Canadian singer-songwriter Clara Cloud returns with Rabbit King — the second single from her upcoming sophomore album As Above, a dark, folkloric twist on the Orpheus and Eurydice myth. With a voice as hypnotic as the tales she spins, Cloud leads us down the rabbit hole — not to Wonderland, but into a shadowed realm where power seduces, crowns corrupt, and even kings can fall. Blending medieval chamber pop, forest-soaked folk, and stormy alt-anthems, Rabbit King carries the theatrical sweep of Florence Welch, the raw spark of Mumford and Sons, and the untamed magic of AURORA. Inspired by Alice in Wonderland’s iconic White Rabbit — here recast as a lost wanderer crowned by a Hades-like Red Queen — the track beats with a ceremonial refrain, “Ra ta ta ta…,” charting his tragic rise and ruin. It’s a descent, a warning, and a fable for anyone who’s ever reached too far, too fast.
Rabbit King builds on the critical acclaim of Cloud’s visual album The Woods, deepening her reputation as “BC’s Kootenay fairy songstress” — a genre-blending artist with theatrical roots and a love for Celtic traditions, dreamy pop atmospheres, and the mysticism of folklore. Raised in the mountain town of Kimberley, BC, Cloud has been weaving music, film, and theatre into her work since 2018, all while mentoring the next generation of artists through her role as a music educator and her upcoming 2025 choral workshop with Selkirk Secondary School. Produced by Sal Verma and mastered by Greg Mindroff, Rabbit King stands both as a spellbinding standalone track and as a pivotal chapter in As Above — a sweeping, mythical opera of love, loss, and longing, where every note feels like a step deeper into the forest.
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