Nicki Nicole on tour when she sang in Portugal in July. Photo. EFE
Almost a year after the release of his album Piece of meNicky Nicole has just released his first new song. Is called Nobody likes me and is accompanied by an official video, directed by Agustín Portela, in which 22-year-old singer Nicki appears as a boxer.
Nobody likes me It’s a theme that blends trap with sauce. It was produced by Colombian Icon and Argentine Tatool.
According to Nicki, “It’s a song I’ve wanted the whole world to hear for a long time. It was saved for the right time, which is now. It’s about an internal battle between two people who fight every day because of their egos and their demands “.
And he added: “In moments of loneliness I began to realize that I always have another self who is there, and that we all have, who is pulling us down halfway, and that we shouldn’t punish ourselves like this.”
The song opens a new phase in which he experiments with sounds of trap, salsa and even danzón, whose influences are marked by hits such as I like by Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin.
“Nobody likes me opens a new musical stage – he admits – but I will not stop being the essence of Nicki, albeit with new styles, new ways, a very interesting concept that people will discover “.
Unstoppable
Prior to releasing this new single, Nicki Nicole performed at the This Ain’t No Picnic festival in Los Angeles and at the Baja Beach Fest in Rosarito, Mexico. Furthermore, throughout 2022, she has entered into successful collaborations with artists such as Camilo, Eladio Carrión, Emilia and Los Ángeles Azules.
Recently, in Argentina he won two Gardel Awards, in the categories Best Urban Music Album and Best Urban Music Collaboration. Earlier, at the beginning of the year, she held big shows like Lollapalooza and Coachella, as well as a subsequent tour in Spain.
As for her fans, Nicki said in a recent interview that she is close to her audience, doesn’t see them as followers, and is always looking for ways for those who admire her to make their dreams come true, just like she did.
Fame reached him at 19, and three years later he learned to enjoy it without the pressure that previously prevented him from doing so. “I had never been a professional artist and I didn’t understand a lot of things, like the stress or anxiety of getting away from my family, for example, being on the road, it was all a bit of a shock, but what you learn from”, He says.
The relationship with Mexico
Nicki had ties to Mexico before her career took off: “With a song that people were saying to me: Come to Mexico! And I thought, how am I going? I only have one song. It was crazy when I got here, that I had the opportunity in 2020 for the first time, at Spotify Awards, just before the pandemic.
At the event he met in person the Mexican rapper Alemán, who he already knew for his music, and since then they have started a close friendship that has become a collaboration that has been saved for at least two years and that could see the light very soon.
“German is a lot of fun,” he says, “and we died laughing together. We went to the studio after the Spotify Awards, then we went to his manager’s birthday to celebrate and, without realizing it, it was our last party before. pandemic, “he says. singer.
After recording with the rapper, Nicki tried Mexican cumbia with Los Ángeles Azules with the song Another night and then had two dates at the Baja Beach Festival. Now he promises to return this year to give his show for the first time in the country.
Source: EFE
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