Earlier in March, J’Nique Nicole suggested for fans to ask a bunch of questions about her involvement on the NieR:Automata soundtrack, and she’s just posted two videos answering them!
Also, if you haven’t seen it yet, have a look at the interview she did for me back in 2016. There were a bunch of questions in the Part 1 video that she had already answered there.
▶︎ Interview with J’Nique Nicole, 2016
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The singer/songwriter J’Nique Nicole performed a special show tonight to celebrate the up-coming release of her first EP which will consist of 5 original songs. The EP doesn’t currently have a release date, but the music video that she recently shot for the song “Black Girl Magic” was screened for the first time tonight–and it’s awesome!
◼︎EP Song Line-up:
Below, you can check out a bunch of photos during the show, but unfortunately, my phone doesn’t take the best photos, so the zoomed-in one’s turned out to be way more pixelated than I thought. Really sorry about that!!
I also recorded one brief bit at the end of the live performances where Nikki introduces the members of her band. Be sure to check it out!
Lastly, Nikki’s next gig will be held in Shibuya on Friday, July 6! More details on that to come later!
Shortly after SQEX updated the official NieR:Automata site with the English version of the new theme song, I was intrigued to find out as much as I could about the vocalist.
The quality of her voice reminded me a lot of the Japanese singer AI. I looked into it some more and came to the conclusion that this wasn’t AI, but probably an entirely different vocalist than we’ve heard before.
A week later, I was able to attend the NieR Music Concert & Talk Live concert and we learned the name of the new vocalist: J’Nique Nicole.
Ever since then, I had been working on this interview and, being delayed by many personal ups and downs in my life, I feel badly that it’s taken me this long to put the final touches on this to share. So, for everyone involved, I’m very sorry for working so slowly.
Then, without further adieu, please enjoy the interview: