Overview
- Laura Pausini released La Dernière chanson, a bilingual Italian–French duet with Julien Lieb that reinterprets Marco Mengoni’s Due Vite and follows Mengoni’s own prior French version.
- Negative reactions piled up on social platforms, with a notable share of criticism attributed to segments of Mengoni’s fan base as well as some Pausini fans.
- Reports say members of Pausini’s team replied directly to detractors, a move criticized as an error for its combative tone and for amplifying the dispute.
- On Rai Radio2’s La Pennicanza, Fiorello publicly supported Pausini, calling covers tributes and admonishing fans for attacking artists who reinterpret well-known songs.
- Media commentary framed the episode as fandom-driven identity conflict, citing academic research on how online communities can escalate artistic disagreements into symbolic battles.