Spanish breakout star Guitarricadelafuente has released a new summer version of the song “Pipe Dream” featuring Australian star Troye Sivan. The original song was featured on Guitarrica’s acclaimed new album ‘Spanish Leather.’
Guitarrica and Troye have developed a creative friendship in recent years beginning with their song “In My Room” on Troye’s 2023 album ‘Something To Give Each Other.” “Closing the circle with Troye has been an incredible experience,” says Álvaro Lafuente Calvo aka Guitarricadelafuente. “Being the only feature on each other’s albums feels deeply meaningful to me. In many ways, ‘Pipe Dream’ picks up where ‘In My Room’ left off—drifting further into that intimate space, leaving the listener suspended in a dreamlike state.”
“Pipe Dream” explores the fragile boundary between reality and illusion—posing the question: do we dream to escape, or to survive? The phrase pipe dream refers to a beautiful but unattainable illusion. Here, Guitarricadelafuente doesn’t drift into escapism; he embraces it. The refrain, “¿Quieres despertar de este pipe dream?”(“Do you want to wake up from this pipe dream?”), It isn’t a call to return to reality, but a plea to remain in a state shaped by perception and longing—because at times, the coherence we find in illusion feels more grounding than the fragmentation of so-called truth. Now, with Troye’s voice woven into the dreamlike atmosphere, the track takes on new depth—blending two distinct emotional registers in a duet that captures the ache of modern longing.
Guitarrica’s new album ‘Spanish Leather’ brings together a diverse group of producers. From Carter Lang, known for his work with SZA and Justin Bieber, to pablopablo and Raül Refree, the visionary behind Rosalía’s early work. The project also features Jasper Harris, one of the most in-demand young producers in pop today (Jack Harlow, Lil Nas X, Camila Cabello), Brad Oberhofer, whose cinematic sensibility has shaped scores like Netflix’s The Andy Warhol Diaries, and Rodaidh McDonald, known for his work with The xx and Adele.
Emerging voices like Ciutat, the Barcelona-based duo blending ambient and Catalan folk; Tristán, a bold new figure from Madrid’s underground scene; and Teo Planell, the genre-blurring singer-songwriter and producer, round out a team that mirrors the album’s spirit—deeply rooted yet unmistakably forward-looking.
With his new album, Guitarricadelafuente not only solidifies the style that established him as one of the most compelling voices of his generation—it pushes it forward. Rooted in the raw, earthy textures of Spanish and Latin American folk that shaped his debut, this album similarly draws on these influences not as a genre to revisit but as a foundation to build upon. However, this approach becomes even more pronounced here, as a deliberate tension unfolds—musically, poetically, and stylistically. Each track anchors itself in tradition, only to shift and evolve into something entirely unexpected, creating a push-and-pull between the familiar and the unknown that gives the album its distinctive edge: timeless yet unmistakably original.
In doing so, Guitarricadelafuente lays himself bare, drawing the public into an intimate space where flaws and virtues blur together, while tradition becomes a broken mirror reflecting fragments of truth about who we are. Through this collection of songs, we are urged to witness his evolving journey of self-discovery—a process that unveils a newfound skin, one that inevitably can’t help but recall the smell of Spanish Leather.
