Raluka doesn’t just make pop. She makes the kind of songs that move from radio to club to your “on repeat” without her even trying. “September” kicked the door open (Hit of the Year 2010), “Out of Your Business” and “I Like the Trumpet” took her outside Romania, and tracks like “Never Give Up”, “Ieri Erai” and “Cine sunt eu” kept her voice everywhere — FM, TV, TikTok, you name it.

Fast‑forward to “Amangoi”, “Era, Era” and “Queen in Puerto Rico”: same unmistakable tone, new flavours: from Balkan melancholy to Latin and Caribbean sun. She’s won Asia Express, sat in the SuperStar Romania judge’s chair and still sounds like that friend who always knows the lyrics first. Different eras, different trends, but one constant: when Raluka sings, you can tell it’s her in one second.