Met Gala (album)

Met Gala
Studio album by Sarah Toscano
Released	3 October 2025 (2025-10-03)
Genre	Pop [1] dance pop [1]
Length	28:08
Label	Warner Music Italy
Producer	Due Cripo GRND ITACA Riccardo Scirè Shune Wolvs
Singles from Met Gala
"Tacchi fra le dita" Released: 4 October 2024 "Amarcord" Released: 12 February 2025 "Taki" Released: 23 May 2025 "Semplicemente" Released: 12 September 2025

Met Gala is the debut studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Sarah Toscano, released on 3 October 2025 by Warner Music Italy. ^{[2] [3]}

The album contains the song "Amarcord", with which Toscano competed at the 75th Sanremo Music Festival, ^{[4] [5]} finishing in seventeenth place. ^{[6] [7]}

Background and composition

In October 2024, Toscano began work on her album, releasing its first single, "Tacchi (fra le dita)". ^{[8] [9]} In February 2025, Toscano competed in the 75th Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Amarcord," also included on the album. ^{[10] [11]}

In May 2025, Toscano shared a "Met Gala" teaser video via her social media profiles. ^{[12] [13]} On 15 September, Toscano revealed the album's 3 October release via her social media profiles, along with the list of its ten tracks. ^{[14] [15]}

The recording project consists of ten tracks written by Toscano herself and others including Alessandro La Cava, Eugenio Maimone, Federica Abbate, Olly, Jacopo Angelo Ettorre and Tommaso Santoni, and producers including Gianmarco Grande, aka GNRD, ITACA, Wolvs, and Cripo. Primarly a pop and dance pop record, the album features country, electropop and urban influences ^{[16] [17]} . In an interview with the magazine TV Sorrisi e Canzoni , Toscano said that the choice of the title and the meaning of the album "...is a wish for my future, I want to aim high. Participating in an event like this means having achieved real success. Sometimes I'm myself and every now and then it takes a boost of self-esteem. This is a reminder to think positively." ^[18]

Promotion

Singles

The first single from the album, "Tacchi (fra le dita)", was released on 4 October 2024. ^{[19] [20]} Toscano previewed it on 29 September during the first episode of the twenty-fourth edition of the talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi . ^{[21] [22]}

The album's second single, "Amarcord", ^[23] was released on February 12, 2025, coinciding with Toscano performance at the 75th Sanremo Music Festival. ^{[24] [25]}

The third single from the album was "Taki", ^[26] released on 23 May 2025 ^[27] and previewed on May 18 during the ninth final episode of the evening of the twenty-fourth edition of the talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi . ^{[28] [29]}

On 13 August 2025, Toscano performed a live preview of the fourth track from the album "Maledetto ti amo" at the Red Valley Festival in Olbia (SS), on the occasion of the fifteenth date of the "Sarah Toscano Summer tour 2025". ^{[30] [31]}

On 12 September 2025, the fourth single from the album, "Semplicemente", was released, featuring a duet with Mida, ^[32] which premiered live on 2 September at Future Hits Live at the Verona Arena. ^{[33] [34]} The song was then used as the theme song and as the soundtrack of the youth series Riv4li, available on Netflix from October 1. ^{[35] [36]}

On 14 October 2025, Toscano performed the songs from the album during the first episode of the ninth season of "Radio Subasio Music Club", broadcast on Radio Subasio and hosted by Gloria Gallo. ^{[37] [38]}

Tour

• "Sarah Toscano Met Gala instore tour 2025":
  • This is an instore tour of shopping centers taking place on ten dates from 3 to 23 October 2025: 3 October in Bussolengo (VR), 4 October in Nichelino (TO), 5 October in Genoa, 6 October in Arese (MI), 7 October in Catania, 8 October in Rome, 9 October in Trevi (PG), 12 October in Pagani (SA), 16 October in Roncadelle (BS) and 23 October in Mestre (VE); ^[39]
• "Sarah Toscano Live 2025":
  • These are two live club concerts which will take place respectively on 18 October at the Magazzini Generali in Milan and on 25 October 2025 at the Largo Venue in Rome, ^[40] which on 7 April both sold out. ^[41]

Track listing

Met Gala track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Met Gala"	Sarah Toscano Gianpiero Gentile Raffaele Esposito	Due	2:46
2.	"Semplicemente" (from the original Netflix series "RIV4LI") (with Mida)	Toscano Christian Prestato Gianmarco Grande Tommaso Santoni	GRND	3:07
3.	"Desco"	Toscano Grande Elisa Mariotti Santoni	GRND	2:45
4.	"Maledetto ti amo"	Toscano Grande Emanuela Caricchia	GRND	2:49
5.	"Taki"	Toscano Alessandro La Cava Federica Abbate Nicola Lazzarin	Cripo	2:33
6.	"Dopo di te"	Toscano Grande Mariotti	GRND	3:08
7.	"Amarcord"	Toscano Eugenio Maimone Abbate Federico Mercuri Giordano Cremona Jacopo Ettorre Leonardo Grillotti	ITACA Wolvs	3:02
8.	"Tacchi (fra le dita)"	Abbate Federico Olivieri Mercuri Cremona Maimone Grillotti	ITACA Wolvs	2:46
9.	"Caos"	Toscano Riccardo Scirè Andrea Spigaroli	Scirè	2:33
10.	"Match Point"	Toscano La Cava Luca Ghiazzi Rocco Biazzi	Shune	2:38

Exclusive tracks from the physical version

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Tacchi (fra le dita)" (acoustic version)	2:46
12.	"Amarcord" (acoustic version)	3:03

Personnel

• Sarah Toscano – vocals
• Christian "Mida" Prestato – featured vocals (track 2)
• Federico Mercuri – programming, production (tracks 7–8)
• Gianmarco "GNRD" Grande – programming, production, recording (track 2)
• Gigi Barocco (Luigi Barone) – mastering, mixing (tracks 2, 5)
• Giordano Cremona – programming, production (tracks 7–8)
• Leonardo "Wolvs" Grillotti – programming (track 8), production (tracks 7–8)
• Nicola "Cripo" Lazzarin – programming, production, recording (track 5)

Charts

Chart performance for Met Gala

Chart (2025)	Peak position
Italian Albums (FIMI) [42]	6

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