Rosaline

Rosaline is (if I do say so myself) an absolute banger of a song. It’s about (you guessed it) Rosaline, a character from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Rosaline is the girl Romeo is in love with at the beginning of the play and promptly forgets about after meeting Juliet. She never appears on stage, much less speaks any lines, and is more of a plot device than a character. I always felt kinda bad for Rosaline. She’s treated (both by Romeo and by Shakespeare himself) as replaceable and forgettable. But, unlike Romeo and Juliet, she doesn’t die at the end of the play. So, I decided to write a song to Rosaline and ask her a few questions. Looking over the lyrics it’s pretty obvious that they’re really questions to myself. Rosaline is a song about some of my deepest fears: not being good enough, being unlovable, being alone, and being forgotten but listening to it makes me so freaking happy. It’s somewhere between pop-punk and indie-rock and classic-Mirabai-folk-something-or-other and it features fun little adlibs, a glorious bass solo, and a heaping helping of my sweat, blood, and tears. I hope y’all enjoy!

Credits

Mirabai Kukathas - lyrics, melody, vocals
Zoser Dunbar - electric guitar (recording)
Grafton Downs - bass
Olivia Green - drums
Matt "Sabyu" Sablan - guitar (arrangment), production