[[sitting up in a cold sweat at midnight, grasping for my phone]]
Wait, wait, wait, guys. When Raf’s career started making the pivot from ""classical violin prodigy"" to ""teen pop sensation"" between the age of 13-16 years old or w/e, part of his insane PR circuit was doing collaborations and being featured in tracks by other way more behemothly popular [but elegant, maturely branded] musical artists. Specifically, he'd be featured as a violinist in these massive hit pop tracks.
So like, "Track Name by HUGE FAMOUS ARTIST [Feat. Raf Ephrem]" And Raf's contributions wouldn't be vocal but instrumental[violin]. It'd have been an amazing way to quickly get his name into international households early, cus what 90's ballad isn't made a bajillion times better with a nice violin solo featured in it??
Listen, what I am trying to assert here is that--in the Hi-Note universe, the violin in Celine Dion’s song “To Love You More” is a 15 year old Raf.
In the Hi-Note world 90's music really liked including orchestral instrumentation and--especially the violin. It became very overdone and cliche, and the trend soon after disappeared. But people in the Hi-Note au can't think of 90's music without thinking of overdone string instruments.
Margie’s total ignorance for Raf’s entire past career, despite how popular and prolific it was, is my favorite thing that she brings to their relationship lmao.