{"id":97376,"date":"2026-09-11T09:49:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=97376"},"modified":"2026-09-18T11:52:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:52:20","slug":"meet-arabella-lucia-rockstar-princess-meets-90s-nostalgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2026\/09\/meet-arabella-lucia-rockstar-princess-meets-90s-nostalgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Arabella Lucia: Rockstar Princess Meets &#8217;90s Nostalgia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Meet&nbsp;Arabella Lucia, the Armenian-Canadian alt-rock singer-songwriter making waves in London &#8211; and she has no interest in playing it safe.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arabella Lucia&#8217;s latest release is a fierce reimagining of TLC\u2019s iconic,<em>&nbsp;\u2018Unpretty\u2019, <\/em>taking the late-90s classic and giving it a fiery rock makeover &#8211; sultry enough to leave a red lip-stain but wild enough to raise the roof. With crashing drums, thumping bass, soaring guitar solos and Lucia\u2019s gritty vocals, it\u2019s nostalgic without feeling stuck in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But this is more than just a cover that revives the original. Lucia brings the song\u2019s message bang up to date, exploring ever-growing beauty standards, self-worth and the pressures of filters, FaceTune and social media. It\u2019s &#8216;<em>Unpretty<\/em>&#8216; for a generation constantly being told how they should look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"947\" data-attachment-id=\"97378\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2026\/09\/meet-arabella-lucia-rockstar-princess-meets-90s-nostalgia\/screenshot-2026-09-09-at-16-09-26\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-09-at-16.09.26.png?fit=904%2C1338&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"904,1338\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2026-09-09 at 16.09.26\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-09-at-16.09.26.png?fit=640%2C947&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-09-at-16.09.26.png?resize=640%2C947&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-09-at-16.09.26.png?resize=692%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 692w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-09-at-16.09.26.png?resize=203%2C300&amp;ssl=1 203w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-09-at-16.09.26.png?resize=768%2C1137&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-09-at-16.09.26.png?w=904&amp;ssl=1 904w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The track offers a taste of what\u2019s to come on Lucia\u2019s forthcoming five-track EP, arriving this November and delving headfirst into identity, vulnerability, power and the messy business of reclaiming your confidence. Following the hard-hittin<em>g \u2018Hostage You Call Baby\u2019,<\/em> Lucia has already made it clear that she\u2019s not here to shy away from the big questions &#8211; or the uncomfortable ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With standout appearances at The Alternative Escape, Bludfest and Gibson Garage London already under her belt, and a debut album currently taking shape in the studio, Lucia is carving out a sound that\u2019s every bit as unapologetic as she is. Fusing punk attitude, alternative rock and infectious pop, her music lands somewhere between raw confrontation and irresistible release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part rock princess, part pop rebel &#8211; <strong>Arabella Lucia is definitely one to watch.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Unpretty\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/0dJ6zaCXijsduYGzfLuk1F?si=2c0ee1bcb68e4ff9&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet\u00a0Arabella Lucia, the Armenian-Canadian alt-rock singer-songwriter making waves in London &#8211; and she has no interest in playing it safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":97377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"Meet\u00a0Arabella Lucia, the Armenian-Canadian alt-rock singer-songwriter making waves in London - and she has no interest in playing it safe.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"Meet Arabella Lucia: Rockstar Princess Meets 90s Nostalgia","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Meet\u00a0Arabella Lucia, the Armenian-Canadian alt-rock singer-songwriter making waves in London - and she has no interest in playing it safe.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,57,21453,12133,21445,21446],"tags":[33887,32251,673,228,65,989,370,18471,116,79,10677,32339,268,33888],"class_list":["post-97376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-artists","category-new-singles","category-news","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","tag-arabella-lucia","tag-armenia","tag-canada","tag-cover","tag-london","tag-new-artist","tag-new-single","tag-polly-havelock","tag-review","tag-single","tag-single-review","tag-tlc","tag-uk","tag-unpretty"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-pkA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69785,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/06\/lucia-cifarelli-girls-like-me\/","url_meta":{"origin":97376,"position":0},"title":"Lucia Cifarelli &#8211; &#8216;Girls Like Me&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"15\/06\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Lucia Cifarelli, on her new single, 'Girls Like Me', sings, \"I think it's better you know I have a dark side\". 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