Vone of the most intense voices and recognizable from the urban scene, Mara Sattei returns to the Sanremo competition for the second time – the first in 2023 – with the ballad The things you don’t know about me. Multifaceted and thoughtful artist, lThe singer wrote the entire song, produced by his brother Thasup. Very young rapper and very popular producer from the whole hip hop scene.
Mara Sattei at Sanremo 2026 with The things you don’t know about me. Lyrics and meaning of the song
Written entirely by Mara Sattei – And produced by brother thasup (Davide Sattei), Dona and Enrico BrunIl – The things you don’t know about me comes from a deep conviction: the best love stories are the ones where everything it happens in a simple way and natural. In the song, the singer talks about falling in love which takes shape slowly, which grows because it leaves space and does not ask to be different from what we are.
The piece highlights not only Mara Sattei’s writing, but also her vocal qualities and interpretative. Musically articulated, The things you don’t know about me contains a chorus with a wide opening that enhances the extension and sensitivity of the voicewith changes in tone and refined dynamics that underline its complexity. The genesis of the song is equally significant: the piece was born spontaneously, almost instinctivelyand fully reflects the artist’s stylistic signature and musical vision.
Mara Sattei. (Photo by Cristiano Temporin)
Who is Mara Sattei, one of the most intense voices of recent years
Born in Fiumicino in 1995, Mara Sattei’s musical story began to take shape at just 13 years old with the first songs written in the bedroom. After being protagonist of several national feats and international, the first album arrives in January 2022 Universe while a few months later it is among the protagonists of the summer thanks to catchphrase The sweet life of Fedez together with Tananai.
In 2023, however, the first participation in the competition in Sanremo arrives with Two thousand minutes and, two months later, he released the single Pockets (produced by Zef), presented live for the first time at the Concertone del Primo Maggio of Rome. The following year it comes out the second album of unreleased songs Only troubledriven by the single Time (All The Things She Said).
Mara Sattei at the Sanremo Festival 2023. (Getty Images)
The relationship with his brother thasup and the album Gospel House
Sister of the singer and producer thasupthe joint album will be released in 2024 Gospel Housea project that looks back the values and history of the Sattei brothers. A record born in a totally spontaneous way, by gospel matrix, in which the two artists have contained many worlds within. Going back to the origins of that musical genre so loved by the whole family and that Davide and Sara listened to and sang from an early age.
The album once again certifies simplicity, elegance and great transversality which makes Mara capable of combining pop and urban. Straddling tradition and continuous evolution, the singer-songwriter, with her writing, focuses on intimate and personal themes, in which pain and fragility are not described as a point of arrival but as necessary steps for the transformation. Always keeping in the center expressive urgency and an essential and direct narrative.
Mara Sattei’s new album
Published last February 13th, What do I do with my time it’s the new album of unreleased songs by Mara Sattei. Alongside the singer-songwriter, some of the artists who accompanied her during this creative journey: Naomi, thasup and Mecna. The album was released before the participation in the Sanremo Festival and was included in a moment of strong definition of Mara’s artistic careerone of the most recognizable and transversal singer-songwriters of the contemporary Italian music scene.
An intimate and layered project, the album focuses on time as an emotional spacedaily choice, act of presence. A time that it must not be chased or filled by force, but listened to, inhabited, let happen. A time that becomes narrative and sound materialcapable of giving value even to pauses, to silences, to the things that remain when everything stops.
The cover of Mara Sattei’s album “Che me ne fai del tempo”. (Press Office Help)
Cover night
Friday 27 February, Mara Sattei will be accompanied on the Ariston stage by Mecnaone of the most refined and recognizable pens in the urban scene Italian. Together they will interpret The last kissiconic song by Carmen Consoli written for the film of the same name by Gabriele Muccino.
A choice that comes from mutual respect between Mara and Mecna and by an evident artistic affinity, matured over time. THE two artists in fact share a common musical vision and they wanted pay homage to one of the greatest Italian singer-songwriters. Capable of representing the value of the word and the depth of emotion to the maximum.
