Sanremo 2026: Ditonellapiaga, revelation of the opening night: watch the video for "Che fastidio!". The surreal controversy over "Miss Italy"

She opened the 76th edition of the Sanremo Festival with "Che fastidio!", and was one of the standout revelations of the Festival's opening night. Margherita Carducci, aka Ditonellapiaga, has now officially released the track, available on radio and digital platforms.

Written and composed by Margherita Carducci together with Alessandro Casagni, Edoardo Castroni and Edoardo Ruzzi, “Che fastidio!” offers up acid house sounds bordering on techno, and its lyrics tackle, with an ironic edge, the small and large constraints of everyday life. The lyrics describe the feeling of being out of place, observing with detachment the situations and dynamics that generate unease in the frenetic environment the artist moves through. The arrangement is credited to maestro Carolina Bubbico. On the Ariston stage, the performance was accompanied by a dance troupe led by choreographer Dalila Frassanito, with six performers reinforcing the song's rhythmic drive.

Set in a hotel during a party that gradually slides into the surreal, the video for “Che fastidio!” follows Ditonellapiaga through eccentric characters and choreography built around deliberately disorienting situations. The screenplay is by Matteo Corradini, direction by Frametank, while production is handled by Mine Studio, which also oversaw the project's creative direction. The video visually develops the theme of disorientation tied to the pressure to conform to models and expectations.

Watch the video for “Che fastidio!” below.

The new album

“Che fastidio!” introduces “Miss Italy”, the new album by Ditonellapiaga, out April 10th and already available for pre-order. The album stems from a phase of artistic and personal reflection, driven by the need to redefine her coordinates and language.

Written entirely by Margherita Carducci in collaboration with Alessandro Casagni, who also handled production, “Miss Italy” was preceded by the single “Sì lo so”. The project explores the relationship with aesthetic and social standards and the idea of adequacy, while maintaining a sound built around electronic and pop-dance elements.

This new artistic phase will also be presented live, with a club tour planned for autumn 2026.

Miss Italy and the controversy

"No insult intended: it's a song about me and my relationship with perfection." At the Sanremo press conference, Ditonellapiaga responded this way to rumors of possible legal action by the organizers of the Miss Italy pageant, who object to the use of the name "Miss Italia" as the title of one of her songs and of the album that contains it.

The singer said she was surprised by the controversy. "I don't even know if they've heard the lyrics, especially since the song hasn't even come out yet," she noted, expressing regret over the affair: "I was hoping for a bit of self-irony. If it was seen as offensive, maybe people didn't realize I'm talking about myself, not about the pageant." As for the legal side, she said she wasn't dealing with it directly: "Those are legal matters, I don't know the technical language. The people in charge will handle it."

Ditonellapiaga then clarified the most disputed line, the one featuring the word "disperate" (desperate), arguing that it had been taken out of context. "I didn't say they're desperate. I'm talking about myself, about my own unease and about how I experience my own beauty," she explained. "It's absurd to argue over a lyric that hasn't even been released: all it takes is isolating one line and it looks like I'm calling Miss Italy desperate or pathetic. I never did that."

In the song, she added, the "desperation" refers to the difficulty of coming to terms with one's own image: "I'm talking about how you can end up hiding desperation behind make-up. Even a woman considered stunningly beautiful can feel sad." With these words, the artist put the matter to rest.

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