It’s been nearly one year since Álvaro Díaz released his wildly popular 2024 project SAYONARA, but now he’s back for more. The Puerto Rican artist is ushering a new era in the Álvarito-verse by reuniting with veteran producer and frequent collaborator Tainy for his latest track, “PARANOIA.”
Díaz opens the track with his signature airhorn sound and puts his anxious-attachment style on full display as he desperately croons for his lover to never leave him. He shares his deepest, most insecure thoughts and feelings that erupt when a lover begins to pull away. It’s Díaz in his sadboy era, trying to hold on as tightly as he can.
The accompanying music video was inspired by the 2023 film The Bikeriders and highlights the rapper’s penchant for pop culture easter eggs. Directed by The Movement and with creative direction from the rapper himself, it features a ruthless femme fatale as she seamlessly pivots from lover to lover. The scenes accentuate the track’s desperate subject matter as Díaz lurks behind doors and waits outside of the house for his turn to sweep his lady away.
