You’ll remember RABO I’m sure. Easily making her way into the NMC Top 40 Songs for 2024 (and close to Top 5 status), the ex surfing instructor in Greece and Brazil (how exotic is that?) made a memorable introduction with her debut single ‘Talk to me’ a year ago.
Her second single, ‘Tiptoes’, wasn’t half bad either but my filing system is so poor that I can’t find it now.
But this third single, ‘A little too lost sometimes’, is on another level again.
It’s an absolute banger of a thing which should be topping the charts here in the UK and the States, never mind Norway.
It starts off like a Disney film and that’s probably where she’ll end up before long at this rate. To paraphrase RABO’s own lyrics on this song, Idina Menzel should just let (it) go and move over before she gets frozen out by this vocal Valkyrie from the north.
It’s breathless and relentless as she pumps up the volume in a three-part series of verse, pre-chorus and chorus to levels not heard since the likes of Tina Turner and Shirley Bassey. The chorus generates enough energy to power a spaceship to the edge of the Solar System. NASA knows where to look now to save some money.
And then she bloody well goes and does it all over again.
The song is a personal gift to a close friend of hers who was going through a difficult time. I’ll wager it did the job better than any amount of medication could ever do.
Her voice is amazing; she must have pipes made of titanium. The only slightly negative observation I would make is that she verges on being a tad too breathless at times as if she’s trying too hard to impress. It’s easy to turn a power vocal into a screech as many pros have been guilty of.
Her press release describes it as a “one in a billion” voice. I don’t know about a billion, but a million definitely.
And the vocal backing, which I’m guessing is also her doing, is sublime, hinting at another side to her character and an air of her own vulnerability while you rarely hear a guitar make such a statement with four quick fire chords unless you’re listening to U2, and the snare drum’s paradiddles rattle like a machine gun.
I was going to say something about the inspirational lyrics but you’ll be inspired enough by the sheer power of the song.
Taylor, Beyoncé , Ariana, Demi, Katy, Miley, Lana, Selena, Chappell, Olivia…watch your backs. This girl is coming for ya. With or without her surfboard.
I want her in the UK. Like now.
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‘A little too lost sometimes’ is the first taste of a forthcoming EP set to arrive early 2026.
In February 2026, RABO will play her very first headline shows in Oslo and Bergen:
• February 5th – Kulturhuset, Bergen
• February 7th – Parkteatret, Oslo
More dates to be announced.
Find her on:
Website: www.itsrabomusic.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itsrabomusic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsrabomusic
