What would eventually coalesce into NIKI’s third studio album, Buzz, first took shape as an urgent, unshakable quake that rose from the innermost core of her being, a creative signal that a new body of work was ready to move from quiet introspection to shared, tangible art. Within that unfolding era of songwriting, which retains the unflinching intimacy that has long defined her approach to craft, lies Tsunami, a pop sound rooted in the Philippines that carries the same seismic, shift-ready energy that animates the full album from which it emerged. The wisdom that hums through every layer of Buzz, the hard-earned perspective of a young woman who charges dauntlessly toward the dreams that guide her, while still holding space for warmth and laughter when she stumbles along the way, threads through every choice that shaped Tsunami, anchoring the sound to the core themes that tie the full album’s body of work together.