The Los Angeles-based 25-year-old's third album Buzz was released on Aug 9, followed by a world tour.
NEW YORK – Niki – Indonesian pop songwriter Nicole Zefanya – was 11 when she saw a Taylor Swift documentary that changed her life, calling it a “core memory”.
Niki, 25, was speaking from a room that held electric and acoustic guitars, ring lights for video shoots, a high-quality vocal microphone and a stolid upright piano. Niki started piano lessons at five and was a precocious solo singer at the Christian church her family attended. She later led the chapel band.
“After that, I could never shut up,” she added. “I feel bad for my mum to this day, just having to sit through all of the inner workings of my mind, like, ‘Oh, that’s very good, honey.’”In her dressing area before the show, Niki said: “I just see this slender arm poke through the curtain and just peel it back, and she goes, ‘Hi, I’m Taylor, nice to meet you.’ And I just froze, like, oh my gosh, I’m seeing Taylor Swift in the flesh. I remember not being able to say anything to her.
“I cringe whenever I hear that song,” Niki said. “It was too long. It had no coherent structure. And for some reason, people really enjoyed it. I think it was the genuine honesty.”
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