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ROSIE ALENA LOOPHOLE

Returning after a relative period of silence, South London-born songwriter and frankly ridiculous vocalist Rosie Alena returns with 'Loophole'. Backed by a dreamy acoustic guitar sequence and tasteful bass grooves, there's a 90s nostalgia about the empowering track. Recounting memorable moments with a past love and the process of its ultimate conclusion, Alena explains: "Named after a night in Berlin, 'Loophole’ erupted in the midst of a devastating yet exhilarating life shift. My steady six year relationship that had spanned over my formative adolescent years was coming to an end; the certainty of forever had begun to feel uncomfortable and I was in need of new energy. The song is about navigating a delirious limbo stage of heartbreak where grief and uncertainty looms but the liberation of endless possibilities transcends." Seesawing between the sombre and the uplifting, 'Loophole' is proof that there's a way through any situation. Listen here now. -Holly Mullineaux 

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