Good news! NIKI kembali meluncurkan single terbaru berjudul "High School in Jakarta", pada 5 Agustus. Lagu ini merupakan pengantar terakhir sebelum album Nicole resmi dirilis pada 12 Agustus mendatang.
"And we end with the beginning. “High School in Jakarta” OUT NOW," tulis NIKI di Instagram.
Ternyata sebuah film pendek
Perilisan single ini dibarengi dengan tayangnya video musik di channel YouTube resmi NIKI. Seperti judulnya, video ini berisi nostalgia kisah cinta NIKI semasa SMA.
"Video klip untuk single ini membawa pendengar melihat NIKI mengalami masa-masa sulit di SMA, sambil menikmati euforia cinta pertama di masa remajanya," tulis rilis pers resmi NIKI.
Menariknya, video musik ini rupanya terhubung dengan dua rilisan sebelumnya, yaitu "Oceans & Engines" dan "Before" yang juga akan menjadi bagian album Nicole. Satu demi satu kepingan puzzle cerita yang turut dibintangi oleh Peter Adrian Sudarso itu perlahan terkumpul.
"Jadi mungkin kalian telah menyadari bahwa tiga video itu tampak terhubung. Itu karena kami sebenarnya menulis ceritanya sebagai sebuah film pendek (beberapa dari kalian telah menebaknya, kalian orang-orang cerdas!!)," kata NIKI.
Mengejutkannya, NIKI juga akan menayangkan film pendek berjudul But I'm Letting Go tersebut pekan depan. Proses syuting film garapan Isaac Ravishankara itu berlangsung selama lima hari. Perempuan yang memiliki nama asli Nicole, sama seperti nama perannya di film ini, tak dapat menyembunyikan kebahagiaannya karena hal ini dan tak sabar menunggu penayangannya.
"Kami memutuskan untuk menyebutnya 'But I'm Letting Go', tetapi ini juga tentang dua orang yang datang bersama. Terinspirasi dari kehidupanku sendiri, tetapi ini juga tentang setiap hubungan. Inilah yang membuat album ini begitu spesial, dan aku bisa mengatakan betapa senangnya aku agar kalian bisa menontonnya," sambung NIKI.
Tak hanya di Los Angeles dan New York, NIKI juga akan mengadakan special screening But I'm Letting Go di Jakarta secara gratis! Karena ketersediaan kursi yang terbatas, kamu yang ingin menonton harus mendaftar dahulu ke nikizefanya.com/screenings agar dapat tiketnya. Duh, jadi ikutan nggak sabar, deh!
Akan gelar tur keliling Amerika Utara
Hal spesial lain yang juga menunggu para penggemar NIKI, khususnya di kawasan Amerika Utara, adalah tur konser bertajuk Nicole pada September-Oktober tahun ini. Hampir seluruh tiket sudah habis terjual. The power of NIKI memang nggak main-main, ya? Berikut jadwal lengkapnya:
- September 8 - Vancouver, BC - Malkin Bowl
- September 9 - Seattle, WA - Showbox
- September 10 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
- September 13 - Sacramento, CA - Ace of Spades
- September 14 - San Francisco, CA - The Regency Ballroom
- September 15 - San Francisco, CA - The Regency Ballroom
- September 17 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst
- September 20 - Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater
- September 22 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre
- September 23 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre
- September 24 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore
- September 27 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
- September 28 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
- September 30 - Washington, D.C. - The Howard
- Oktober 2 - Boston, MA - Royale
- Oktober 4 - Nashville, TN - Eastside Bowl
- Oktober 5 - Charlotte, NC - The Underground
- Oktober 6 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
- Oktober 8 - Dallas, TX - The Factory in Deep Ellum
- Oktober 9 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
- Oktober 11 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
- Oktober 12 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
- Oktober 14 - Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre
- Oktober 15 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex - The Grand
- Oktober 18 - Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren
- Oktober 22 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
Lirik lagu NIKI - "High School in Jakarta"
VERSE 1
Didn’t you hear Amanda’s moving back to Colorado?
It’s 2013 & the end of my life
Freshman year’s about to plummet just a little harder
But it didn’t cause we kissed on that Halloween night
VERSE 2
I bleached half my hair when I saw Zoe on your Vespa
It was orange from 3% peroxide, thanks to you
I needed a good cry, I headed right to Kendra’s
I hated you and I hoped to God that you knew
PRE CHORUS 1
Now there’s drama (drama)
Found a club for that
Where I met ya (met ya)
Had a heart attack
Yadda yadda
At the end, yeah we burned, made a couple U-turns,
you were it til you weren’t
CHORUS 1
High school in Jakarta, sorta modern Sparta
Had no chance against the teenage suburban armadas
We were a sonata,
thanks to tight-lipped fathers
Yeah living under that was hard, but I loved you harder
High school in Jakarta, an elaborate saga
I still hate you for making me wish I came out smarter
You love/hate your mother, so do I
Could’ve ended different, then again we went to high school in Jakarta
VERSE 2
Got a group assignment, I’ll be at Vall’s place
You don’t text at all and only call when you’re off your face
I’m petty and say, “Call me when you’re not unstable”
I lie and tell you I’ll be getting drunk at Rachel’s
PRE CHORUS 2
I wasn’t
She doesn’t even drink
But I couldn’t have you sit there and think
That you’re better, cause you’re older
Are you better, now that we’re older?
CHORUS 2
High school in Jakarta, sorta modern Sparta
Had no chance against the teenage suburban armadas
We were a sonata, thanks to tight-lipped fathers
Yeah living under that was hard, but I loved you harder
High school in Jakarta, a comedy drama
I still hate you
for making me wish I came out smarter
You love/hate your mother, so do I
Could’ve ended different, then again we went to high school in Jakarta
BRIDGE
Natasha’s moving to New York
Probably sometime in August
And I’m spending the summer in Singapore
I’m so sad I can’t tell you shit anymore
[CLEAN: I’m so sad I can’t call you up anymore]
I made friends with Abby this year
We’re moving in in March or so
And although you bring me to tears
I’m glad that we gave it a go
CHORUS 3
High school in Jakarta, American summer
Had no chance against the Marxist girl with marijuana
[CLEAN: Had no chance against the Marxist, she loved
Melodrama]
I was your piñata, she was a star-charter
Glad she gave it to you real hard, but I loved you harder
High school in Jakarta,
I won’t but I wanna
Ask you when you talk about it do I ever come up?
Say thanks to your mama, now we’re through
Could’ve ended different, then again we went to high school in Jakarta
Apakah kisah cinta masa SMA kamu sama dengan NIKI, Bela?