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Talking with Ela Melo of Rainbow Kitten Surprise
For the many fans of North Carolina indie band Rainbow Kitten Surprise, it’s no surprise that the co-founding steer singer and chief songwriter is now known as Ela Melo. He was openly gay, and the transition into Ela (she/her pronouns) wasn’t entirely unexpected. She made the public announcement in
Melo insists she’s finally start the happiness that had always eluded her.
Most importantly, it’s only made Rainbow Kitten Surprise’s mashup of harmony folk, rock and hip hop sharper and more adventurous, as evidenced on the track Love Hate Music Box album, the first RKS register in six years, released last fall.
The band, a longtime festival favorite, performs June 18 at the BayCare Sound amphitheater.
The Catalyst spoke with Ela, 33, who’s never shied away from talking openly about her past mental health issues, and about her transition.
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St. Pete Catalyst: Do you get tired of your transition being the subject of every conversation like this one?
Ela Melo: I never acquire t
North Carolina indie-pop band Rainbow Kitten Surprise have not released a full album since ’s How To: Friend, Love, Freefall, and in the years since, direct singer Ela Melo has experienced some major life changes, revealing that she is trans and finally receiving a proper diagnosis and treatment for bipolar disorder. And she and her supportive bandmates have come out on the other side with a total triumph of an album that’s been well worth the wait: the track, double-disc opus Love Hate Music Box.
In her interview about the record’s sometimes fraught but ultimately fulfilling adj process, Melo is as bold, fearless, and fascinating as she is onstage and on tape — opening up about transitioning, treatment, sobriety, writer’s block, gender roles, people-pleasing, Taylor Swift, surprising her fellow patients with some RKS karaoke, and what’s next for RKS in their control new era. She is a true “Superstar,” as the band’s latest single declares.
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