Text and meaning of Saturday eveningthe new single by Mara Sattei with Enrico Nigiottiout Friday May 29th via Epic Records.
Two of the most recognizable pens of Italian songwriting cross paths for the first time in the studio. Mara Sattei he comes back with a song designed for night car journeys and chooses Enrico Nigiotti as a guest voice, a collaboration that brings together two different but close ways of talking about love, missed returns and the cities you cross alone when a story is interrupted without really closing.
The piece arrives after four years of writing and work by the singer-songwriter that merged into the album What do I do with the time. Now the artist is preparing to return to the stage with the Club Tour 2026first round of concerts after a long live silence. Saturday evening therefore arrives as an opening stage towards a summer season which Mara Sattei and Enrico Nigiotti they choose to tell from the most vulnerable side, not from the postcard one.
Mara Sattei and Enrico Nigiotti – Saturday evening: the meaning of the song
The song was born within a specific scene: a car, the night, Rome. Two people who have moved away but continue to look for each other on the same streets, the same traffic lights, the same looks. Saturday evening it's not a resolved love song, it's not even the chronicle of a breakup. It is in the middle, in that space where a story no longer exists but habits do, and a known light is enough to reopen everything.
To tell it is Mara Sattei:
“'Saturday evening' is a song created for car journeys at night. It tells of two people who, after having drifted apart, continue to look for each other in the streets of Rome, finding in their gazes all the love they had left behind. The piece goes through a real roller-coaster journey of contrasting emotions, with the hope of being able to find each other again, in an aimless nocturnal race.
I immediately thought that Enrico was perfect on this song, I have always been a fan of his writing. Being able to work together was a pleasure and an honor for me and I discovered not only a great artist but also a wonderful person.”
On the opposite front, Enrico Nigiotti he tells how he got into the song:
“When Mara called me to propose that I participate in this song, I immediately accepted with great enthusiasm. We met in the studio and I wrote my verse trying to enter the song in the most sincere way possible. I also wanted to bring my guitar, because I wanted to leave something deeply mine within this collaboration.
In my opinion it's one of those songs that make you want to roll down the windows, sing at the top of your lungs and feel light, without worries. I am happy to have collaborated with Mara, who I consider a singer-songwriter of great sensitivity.”
Saturday evening it is therefore a summer single outside the box of the classic hit, a song that stays away from high BPMs and chooses to tell what happens afterwards, when the lights dim and only the noise of the asphalt remains.
A song that unites two different languages spoken in the same room.
The text of Saturday evening
Below is the text of the song, inserted in the context of the analysis.
The text of “Saturday evening” will be available on this page starting from Friday 29 May, the day of the single's release.
Song credits
Title: Saturday evening
Artists: Mara Sattei with Enrico Nigiotti
Label: Epic Records
Release date: Friday 29 May 2026
Mara Sattei live in 2026: the Club Tour
Saturday evening it is also the viaticum towards the live return of Mara Sattei. The artist announced the Club Tour 2026first tour in the clubs of the main Italian cities after four years of studio work on the album What do I do with the time. We have collected the dates, tickets and all the information on the tour on this page dedicated to the Club Tour 2026.
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