New album 'Buzz' - coming August 9th, 2024. Pre-save / pre-order now: https://NIKI.lnk.to/Buzz "Oceans & Engines" out now: https://niki.lnk.to/OceansEngines New album “Nicole” out now: https://niki.lnk.to/Nicole Nicole Tour dates & tickets: https://nikizefanya.com/ Written by: Nicole Zefanya Produced by: NIKI & Jacob Ray [Verse 1] Saturday sunset, we’re lying on my bed with five hours to go Fingers entwined and so were our minds crying, “I don’t want you to go” You wiped away tears but not fears under the still and clear indigo You said, “Baby don’t cry, we’ll be fine, you’re the one thing I swear I can’t outgrow” [Verse 2] My mother said the younger me was a ‘Pretending’ prodigy well nothing, then, much has changed Cause while you’re wolfing down liquor, my soul it gets sicker, but I’m stickin' to the screenplay, gotta say I’m okay, but answer this babe: How is it now that somehow you’re a stranger? You were mine just yesterday I pray the block in my airway dissipates and instead deters your airplane’s way [Pre-Chorus 1] But heaven denied Destiny decried Something beautiful died too soon [Chorus] But I’m letting go I’m giving up the ghost But don’t get me wrong, I’ll always love you, that’s why I wrote you this very last song I guess this is where we say goodbye I know I’ll be alright Someday I’ll be fine, but just not tonight [Verse 3] Plunging into all kinds of diversions like blush wine and sonorous soirées But even with gin and surgin’ adrenaline, I see you’re all that can intoxicate Oceans and engines, you’re skilled at infringing on great love affairs Cause now my heart’s home, all I’ve known, is long gone and ten thousand miles away [Pre-Chorus 2] And I’m not okay [Chorus] But I’m letting go I’m giving up the ghost But don’t get me wrong I’ll always love you, that’s why I wrote you this very last song I guess this is where we say goodbye I know I’ll be alright But just not - [Bridge] Tonight was the first time I stared into seas of beguiling sepia two years ago And the first time I learned real world superpowers lived in three words, they revitalized my fraying bones, oh Now what do you do when your pillar crumbled down, you’ve lost all solid ground, both dreams and demons drowned, and this void’s all you’ve found and doubts light it aglow? I have so many questions But I’m pouring them into the ocean and I’m starting up my engine [Chorus] And I’m letting go I’m giving up your ghost It’s come to a close I marked the end with this last song I wrote I’m letting go This is the last falsetto I’ll ever sing to you my great, lost love DIRECTED BY: Isaac Ravishankara REPRESENTATIVE: Doug Klinger @ Reprobates EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Daniel Yaro EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Elizabeth Doonan PRODUCTION COMPANIES: North of Now PRODUCTION COUNTRY: United States PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Division7 PRODUCTION COUNTRY: United States NIKI: Nicole Zefanya BEN: Peter Adrian Sudarso RACEHL: Rachel Gunawan NATASHA: Natasha Simadibrata ABBY: Abby Latip JOE: Mike Concheso WET KID'S MOM: Jenni Kephart WET KID: Idris Soleiman PRODUCER: Naby Dakhli POST PRODUCER: Dylan D. Underhill PRODUCTION COORDINATOR: Damiana Acuna 1ST AD: Lexi Kirsch 2ND AD: Alex Spear KEY SET PA: Anthony O'Brien DP: Zoe Simone-Yi 1ST CAMERA ASSISTANT: Meghan Pham 1ST CAMERA ASSISTANT: Dave Eaves STEADICAM: James Troost STEADICAM: Jose Espinosa SOUND MIXER: Ruben Brionnes DIT / VTR: Fahad Salam DIT / VTR: Chris Colenor PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Helen Morales ART DIRECTOR: Nicholas Kerr ON SET DRESSER: Alex Santo Spirito SET DRESSER: Conrad Sundquist-Olmos SET DRESSER: Drew Hall CHOREOGRAPHERS: JA Collective GAFFER: Thomas Sigurdsson BBE: Christopher Williams SET LIGHTING TECH: Auston Mahan SET LIGHTING TECH: Zach Emerick SET LIGHTING TECH: Scott Smith KEY GRIP: Brendan Riel BB GRIP: Logan Alesso GRIP: Kevin Ramirez GRIP: Alex Laudeman GRIP: Connor Colby GRIP: Marc Dewey HAIR & MAKEUP ARTIST: Lili Eve Kaytmaz HAIR & MAKEUP ARTIST: Kristin Andersson ASSISTANT HARI & MAKEUP: Bex Cook HAIR STYLIST: Deshauna MAKEUP ARTIST "NIKI": Marla Vasquez HAIR STYLIST "NIKI": Athena Alberto NAILS "NIKI": Michelle Tran WARDROBE: Alisha Silverstein WARDROBE ASST.: Isabel Rodriguez WARDROBE ASST.: Molly Danielle Wilcox WARDROBE "NIKI": Katie Qian WARDROBE ASST.: Athena Mesina WARDROBE ASST.: Kiona Vickroy WARDROBE ASST.: Francesca M PA: Teresa Plascencia PA: Sean Cavalerie PA: Omri Soha PA: Chris Ponce PA: Carrie Carusone CAMERA PA: Luis Barajas TRUCK PA: Mike McCarthy ON SET PHOTOGRAPHER: Gabriel Chiu PHOTOGRAPHER ASST.: Liv BTS PHOTOGRAPHER: Michael Rodgers EDITOR: Henry Kaplan ASST. EDITOR: Sutton York VISUAL FX: Zak Stoltz SOUND DESIGN / MIX: Ben Tomastik, Kris Huayta COLOR: Ethos Studio HEAD OF PROD: Natasha Sattler COLOR PRODUCER: Sam Cesan COLORIST: Dante Pasquinelli SET MEDIC: Alex Regnaga COVID COMPLIANCE: Marquis Willis STUDIO TEACHER: Stella Pacific COVID TESTING: Testing Better CATERING: Rise & Shine #NIKI #OceansandEngines #Nicole