Indian experimental pop artist Nikitaa refers to her music as “Goddess Pop” in reference to her imbuing her songwriting with the intention of reminding listeners of the feminine within and without everyone as a path to uplift and empower. For her single “Bad Trip” the songwriter uses the image of coming off a bad trip as vehicle for putting one’s place in relation with others in the proper context and that thinking otherwise is a temporary frame of mind. In the song she sings about a man who thinks he’s a god on his own kind of ego and power trip needing others to be on a lower tier of existence socially and in other ways in order to feel his sense of power and dignity when it’s an illusion that depends on the recognition of such from other people and has no meaning outside of that cultural construct. The music is an elevated kind of downtempo with shimmering, ghostly melodies and strong beats and textural percussion with a tonal palette that unites more traditional Indian music structures and mainstream Western pop for a fascinating amalgam of atmospheric and dynamic elements. Listen to “Bad Trip” on Spotify and follow Nikitaa at the links below.
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