Everyone loves strong female power ballads. Everyone loves solid R&B bangers. But what happens when you combine them together? You get the UK’s newest, hottest girl group: FLO. FLO is taking on the R&B music scene by storm with their debut single “Cardboard box.”

The rising artists create an all-new sound with their powerful voices harmonizing together. The instrumental soundscape keeps a steady, quick beat without moving out too fast of a pace. The singers’ voices are delightfully light as they seem to float above the music, while clearly ringing out. Even with the professional level of the song, it’s clear in both the singers’ voices and the high-quality music video, the artists are all having fun together.

The actual lyrics of the single speak to the power behind moving on, putting the past (and the past guy) in a ‘cardboard box/ changing my number and I’m changing the locks’ as a way of throwing the old stuff out. It can be hard; change is never easy. But hard things are worth it. For FLO, starting a new group and releasing a new single was a journey that most likely had its hard moments—but it was so worth it! The rewarding single is a testament to how moving forward and dealing with the hard stuff can be seen ‘as a blessing’, and I know listeners everywhere are certainly feeling blessed to hear this powerful single.

It's a great debut single for a new, rising girl group. And it promises big things for the R&B genre to start producing more hits like this one. ‘Cardboard Box’ by FLO is streaming now on platforms like Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube.