About this Song
The creative arc that birthed NIKI’s third studio album, Buzz, began with an urgent quake from the innermost core of its creator’s being. That same core of unfiltered, unapologetic feeling shapes the pop sound titled Backburner, rooted in the Philippines. NIKI’s approach to songwriting remains as intimate as ever across every work tied to the Buzz era. That intimacy carries through to every layer of Backburner, holding the same unflinching honesty that defines all of the work released in association with the project. Buzz itself reverberates with the hard-earned wisdom of a young woman who charges dauntlessly towards her dreams. That same willingness to move forward, even when the path ahead is unmarked and uncertain, threads through Backburner, aligning the sound with the larger thematic core that unifies every piece of the album’s output. The young woman at the center of all Buzz’s work can still spare a laugh if she stumbles.
BackburnerPrashant Trivedi
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