Niki

Nicole Zefanya (born 24 January 1999), known professionally as Niki (stylized in all caps), is an Indonesian singer-songwriter. She is currently based in the United States and signed with the record label 88rising. She has released two full-length studio albums, Moonchild (2020) and Nicole (2022). Her debut headlining concert tour, Nicole World Tour (2022–2023), visited over 40 cities across North America, Asia, Australia, and Europe. A multi-instrumentalist, Niki wrote or co-wrote her own songs. She is the most popular Indonesian female artist on Spotify with over 2.5 billion streams. She has seven songs with over 100 million streams on the platform, including "Lowkey" and "Every Summertime". In 2020, Niki was listed among Forbes magazine's list of 30 Under 30 Asia. Early life Niki was born on 24 January 1999 and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia. At nine years old, Niki taught herself how to play the guitar. At 13, she began writing original music. Although her music is partially influenced by her mother, who exposed Niki to soul, gospel, and 1990s' R&B like Destiny's Child and Aaliyah when she was young, Niki's earliest original music skewed towards the folk and indie genres. Career At 15, she was the opening act for Taylor Swift's The Red Tour in Jakarta after winning a competition arranged by Swift and the ice cream brand Wall's, called Ride to Fame. Niki maintained a YouTube channel throughout her teenage years, on which she uploaded original songs and covers, which were eventually released on Spotify under her birth name.