NIIA ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM COMINGMAY 5thON ATLANTIC RECORDS
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR "HURT YOU FIRST" NOW ONTHE FADER
Today with the release of her new song"Hurt You First"and the accompanying video, LA-based future-jazz vocalist & classically trained pianistNIIAis excited to officially announce her signing withAtlantic Recordsand the upcoming release of her debut album,I.Produced by longtime collaborator and Grammy-nominated producerRobin Hannibal(Rhye, Quadron, Kendrick Lamar, Chairlift, THE INTERNET), the album features NIIA's signature smokey-smooth vocals and Braun's lush orchestration, classic production with modern electronic elements and an homage to classic jazz, blues and pop influences woven throughout.
Praisedby the likes ofPitchfork, Fader, Vogue, Vanity Fair, NPR, Interview Magazines, T Magazine, Nylonand morefor her 2014 EP release,Generation Blue,and her song"Body",NIIA set out to write and record a body of work that tells the story of a young woman moving to LA and falling in love, and the ups and downs, passion, questions, confidence and self-love that comes to follow, all while finding herself stylistically in a lane of her own. Her music can be described as modern noir - warm, familiar, honest, sexy and sensual with feminist statements that make NIIA an artist that women (and men) of all ages can relate to.
At the end of 2016, NIIA released a new track"Last Night In Los Feliz"that has been in heavy rotation atKCRWand made it's way into a video posted by Kylie Jenner that ammased over6.5M streamsand almost a million streams on the track on DSP.Today, Niia shares her new song"Hurt You First",originally premiered onMorning Becomes Eclectic on KCRW,and the accompanyingSasha Samsonova-directedvideo that premiered today viaThe FADER.
NIIA's debut albumIwill be releasedFriday, May 5thonAtlantic Records, available worldwidevia digital streaming partners and select retail outlets. More album details and information on live shows to be announced soon.
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