What are those little things that take you back in time? When you were five years old, and your biggest mission in life was convincing your parents to stop by the toy shop so you could stare at that new car or doll. Or later, when you were preparing for final exams day and night, and choosing a university felt like a decision that would shape your whole entire future.

Maybe it is something obvious, like family photo albums or those grainy old video recordings buried in storage. Or perhaps it is something less tangible — the stories your grandmother shares with you, or a song that happened to be playing in the background at the time.

We are stepping back into the past with our friends, revisiting fragments of their childhood and youth through music — beautiful memories captured in sound. In this first part, we journey into the childhood of Rhea Jacobs, an entrepreneur, author, model, and digital creator based in the UAE.