J-AX is competing at Sanremo Festival 2026 with the song Italy Starter Pack.
In this tab you will find meaning of the song, text (when available), authors, publishersdetails on duet of the cover eveningpossible upcoming album and information on tours.
What Italia Starter Pack is about – the meaning of the song
In the song Italy Starter Pack, J-AX builds a list of “instructions for use” of the country: daily tricks, compromises, small normalized illegalities, cynicism and resignation (“giving up everything halfway”).
The “bad song” refrain is deliberately pop and repetitive: it serves to make memorable a speech which, beneath the irony, speaks of survival and adaptation.
Between stadium chants, shared passwords and “only for pizza with pineapple” protests, the piece focuses on a collective identity made of contradictions: criticism and affection coexist, as in an unfiltered self-portrait.
Text of “Italia Starter Pack” – J-AX
Below is the text of the song presented by J-AX al Sanremo Festival 2026.
Always says the old man in the neighborhood, older than his teeth
You can understand this country from a construction site, five say what to do, only one who does it…
Better to be outside than inside, everyone has something to hide…
There are none in Heaven at the moment, rather than having faith, an accomplice is better…
Share the password, we'll cut the wi-fi in half
Sing a stadium choir, so they know who you are, wherever you go…
We need a bad song that goes… pa pa parappa
Drop everything halfway
Here you always need a bit of ass to make a living
It's forbidden but it doesn't matter, I'll pass you the gas hose…
Italy starter pack
The man who gives me drinks says that he who drives should have no mercy
This country is like with precedence, and only those who take it, it never belongs to those who have it..
Eh… The less you know, the happier you will be, let's get a shot of happiness
Here we don't protest about wages, only about pizza with pineapple…
There is time to pay, since you already have debts
Enjoy this moment, you don't know when you go…
We need a bad song that goes… pa pa parappa
Drop everything halfway
Here you always need a bit of ass to make a living
It's forbidden but it doesn't matter, I'll pass you the gas hose…
Italy starter pack
And they tell us that we are dishonest, crafty, all great mama's boys
Of wrong laws and correct coffee, but we also have defects
Oh actually…
We need a bad song that goes… pa pa parappa
Drop everything halfway
Here you always need a bit of ass to make a living
It's forbidden but it doesn't matter, I'll pass you the gas hose…
Italy starter pack
“Italia Starter Pack” certified gold
Italy Starter Pack Of J-AX it was certified gold in week 21 of 2026.
The song, presented at Sanremo Festival 2026obtained FIMI/GfK certification after its release on February 25, 2026 for Columbiadistribution EMS.
Authors and editors of “Italia Starter Pack”
Authors: J-AXAndrea Bonomo, Lorenzo Buso
Composers: J-AXAndrea Bonomo, Lorenzo Buso
Publishers: THAMSANQA SRL / BUSO LORENZO / WILLY L'ORBO / CURCI EDIZIONI SRL / STAR SRL ED MUS / ALMA
Production: Edlin, Renzo Stone
How many times has J-AX participated in Sanremo?
That of Sanremo 2026 it is the second participation in the Festival for J-AXafter the experience with Article 31.
- 2023 – A nice trip – 16th – BIG (Article 31)
- 2026 – Italy Starter Pack – BIG
J-AX's duet in the cover evening
In the evening of the covers of Sanremo 2026, J-AX will perform with the Ligera County Fam (composed of Coco Ponzoni, Paolo Rossi, Ale and Franz And Paolo Jannacci) on the notes of And life, life Of Cochi and Renato.
The original song is a light and disenchanted hymn: life as a passing thing, which is observed with irony and a pinch of melancholy. A classic that works precisely because it manages to seem simple while telling a lot.
The report card after pre-listening to the press
Alvise Salerno's vote for AMI: 6/10
Average press rating: 6.31
When will J-AX sing in Sanremo 2026?
At the moment the performance days for the second and third evening have not been revealed. The artist will certainly perform on Tuesday 24th, Friday 27th and Saturday 28th February.
Article updated after gold certification Italy Starter Pack.
