Sara Diana resurfaces with a new single, “Diabolical Stranger,” which is one of her most lifelike yet. This new single surges with electric dark-dance vitality, straddling muscular poetic intimacy and the sweaty glamour of a Los Angeles disco on Halloween night. That track, from the very first beat, feels alive, sexy and dangerous in equal measure.
Sara settles into that dissonance with such ease, her loping vocals gliding along in the middle distance between exposure and confidence while the production crackles below her on “Diabolical Stranger." This pop track dances on a fine edge between fantasy and real heartbreak, feeling both cinematic and deeply personal.
“Diabolical Stranger” is at its best in that tension. It is a song that washes over you on the dance floor, but it also returns if you lean in close. All of that adds up to smart radio pop, one in which Sara Diana clearly knows the importance of timing, feel and storytelling, a pop product that feels confident, current and unmistakably hers.
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