21-year old Venezuelan artist Cristina Hron has released her latest empowering and liberating single, “Forbidden Fruit” today. This sensational song catches our senses with the orchestral effects swelling above the R&B and pop music.
“Forbidden Fruit” begins with the singer’s crooning and sound effects like dropping water. It continues with snapping fingers rhythmically, carrying the song with cinematic swelling and surging orchestral instrumentals.
“Forbidden Fruit” keeps the soundscape immersive while engaging us with various textures. Layered vocals back up the singer’s sensual and sultry soulful vocals. The entire orchestral effect imitates the wholeness of classic holy music which she turns to her angle to show the purity of her sensuality and love.
Being in R&B combined with pop, the orchestral song gets to express more from its context by bringing out the emotions and the depth of the artist’s desires. It connects well to the theme of sexual orientations being shunned and shushed in this world as religious and societal bonds overpower them.
What makes this song even more beautiful is that it was written from the heart of the singer, inspired by her own experiences. She recalls being found queer and judged for it. This is how “Forbidden Fruit” is just as timely as it is timeless, with both its message and music merging to fulfill each other.
Listen to “Forbidden Fruit” by Cristina Hron on Spotify to feel reinvigorated and liberated in nonconformity.
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Review By: Naomi Joan