Still Lowkey
For a young artist standing on the edge of her musical breakout moment, 20-year-old R&B songstress NIKI is remarkably chill. “I love everything in moderation,” she says of her usual routine. “I don’t even party much—I’m kind of boring. And my advice to everyone out there is honestly to practice self-care. Go to sleep. Drink a lot of water.”
It’s the kind of common-sense wisdom we all give ourselves as young people struggling to stay afloat while finishing school, navigating our first relationships, and searching for a tangible purpose in the digital age. And they’re emblematic of how relatable NIKI is—born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia, NIKI (real name: Nicole Zefanya) was once another born-of-the-internet teenager putting out Youtube covers of love songs, fangirling over Taylor Swift, and dishing out girl-next-door realism from her Instagram.