Rachael Kross, known as Nares, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and producer from Niagara, Ontario. Her music incorporates experimental elements of various styles, including hyperpop, dream pop, electronic, country, R&B, and hardcore. Growing up in a small town — with no plans of leaving — her music comes from a place of vulnerability with an isolated state of mind, romanticising certain street corners, reminiscing about fleeting melancholic romance, and having to live with ghosts of the past.