What was the last thing you texted about? Even when we are in our own rooms, sometimes we FaceTime. How often do you text/call/FaceTime each other? We FaceTime every day, though, so I’m not sure it counts. NP: Every year that Ruby goes home to Lamu in Kenya for Christmas is always the longest I don’t see her. What’s the longest amount of time you’ve gone without seeing each other in person? We spend an insane amount of time with each other. RC: We have two babies: our dog, Hudson, and a cat, Booboo. NP: We spend pretty much every day together and we’ve lived together for five years. Have you ever lived together? If so, for how long? We’ve been working and writing music together ever since. NP: Ruby and I both finished high school and decided to start Bahari. NP: She is the strong, fierce one, I’m the goofy one, so we even each other out. RC: We’ve done our birth charts together millions of times, and we are, in fact, very compatible. Do you know if you're astrologically compatible? Do you care? We have so many of the same favorite bands - like Fleetwood Mac, ABBA, and The Eagles - and favorite foods. NP: We were two young girls at a studio and immediately just hung out with each other. RC: Our mutual love for music and songwriting. NP: She had just moved here, and I wasn’t fitting in in my high school, so we just bonded really fast. How long have you considered yourselves best friends? NP: Ruby was wearing a dress with a cat on it and Dr. She was the first person who wanted to be my friend. I didn’t have any friends when I moved to the U.S. Ruby Carr: I thought Natalia was quiet, but really cute and friendly, which I liked. What was your first impression of each other? After we put out our first song, “Wild Ones," in 2014, we knew we wanted to do this together forever. We both just instantly became friends and started writing music whenever we would hang out. Natalia Panzarella: We met at a recording studio called Rock Mafia in Santa Monica, California. While some might warn against mixing business with pleasure, as Ruby and Natalia's star power continues to grow, their friendship has only gotten stronger. Today, the duo is signed to Epic Records with two new singles, "Bipolar" and "Jackie Kennedy," under their belt. Since their initial meeting at Santa Monica recording studio Rock Mafia in 2014, Bahari's musical career has taken off, with the band putting out its debut single, "Wild Ones," by year's end, getting said single featured in small-screen shows like Teen Wolf in 2015, and opening for Selena Gomez on her Revival tour in 2016. It's very musical and describes our vision." The band's dynamic name, Bahari, pays homage to that common ground - it means "ocean" in Ruby's first language, Swahili. There's something so powerful about the ocean. "The ocean is something we had in common and made us gravitate towards each other. ![]() "Natalia lived in Manhattan Beach, and I lived on an island," says Ruby, of their differing backgrounds. Though they were born and raised oceans apart, in two very different parts of the world - with singer/keyboardist Ruby hailing from a tiny island off the coast of Kenya and singer/bassist Natalia splitting her time between Nashville, Tennessee, and South Bay, California - the astrologically compatible pair who came to be known as alt-pop duo Bahari are, in Ruby's own words, "soul mates." Ruby Carr and Natalia Panzarella's friendship was written in the stars. Did they hit it off instantly? What was their biggest fight about? Who's better at keeping secrets? If you thought passing the vibe check was hard, only the very best can pass the bestie check. Whether they grew up together or recently met through an app, this series explores the unique ways BFFs first bonded and how they maintain their strong friendships to this day. In Elite Daily's Bestie Check series, we're celebrating the stories that make best friendship so special. Friends may come and go, but best friends are forever.
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