Rebe, a singular figure of the national underground pop, is the author of gems of ethereal bedroom pop such as ‘Wapa wapa wapa wapa wapa wapa’, ‘Tócame el culo’ or ‘Jamón’, although that label falls short of transmitting all her influences, which especially cover Spanish romantic songs, flamenco or Latin music, all encompassed in an incomparable naïve and murky aesthetic.
Rebequita la Bonita, as she is also known, releases a new album this spring, her third full-length, and the first preview is another marvel to add to her repertoire, although this time it also manages to be one of her most accessible and immediate compositions.
AMORE may have had to do with that, who sings ‘Sobre tu viento’ as a duet with Rebe and also co-produces the song with the aforementioned, Otro and Denmark. She, having collaborated with artists like Amaia Romero, is one of the best kept secrets in the Spanish industry.
‘On your window’ is a poisoned candy by Rebe and AMORE, a “heavenly hymn” about a woman who, smoking, waits for her lover, fantasizing about a neighborly love affair. While Rebe and AMORE dream of that person’s “mouth”, the arrangements of ‘Sobre tu viento’ rock us with elegant orchestral strings, soft rumbita rhythm, angelic harmonies and vibes typical of the folkloric music of yesteryear. Rhymes like “How will your caramel eyes be, I only think of you, I only know your hair” sound inspired by the work of Papa Levante, which continue to be claimed and, by the way, they recently released a single.
The poison of ‘On your window’ comes from its background, since, as Rebe explains in words collected by MondoSonoro, ‘On your window’ “carefully portrays the fanciful recreation of a platonic romance narrated through neighborhood vignettes in which it is idealized more by virtue of one’s own love fantasy than by the attractiveness of the object of desire.” “Wapo wapo wapo”, or quite the opposite, never has an imperative phrase like “Insolent, listen to me” sounded so romantic.
