Inside “La Mia Parola”: How Dunkan Helped Shape Shablo’s Sanremo Debut

When Shablo made his long-awaited debut at the Festival di Sanremo 2025 with La Mia Parola, much of the conversation focused on the power trio of Guè, Joshua, and Tormento. But behind the scenes, the record also carried the imprint of another rising figure in Italian music: Dunkan (Edoardo Medici), credited as one of the song’s writers.

Fanpage.it described the track as a “journey through Black and urban tradition,” an “exercise in style” that pulls from hip-hop, soul, and gospel while remaining contemporary in its storytelling. Shablo himself emphasized that the song’s roots come from the vocabulary of the street — a narrative about endurance, survival, and the search for meaning inside a harsh cityscape.

Dunkan contributed to the composition alongside Ernesto Canocchi, Luca Faraone, and Roberto Lamanna, weaving his melodic and lyrical instincts into the structure carried by Joshua’s voice. His writing supports the emotional backbone of the chorus — a refrain built on struggle, fatigue, and the will to keep going.

The song’s opening lines, cited in Fanpage’s coverage —
“È una street song / Per dare quello che ho / Brucerò fino alla fine / Chiuso tra cemento e smog…” — reinforce a theme that runs throughout Dunkan’s work: resilience as both a burden and an anthem.

Below is one of the live performance recordings that circulated following the Festival:

In an interview referenced by Fanpage, Shablo noted that La Mia Parola is designed as both homage and reinvention — drawing from soul and gospel traditions while grounding itself in contemporary urban production. The writing team, including Dunkan, infused these influences with a modern Italian perspective.

As Sanremo continues to highlight the intersection of mainstream pop and the country’s evolving hip-hop culture, Dunkan’s presence as a songwriter on one of the festival’s most talked-about urban entries marks another milestone in his expanding career — reinforcing his versatility as both an artist and a behind-the-scenes creative.

Source: Original reporting by Fanpage.it. Read the full article by Vincenzo Nasto here: https://www.fanpage.it/…/la-mia-parola/