The pop recording Lose, rooted in the rich Philippine creative landscape that shapes NIKI’s artistic perspective, carries the same raw, urgent energy that first sparked the work that would become the singer-songwriter’s third studio album, Buzz. What would eventually coalesce into that full-length project began not as a polished, finalized collection, but as an urgent quake from the innermost core of NIKI’s being, a tremor of unfiltered feeling that found early, vivid form in tracks like Lose, rooted in the same unflinching honesty that defines every layer of her songwriting. Her approach to crafting music remains as intimate as ever, turning personal, specific truths into work that resonates with anyone who has ever stood at the cusp of change, teetering between the life they’ve known and the one they’re brave enough to chase.