When your dad is Ozzy Osbourne, the usual teenage rebellion of smoking, drinking, drugs and blasting metal from your bedroom is unlikely to make much of an impact.
In times gone by, the hell-raising Black Sabbath frontman regularly did all of that before breakfast.
That’s why Aimee Osbourne, firstborn of Ozzy and wife Sharon, had to figure out a different way to stand out from her infamous father.
“I didn’t want to jump on the back of what my dad did as a cheap shot,” she tells The Post. “I rebelled by doing music in my own way — which was harder and took a lot longer.”
Finally, the 31-year-old is unveiling ARO (pronounced “arrow,” the moniker stands for Aimee Rachel Osbourne), performing at Mercury Lounge Thursday.
The first single, “Raining Gold,” debuted in early March and instantly impressed with its cinematic sound, drawing comparisons to Lana Del Rey.
For most people, Aimee’s mere existence might come as a shock.
Back in the early aughts, her brother Jack and sister Kelly became celebrities when the family’s antics were broadcast on MTV’s reality sensation “The Osbournes.”
However, Aimee refused to be part of the show or the surrounding publicity circus.
“I didn’t want that to be dissected and shared with everyone,” she explains. “Instant fame, attention, getting flown around the world and those other fringe benefits never really rang true for me.”
Although she began writing songs while still a teenager, Aimee only started to work on music seriously about seven years ago, but was frustrated with her early collaborators.
“Because of my background, a lot of people assumed it would be easy to…make it really commercial, because it would gain attention,” she says. “I kind of had to fight to have my voice heard.”
Aimee finally found her groove and will release an EP this summer, which looks set to continue the immersive and melancholic mood established by “Raining Gold.”
“I was never likely to release anything too lighthearted or easy-breezy,” she laughs, as she reveals the grief motif that informs her songs. “My entire life, I was told I was an old soul. I never really connected with other children when I was growing up. I was a little bit of a loner, but fascinated with emotions that people feel.”
She may have distanced herself from her family in the past, but their bond is still tight.
Sharon has been proudly trumpeting “Raining Gold” on social media while the Prince of Darkness himself was in the front row for his daughter’s debut show in LA this month.
“My dad’s a man of few words,” says Aimee. “He just gave me a nod — his way of saying, ‘You got this.’”