How This Singer-Songwriter Gets Her Skin So Good

When Nicole Zefanya was 15 years old, she opened for Taylor Swift in Jakarta, Indonesia, in front of 15,000 people. Zefanya didn’t think of herself as a singer, but when her mom saw a flyer announcing a music competition arranged by Swift and ice-cream brand Walls, she encouraged her daughter to try out. After the show, when she hopped offstage, Zefanya had an epiphany: This was what she wanted to do with her life.

Fast-forward six years, and the now 21-year-old has released her debut album Moonchild under the name Niki. “It’s what I would call a sonic allegory from start to finish,” she says. “Every song relates to one another, all connecting into one giant story line like a musical storybook.”

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