Alt-R&B singer Alina Baraz reaches her breaking point in her new track, “Don’t Buy Me Roses.”
Co-produced by Los Hendrix and lophiile, “Don’t Buy Me Roses” hears Baraz reflecting on a relationship that has now come to an end and there’s nothing to repair the damage that has been done.
“Lookin’ back I was so naïve / You had me open / Said you were everything to me I didn’t notice / That you weren’t where you said / Who you with late at night, where you lay your head? / Call me crazy instead,” Baraz sings in the first verse.
The velvet-smooth song includes backing vocals from fellow R&B singer Col3trane.
“Don’t Buy Me Roses” is the follow-up to Baraz’s song “Keep Me In Love,” released in August. Baraz explained, “We pour so much time, love, and energy into ourselves, effortlessly and indefinitely. The idea [for the song] came from wondering if someone could ever do that for you. It’s easy to fall in love but to keep me in love, I long for that.”
Both songs are Baraz’s first taste of new music since her 2021 EPs Moongate and Sunbeam. In 2020, she released her debut album, It Was Divine, via Mom + Pop.
Baraz has since parted ways from the independent label, and is currently self-releasing music.
Stream Alina Baraz’s new song “Don’t Buy Me Roses” below.