Álvaro Díaz and Nathy Peluso Play an Imperfect Couple on ‘XQ Eres Así’

Nathy Peluso and Álvaro Díaz and are tired of each other’s antics — but won’t let their imperfections stop things from getting heated. On Tuesday, the Argentinian vocalist/rapper and the Puerto Rican rap star released their collaboration “XQ Eres Así,” alongside a video filmed in Mexico City.

In it, the musicians play a pair of imperfect lovers in a Nineties-set home in Mexico, and they question their dynamic in the lyrics. The visual jumps between the musicians fighting, and then making up, in different parts of their home.

“When there was fire, we got lit up. It was a liberating sensation. We desired each other so much that it caught fire, and we burnt ourselves for real,” sings Peluso in her verse as she’s captured approaching Díaz in bed in one scene.

The video and lyrical theme fit into Díaz’s recent album Sayonara, which he told Rolling Stone was inspired by what a “Puerto Rican-style breakup.”

“As soon as you’re single again, people in P.R. will say, ‘Forget about that, vamos pa la calle!’ and you ultimately end up distracting yourself and ignoring how you feel,” he told Rolling Stone over the summer. “That’s what I capture in the album: The first part is all perreo and trying to ignore the pain but the second half gets more emotional and is about choosing to move on.”

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“XQ Eres Así” is set to be featured on the deluxe edition of Sayonara, which drops Oct. 15. In May, Díaz dropped the album, featuring “Gatitas Sandungueras Vol. 1” and the Rauw Alejandro collab “BYAK,” which was recently nominated for a Latin Grammy. He’s been playing sold-out shows in support of the LP.

Meanwhile, Peluso released her fiery rap album Grasa, and its remix album Club Grasa, earlier this year. The LP featured collaborations with Duki on “Manhattan,” Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso on “Todo Roto,” and Blood Orange on “El Día Que Perdí Mi Juventud.”