NIKI, “Buzz.” The days of performing acoustic covers on YouTube as a high schooler while growing up in Jakarta are long gone for Nicole Zefanya, better known as NIKI. Now living in Los Angeles, the burgeoning singer-songwriter is set to release her third album, Buzz, a work that solidifies her…

NIKI performs during Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 12, 2023. STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Singer-songwriter NIKI showed some impressive musical versatility in her first performance at Outside Lands on Saturday. The Jakarta-born 88Rising artist writes, produces and records her own music…

According to founder Sean Miyashiro, 88rising is a “hybrid management, record label, video production, and marketing company.” This explains why it’s just as likely to discover flagship artists Joji, Rich Brian and NIKI on YouTube channels like First We Feast rather than those artists’ respective music. The collective works tirelessly to put…

Clockwise from top left: Kim Petras, NIKI, Emotional Oranges, Winona Oak, Lily Kershaw, Ciel. Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms like Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has time to…