Posed to pick up the rock queen baton from superstar Ella, Ara Johari (born Nurfarrah Izzatie Johari on 27 June, 1997) is a musical trailblazer revered and respected for her fiercely independent spirit. Johari’s tough outward appearance belies her often soft-edged sound, with an oeuvre consisting of soulful ballads about love and loss (most notably “Bunga” and “Racun Hati”). However, she does spiky rock theatrics too. The more rough-and-tumble they are, the greater the impact.