Abbate started playing piano at 5 years old and graduated in sociology. In 2013 she won a contest for songwriters promoted by
SIAE and by the
comune of
Genoa, "Genova per voi", and got a contract with
Universal Music Group. For her songs, she generally is the sole author for the music and collaborates with (Alfredo Giulio Rapetti, the son of
Mogol) for the lyrics. Abbate wrote over 100 songs, including
successful hits the diamond certified hits "
Roma-Bangkok" for
Baby K and
Giusy Ferreri, "
L'amore eternit" for
Fedez and
Noemi. As a singer, Abbate featured "In radio" by
Marracash, with whom she also toured, and with
Baby K on "Chiudo gli occhi e salto", later certified gold by
Fimi. She was also vocal coach in the
Rai 2 musical reality show
The Voice. In 2016 she also wrote songs for
Elodie,
Fiorella Mannoia,
Arisa,
Gué Pequeno and
Marracash. During 2017 Abbate was the lyrichist of
Michele Bravi's "Il diario degli errori" for
Sanremo Music Festival 2017 and "Semplice" for
Elodie, soundtrack for
Federico Moccia's film ''Non c'è campo''. She wrote "Dopotutto", debut single by
Federica Carta, multi-platinum single "
Voglio ballare con te" for Baby K and Andres Dvicio, and several singles for
J-Ax,
Fedez,
Arisa,
Giusy Ferreri and
Emis Killa. In September 2017 Federica releases her debut solo single "Fiori sui balconi". In January 2018 Abbate took part at
Sanremo Giovani, for young Italian songwriters and singers, reaching the second position and winning the Critics' Award. On 18 May 2018 Abbate published her first EP,
In foto vengo male, anticipated by "Pensare troppo mi fa male", in collaboration with
Marracash. She also collaborated on Carl Brave "La cuenta", which entered at position 46 of the Italian Singles Chart. In 2018 Abbate also wrote songs with
Emma Marrone,
Alessandra Amoroso and
Gemitaiz. She wrote successful summer singles, including "
Amore e capoeira" for
Giusy Ferreri and
Takagi & Ketra, "Non ti dico no" for
Loredana Bertè and
Boomdabash, "
Vivere tutte le vite" with
Elisa and
Eros Ramazzotti's "Per le strade una canzone". In 2019 Abbate wrote several Italian hits for
Boomdabash, including "Per un milione", "
Mambo salentino" (with
Alessandra Amoroso), "Ti volevo dedicare" (with
J-Ax and
Rocco Hunt). She composed "Arrogante" for
Amici di Maria De Filippi's winner
Irama, "
Jambo" for
Giusy Ferreri,
Takagi & Ketra and
Omi, "
Una volta ancora" for
Fred De Palma and
Spanish singer
Ana Mena, "
Playa" by
Baby K. She also worked with
Fiorella Mannoia,
Paola Turci and
Fedez. In 2019 Abbate was also selected by
Sanremo Giovani with "I sogni prima di dormire", but she was eliminated. On 21 May 2019 Abbate released the collaboration "Camera con vista" with
Lorenzo Fragola. In 2023 Abbate co-wrote Elodie's song "
Due" and
Mr. Rain's "
Supereroi", both artists' entry for the
2023 edition of the
Sanremo Music Festival. On 4 September 2023 she announced the release of her first studio album,
Canzoni per gli altri, anticipated by the single of the same name in collaboration with
Elisa. In September 2024 Abbate was honored with the Songwriter of the Year at the
Billboard Italia Women in Music. ==Discography==