His studio then looked like a hobbit house, he had a low table, an upright piano, papers everywhere with written words, it was like entering a laboratory.

What I had done before was very metaphorical, I didn't speak so directly about my own things, it was a song of great emotional commitment and in addition to writing it in English, I had tried, and succeeded, to open a window to sing it in Italian as well.

[3] Franco Zanetti of Rockol, reviewing the song, reports that "Elisa was indeed an impressive novelty for Italian pop", since with "Luce (tramonti a nord est)" 'she brings a wind of novelty: she translates into accessible sounds some of the stylistic features of atmospheric and livid electropop, [...] with the merit of not sacrificing anything in terms of melody and emotionality', through 'a highly suggestive acoustic cloud'.

Zanetti also writes that the lyrics adopt 'a triumph of naturalism that filters the fragile condition of a relationship that has broken off communication', associating them with the songs of Mogol and Zucchero, concluding that 'the hypnotic repetition of "ascoltami" in the finale, in which the voice seems to enchant itself, [.

...] until it resonates with the air and with the echoes of the landscape, to close on a sudden and dazzling change, [...] which speaks of consciences to be questioned, perspectives to be overturned and voices to be no longer covered".

[24] In 2018, 17 years after its release, it earned a second gold disc for the more than 25 000 copies sold, counted by Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana since 2009.

[35] The song was performed by Italian rapper Rancore and La Rappresentante di Lista during the covers' night at the Sanremo Music Festival 2020.