“Never Ever” by The Rubens featuring Sarah

The Rubens figured their third album, Lo La Ru, was all but done when Sarah Aarons emailed out of the blue: she'd be in Sydney, she was a fan, and she wanted to write with them. "Never Ever", the duet that came out of it, made the record anyway and went out in 2018 as its second single, credited to the Australian band featuring Sarah.

Keyboardist Elliott Margin had been toying with the chords and melody without finding words or a story to hang on them, and the band expected the session to produce a song for somebody else. One chat with Aarons changed that: it quickly became clear the song needed two voices, and the rest followed. The kicker: she told them her year 10 teacher had introduced her to their song "Lay It Down", and it inspired her to study music in years 11 and 12.

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