Following the release of Trial by Fire at the end of February, Ian Cobiella continues to shape what already feels like a defining year with Have I Been Good To You. The new single sharpens his return with something more immediate, more physical — a track that doesn’t just unfold, but moves. Sitting somewhere between indie pop and rock, it carries an undercurrent drawn from his Cuban-Bolivian roots as a driving force.
“I wanted to make a song that moves because I want people to dance. The drum groove is built on a salsa clave, a pattern from Cuban music with this constant, almost obsessive forward momentum — which felt right with the lyrics. The song is sexy and manic, and I loved getting there in the writing and recording. This song is meant to feel like a tornado,” he explains.
That forward momentum defines everything here. The rhythm doesn’t sit in the background — it leads, looping insistently while the rest of the track stretches around it. There’s something slightly unstable in the way it builds, as if it could collapse or explode at any moment, but it never does. Instead, it holds that tension, turning it into energy.
Out now, the single offers a new glimpse into his debut EP, a project shaped through a process he describes as uncomfortable but necessary. You can hear that friction in the sound; it comes through as movement, as a kind of urgency that keeps everything in motion. Have I Been Good To You follows that same instinct, letting its edges stay present while the track keeps unfolding. It spins, it builds, and somewhere along the way, you find yourself moving with it.