Sabina Beyli
When Love Becomes a Trap

Love can be intoxicating, especially when it starts to hurt. There’s a fine line between wanting someone and losing yourself in the process, and Sabina Beyli explores that tension in Everytime, a new single about the emotional traps we build around the people we cannot seem to leave behind.
Blending alternative rock and dark pop, the track captures the exhausting push and pull of a relationship where affection becomes a weapon. The closer you get, the further away the other person seems to drift. And somehow, walking away feels even harder than staying. “Everytime is about the moment you realise you’ve been confusing pain with attachment,” Beyli explains. “Intimacy became a form of control, and the closer I tried to get, the further away I felt.”
The Azerbaijani-born, Los Angeles-based artist recorded the single in Boston with producer Azulenrosa, with mixing and mastering by Mike Midura. It introduces Velvet Bruises, her forthcoming EP, expected in 2027. Built around the idea of finding beauty in damage, the project explores the contradictions of wanting someone you know you should leave behind.
After a run of releases in 2026 and a performance at The Alt Escape, Beyli continues to explore the darker side of alternative pop and rock.
Words
David Alarcón
Photography
Soul Tran
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