New music video from Reina Mora

Originally from Puerto Rico and now based in Los Angeles, Reina Mora makes music from the places many people spend years trying to hide. Her work is informed by real life experience, with themes of hardship, displacement, fractured family relationships and rebuilding all rippling through the emotional centre of her songwriting. From that history comes music defined by the way resilience can transform pain into something clear, purposeful and deeply felt by listeners around the world.

A social consciousness also runs through everything she does and Reina Mora’s songs may begin with personal experience, but they rarely end there. She’s remained actively involved in advocacy, volunteering with organisations such as UNICEF, Puerto Ricans in Action and You Matter, helping raise awareness and support those in need. Her activism also reaches into the industry itself and as a member of the SONA steering committee, she’s spoken out for songwriters’ rights and fair treatment, while also supporting women’s rights and LGBTQ rights.

Her recording journey began a decade ago with a cover of “Last Christmas” by Wham!, leading into a run of original material before she stepped back in 2020. The pause created distance, but not disappearance and when she returned in 2024, it was with poignant purpose. “Weeds,” released on her late mother’s birthday, marked a powerful re-emergence and suggested an artist coming back with heightened emotional focus.

That momentum has continued through a double single last year and now with her latest release titled “Bad Decision,” a release that has connected widely with audiences and whose accompanying video has already clocked over a hundred thousand views. Revolving around themes of love, memory and the lasting impact of choices, it captures an emotional contradiction many people recognise but struggle to articulate.

Wrapped up in a folk-tinged indie pop fabric, the song builds from a delicate scene of strummed acoustic guitar and intimate vocals carrying moving lyricism. Developing with the patter of drums and shimmer of airy instrumental flutters, the song glides through subtly catchy choruses as Reina’s tender voice floats above the dreamy arrangement, resulting in an utterly alluring musical experience from start to finish.

The music video leans into nostalgic 90s and early 2000s aesthetics, giving the song another context of emotional texture that tethers it to a sense of time. Reina Mora turns that nostalgia into atmosphere, offering a way of framing memory itself and a look backward that understands the past is never entirely finished with us.

She’s also expanded the song further with an acoustic version released on April 22, 2026, in recognition of Earth Day. Stripped back and more exposed, the new arrangement shifts focus toward the song’s emotional gravity and without the surrounding production, the lyrical weight and fragility come into sharper view. Earth Day often centres on renewal, reconnection and care, themes that echo through this version of the track, presenting a new side to the song that’s even more organic and delicate. As she continues to impress with her compelling and meaningful musical output, Reina Mora once again delivers a charming musical moment that’s sure to win over new and existing fans alike.

Listen to the acoustic version of Bad Decision below

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