If you’re anything like me, you love love — especially the kind that lingers in your chest long after it’s gone. The kind that sets your thoughts spinning with what-ifs and slow-motion memories. The kind that feels like a movie — all butterflies, glances, and a thousand unsent messages.
My name is Raphaela. I’m a Canadian-Lebanese singer-songwriter who’s always been a little obsessed with stories that tug at the heart. I grew up in Beirut, in a home filled with music — my mom, an opera singer; my dad, always playing the classics. I wrote my first songs as a teenager, chasing melodies that felt like letters I didn’t know how to send.
Now, I write music that feels like falling — sometimes in love with someone else, sometimes with yourself. Romantic, cinematic, a little bittersweet. It’s for the ones who feel everything deeply and don’t apologize for it.
My upcoming debut EP is a collection of songs about the people, moments, and feelings that stay with us — the ones that show up in our dreams or in the pages of letters we never send. The title track, Muse, just released on July 4, and it’s the first glimpse into that world: a story about longing, inspiration, and the way certain connections never quite leave you.
