Sabina Chantouria releases cinematic music video ‘Can’t Let You Go,’ produced by George Gvarjaladze at Leno Records with composer Alterwill
Some songs ask you to feel something. “Can’t Let You Go” asks you to stay inside it. Swedish/ Georgian singer-songwriter Sabina Chantouria released the official music video for her new single on April 27, and the result is one of the more carefully constructed pop-rock releases of the year so far. The track, produced by George Gvarjaladze at Leno Records and co-written with Georgian composer and multi-instrumentalist Alterwill (Giorgi Kochoradze), is the kind of song that earns its emotional weight rather than demanding it.
Chantouria is not a new name. Over the past 15 years, she has built a career across Europe and the United States as a pop-Americana artist, competing in Georgia’s national Eurovision selection, performing at international festivals, and earning the Artist of the Year title at the 2024 Caucasus Music Awards. Her music has been featured on British Airways. None of that is small. “Can’t Let You Go” follows her 2025 single “Changes“ and continues a run of work defined by emotional precision and a distinctly cinematic sensibility.
The Sound That Holds You Still
Alterwill handles every instrument on the track, and you can hear the care in each layer. A steady drum pulse anchors the arrangement. A bass line moves underneath without drawing attention to itself. Then comes the guitar, soaring and patient, and a keyboard that adds just enough warmth to keep the whole thing from feeling cold. The production leans into space. Nothing crowds anything else out. Gvarjaladze’s studio work gives the track a polish that never tips into sterility. The human core stays intact. Chantouria’s own description of what she and Alterwill were going for is precise:
Sometimes the hardest part of letting go is realizing what could have been. That’s what the song is about. Sonically, we wanted it to feel like soft 90s rock meeting a modern, cinematic pop sound“
That framing holds. The song sits exactly in that gap, familiar in its textures, contemporary in its execution, and specific enough to feel like it belongs to a real moment rather than a genre exercise.
A Video That Earns Its Visuals
The music video extends the song’s emotional logic into image. It does not over-explain. The visuals match the track’s restraint, building gradually and letting the tension breathe rather than resolving it too soon. The sound and image work together the way they should: each makes the other feel more necessary. “Can’t Let You Go” is about the space between holding on and moving on. The clarity has not arrived yet. Hope and heartbreak are both present, and the song does not push either away. Chantouria’s voice moves between softness and intensity with the kind of control that comes from 15 years of knowing exactly how a lyric should land. For an artist whose reach already extends from Tbilisi to Stockholm to in-flight playlists at 35,000 feet, this release feels like another step forward rather than a bid for attention. The song is good enough to not need the noise.
