SHINY — RAGE CAN BE A LOVE LANGUAGE

Fashion Editorial

SHINY — RAGE CAN BE A LOVE LANGUAGE

Talent
Shiny

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Shiny might make rage music, but anger isn’t all he has to say.

Within Italy’s evolving rage scene, Shiny is exploring the charged possibility of what happens when music carries the force of anger while reaching for love, balance and peace. The intensity stays; the feeling behind it changes.

His sound brings melodic trap into contact with futuristic textures and rage influences, holding intimate writing at its centre. Here, vulnerability gives the energy somewhere to go.

SHINY — RAGE CAN BE A LOVE LANGUAGE, fashion editorial photographed by Alessia Barontini (1 of 10)
SHINY — RAGE CAN BE A LOVE LANGUAGE, fashion editorial photographed by Alessia Barontini (2 of 10)

WHAT IF TENDERNESS IS THE PROVOCATION?

Shiny takes the intensity of rage and brings other emotions into it.

Against the genre’s association with aggression, his search for emotional balance creates a different kind of tension. Love enters the noise, and peace becomes something to pursue within it. Friction arises in that pursuit, and that is where his world starts to take shape.

It’s a kind of new romanticism, with futuristic production and an emotional openness that runs through the music. The result feels a little removed from the world around it.

SHINY — RAGE CAN BE A LOVE LANGUAGE, fashion editorial photographed by Alessia Barontini (3 of 10)
SHINY — RAGE CAN BE A LOVE LANGUAGE, fashion editorial photographed by Alessia Barontini (4 of 10)

A COLD SURFACE. SOMETHING ALIVE UNDERNEATH.

For Shiny, music, image and language belong to the same narrative. Graphics and symbols extend each release, while his cool visual language meets the intimacy of his writing. Every project adds a chapter; every chapter changes how the others read.

His 2024 collaboration with Lil Cr on 1 of 1 brought him greater visibility. Releases in 2026, including Il Beneficio Del Dubbio, Rimedio, Lean Pose and Vecchio scenario, nuovo copione, have continued to sharpen that artistic identity.

SHINY — RAGE CAN BE A LOVE LANGUAGE, fashion editorial photographed by Alessia Barontini (5 of 10)
SHINY — RAGE CAN BE A LOVE LANGUAGE, fashion editorial photographed by Alessia Barontini (6 of 10)
SHINY — RAGE CAN BE A LOVE LANGUAGE, fashion editorial photographed by Alessia Barontini (7 of 10)

HOW DO YOU FOLLOW THAT?

A new project is expected in early 2027. Its details remain under wraps, leaving the next chapter open to speculation.

The question is how far Shiny will push the tension that makes his work compelling, creating a sound with the force to confront, and a desire to find something gentler inside it.

What happens when rage reaches for peace?

SHINY — RAGE CAN BE A LOVE LANGUAGE, fashion editorial photographed by Alessia Barontini (8 of 10)
SHINY — RAGE CAN BE A LOVE LANGUAGE, fashion editorial photographed by Alessia Barontini (9 of 10)
SHINY — RAGE CAN BE A LOVE LANGUAGE, fashion editorial photographed by Alessia Barontini (10 of 10)

Credits

Photography
Alessia Barontini
Creative Direction
Eleonora Bosio
Styling Assistants
Federico Sciancalepore, Alessio Gioffreda, Mickey Macias
Project Manager
Mattia de Candia
Photography Assistant & Post-production
Ylenia Nese
Make-up & Grooming
Sara Selvestrel
Talent
Shiny

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