2024 entry, ''Un ragazzo una ragazza'', was certified double Platinum in Italy and Gold in Poland, while their first European tour (2024–2025) — spanning Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia — sold out entirely. On 3 May 2024, they released ''Karma'', certified Platinum and confirmed as the most played Italian song on radio across the entire year of 2024, also chosen as the soundtrack for Cornetto Algida's summer campaign.
At Sanremo 2025, The Kolors competed with ''Tu con chi fai l'amore'', finishing 14th in the final standings but going on to dominate the airwaves, reaching number one on the Earone radio chart for several consecutive weeks and earning a double Platinum certification. That same spring, they completed a new album — their first since ''YOU'' in 2017 — and on 16 May 2025 released the standalone single ''Pronto come va'', which debuted at number one on the Earone chart and held the position for four weeks.
Choosing not to compete at Sanremo 2026 for a third consecutive year — ''it would have been too much; we preferred to focus on the album'' — The Kolors nonetheless appeared on the Piazza Colombo outdoor stage during the festival week. On 27 March 2026, they unveiled the new single ''Rolling Stones'' (Atlantic Records/Warner Music Italy), written with Calcutta and Davide Petrella, and described as the opening chapter of a new sonic evolution: a dive into fresh, contagious reggae fused with the band's signature funk-pop attitude and tropical groove. The track entered as the second-highest new entry on radio in its debut week. The accompanying video, directed by the YouNuts! collective and produced by Maestro, stars Eva Henger and Gianni Celeste.
In summer 2026, ''THE KOLORS LIVE 2026'' — produced by Friends & Partners in collaboration with Colorsound — brought the band back to the live dimension with four outdoor dates across Italy: the Mirano Summer Festival (Venice), the Assisi Summer Festival at the Rocca Maggiore, the Teatro delle Rocce in Gavorrano (Grosseto) and Asiago Live 2026 in Piazza Carli.
On 14 September 2026, following that summer of major live appearances, The Kolors announced their new international tour, ''EUROPE, USA & CANADA TOUR 2027'', produced by Gianluca Tozzi for Momy Records. The tour opens in Basel on 5 April 2027 and visits Zurich, Innsbruck, Frankfurt, Munich, London, Brussels, Luxembourg, Barcelona and Warsaw before heading to North America in November 2027 for the band's long-awaited debut across the United States and Canada — Atlantic City, Boston, Chicago, Montreal and Toronto — concluding in Los Angeles at the Whisky a Go Go on 19 November 2027. Sixteen dates on two continents that confirm the band's growing international presence, the result of a long artistic journey that has seen The Kolors achieve increasing success outside Italy in recent years.
From the very beginning of their career to today, The Kolors have accumulated 4 Gold records, 20 Platinum records and 2 Diamond records across Europe, with over 700 million total streams on Spotify.
