WHAT IT IS: At only 20 years old, the Indonesian R&B artist has already achieved global recognition as “the Internet’s favorite R&B princess” (Noisey). Since the release of her breakout EP, Zephyr, last spring, she’s earned critical acclaim from the likes of Billboard, Highsnobiety, Pitchfork, Nylon and Clash, among many others. Amassing 113m+ streams globally to date, NIKI has slammed the door on teen-pop conventions—writing, recording and producing her music on her own. Her remarkable versatility and genre-bending artistry have galvanized fans across the globe. She supported superstar Halsey on her Asia leg, played the 88rising Head in the Clouds Festival and toured North America this past fall. NIKI closed out the year as one of Complex’s Best New Artists of 2018. Building atop her recent successes, she makes her 2019 return with “move!”—the focus track from her upcoming EP, produced by Jordan Palmer (Khalid, Allie X) and John Hill (Rihanna, Florence + the Machine, Santigold, Charli XCX).
ALBUM: wanna take this downtown? (EP)
RELEASE DATE: 5/17
SINGLE: “move!”
LIVE: Opener on 88rising’s winter 2018 Double Happiness Tour with sold-out shows at L.A.’s Shrine, San Fran’s Warfield and N.Y.’s Terminal 5; direct support for Rich Brian’s sold-out spring 2018 Australia tour; direct support for Halsey’s summer 2018 Asia tour; performances at 88rising’s summer 2018 Head in the Clouds Festival and summer/fall 2018 88 Degrees and Rising 20-city N.A. arena tour; upcoming performance at 2019 Head in the Clouds Festival
INTERNET: 113m+ career streams globally; 1m+ monthly Spotify listeners; eight tracks featured on New Music Friday to date; 367k+ social audience
PRESS: Billboard, Pitchfork, Nylon, Complex, Vice, Highsnobiety, Clash, more
PUBLISHING: 88rising Publishing LLC/Kobalt (ASCAP)
MANAGEMENT: Sean Miyashiro/88rising