"Taxi sulla Luna" is a song by Italian rapper Tony Effe and Italian singer Emma Marrone. It was released on 9 June 2023 through Universal Music Group and Capitol Records, as the second single from the rapper's second studio album Icon and later included in Emma's seventh studio album album Souvenir.
The song is the first featuring between the two artists, mixing dance-pop and rap sounds. In an interview with All Music Italia, Emma explained the meaning of the song and the decision to collaborate with the rapper:
Alessandro Alicandri of TV Sorrisi e Canzoni wrote that the meeting of Tony Effe's rap world and Emma's pop world generate "a very interesting point of contact" from a musical point of view, in which the singer was able to approach trap in a "free and carefree way, playing subtraction with her voice and pointing". The journalist appreciated Takagi & Ketra's production dictated by a "90s deep house base, totally club-like".
Claudio Cabona of Rockol described the collaboration as âÂÂcrazy and funâ although it âÂÂonly half worksâ since it âÂÂdoes not appear completely in focus, giving up on finding a credible fit between the two artists.â Cabona pointed out that while the rapper âÂÂsnares irreverent and ironic bars,â Emma's refrain seems âÂÂalien compared to the rest of the song.â Gabriele Fazio of Agenzia Giornalistica Italia wrote that Taxi sulla Luna is âÂÂnot a song, but a recipe, all in all successful,â even if it is âÂÂa catchphrase that in a handful of weeks we will put away to rot.âÂÂ
The music video for the song, directed by Late Milk, was released the same day of the single, through the rapper's YouTube channel.