New album 'Buzz' - coming August 9th, 2024. Pre-save / pre-order now: https://NIKI.lnk.to/Buzz New album “Nicole” out now: https://niki.lnk.to/Nicole Nicole Tour dates & tickets: https://nikizefanya.com/ Official music video for "Before" by NIKI -- out now: https://NIKI.lnk.to/Before Written by: Nicole Zefanya Produced by: NIKI & Jacob Ray LYRICS: You hid me in your dorm room It was Halloweekend, I just flew across the globe, 22 hours just to see you Just to barely fit on your twin-sized bed and talk about your cool new friend who I never met who you dated as soon as I left Carolina autumn It had been a year since I saw you, since we ended it, had a year to grow into the girl you always wanted Now we’re holding hands, as not quite friends, but not quite lovers, well, we’ll just pretend You say, “It’s complicated to make amends” Well, is that the way that we’re headed then? And you couldn’t answer me Though you could pull me in while I brushed my teeth and let your hands both freely speak like I wasn’t ever gonna leave You were all I’d ever known And now I’m supposed to love you from a distance, like it’s nothing, like it’s instant and you say, “Let’s just see where this goes” And I don’t know how or why you seem just fine cause I’m having to grasp that you’re somehow not mine anymore It’s so cruel how things are only almost like they were before Like they were before Like they were before Like they were before We walk downtown and it’s charming You’re alarmingly disarming Yeah, we’ve got 48 hours left before I fly back to my death while you stay just fine and feel alive South of the Mason-Dixon line where everyone closes shop at 9, where you could somehow finally find what you were desperately looking for Funny how you thought that was gonna be New York with our chalkboard walls and slanted floors Oh, we could’ve had that and so much more Ask your new lover what it’s like to be given a real fighting chance before you wish her good riddance Did anything ever really count or was I just a two-year practice round? You were all I’d ever known And now I’m feeling stupid, you’re forbidden They say yeah we were something, too bad we were children Oh, I don’t know where to go and I don’t know how or why you seem just fine cause I’m looking at you and God knows you’re not mine anymore It’s so cruel how things will never be the way they were before Like they were before It’s almost just like how it was before But it’s not anymore CAST: NIKI - Nicole Zefanya Ben - Peter Adrian Sudarso Ghoul - Jackie Tran Goblin / Friend 1 - TJ Torry Friend 2 - Erik Luminarias CREW: Directed by Isaac Ravishankara Rep: Doug Klinger @ Reprobates EP - North of Now: Daniel Yaro EP - Division7: Elizabeth Doonan EP - 88rising: Chris Heinrich Producer: Naby Dakhli Producers - 88rising: Abby Wu, Emily Truong PM/Post Producer: Dylan D. Underhill Production Coordinator: Damiana Acuna 1st AD - Lexi Kirsch 2nd AD - Alex Spear Key Set PA: Anthony O'Brien DP: Zoe Simone - Yi 1st Camera Asst.: Meghan Pham, Dave Eaves Steadicam: James Troost Sound Mixer: Ruben Brionnes DIT/VTR: Fahad Salam, Chris Golenor Production Designer: Helen Morales Art Director: Nicholas Kerr On Set Dresser: Alex Santo Spirito Set Dresser: Conrad Sundquist-Olmos, Drew Hall Creative Director - 88rising: Jane Morledge Choreographers: JA Collective Gaffer: Thomas Sigurdsson BBE: Christopher Williams Set Lighting Tech: Auston Mahan, Zach Emerick, Scott Smith Key Grip: Brendan Riel BB Grip: Logan Alesso Grip: Kevin Ramirez, Alex Laudeman, Connor Colby, Marc Dewey Hair & Makeup Artist: Lili Eve Kaytmaz, Kristin Andersson Asst. Makeup Artist: Bex Cook Hair Stylist: Deshauna Makeup Artist “NIKI”: Marla Vasquez Hair Stylist “NIKI”: Athena Alberto Nails “NIKI”: Michelle Tran Wardrobe: Alisha Silverstein Wardrobe Asst.: Isabel Rodriguez, Molly Danielle Wilcox, Francesca M Wardrobe “NIKI”: Katie Qian Wardrobe Asst. “NIKI”: Athena Mesina, Kiona Vickroy, PA: Teresa Plascencia, Sean Cavalerie, Omri Soha, Chris Ponce, Carrie Carusone, Camera PA: Luis Barajas Truck PA: Mike McCarthy On Set Photographer: Gabriel Chiu Photographer Asst.: Liv BTS Video: Michael Rodgers Editor: Henry Kaplan Asst. Editor: Sutton York Visual FX: Zak Stoltz Sound Design / Mix: Ben Tomastik, Kris Huayta Color: Ethos Studio Head of Prod: Natasha Sattler Color Producer: Sam Cesan Colorist: Dante Pasquinelli Set Medic: Alex Regnaga COVID Compliance: Marquis Willis Studio Teacher: Stella Pacific Subscribe to NIKI: https://NIKI.lnk.to/subscribe Follow NIKI http://instagram.com/nikizefanya http://twitter.com/nikizefanya http://facebook.com/nikizefanya https://www.tiktok.com/@niki #NIKI #Nicole #Before