Rakel Marki takes on childhood abuse in her “Sob Cobertores” (in Portuguese) single, the most powerful writing in the song being to do with the business of building a life again. The song opens with a terrified child and then the adult narrator turns directly to the abuser. That is what gives it the edge.

The repeated assertion of wholeness is all the more powerful because of the memories that surround it and the final address to other women is a real extension of solidarity. Marki achieves the emotional impact by placing all the responsibility squarely on the perpetrator. The result is a very angry, very compassionate piece of songwriting, with a refrain that makes survival sound utterly personal, absolutely intentional and very much still going on.