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Lorde can't look at herself yet
Single art for Lorde's "What Was That" Lorde’s first record, Pure Heroine , came out when I was seventeen. I met Cait a year later, when...
Nikki Javadi
Apr 274 min read


Autumnal music reccs & little blurbs about them
This post was originally shared through my Substack newsletter on Oct. 29th, 2024. Hello there. I’m writing to you from the discomfort of...
Nikki Javadi
Oct 29, 20244 min read


Sabrina Carpenter wants you to miss her
| And I don't want to be forgotten | I intended to write an album review of Sabrina Carpenter’s latest, Short n’ Sweet . I really did....
Nikki Javadi
Oct 3, 20246 min read


me, my lover, & the oldies
This piece was originally written for specific work purposes, but it's special to me so it's been repurposed and shared here: On nights...
Nikki Javadi
Aug 15, 20243 min read


Clairo has never raised her voice
My non-review of her third studio album, Charm . Clairo is not a big venue artist (non-derogatory). I’ve seen her perform thrice. First...
Nikki Javadi
Aug 8, 20245 min read


Charli threw this party for us <3
Here are my informal thoughts on Brat & Charli XCX. I listened to brat/BRAT (henceforth referred to as Brat, ty) on a coastal drive at...
Nikki Javadi
Jul 10, 20244 min read


you are my valentine (yes, you)
music is love and so i've made you a playlist, oh valentine. these songs are just a few i've been enjoying now and a few that are...
Nikki Javadi
Feb 14, 20241 min read


september's almost over interlude
everyone was obsessed with summer this year sweaty, rainy, smokey, reckless, get out of my swamp! watching limb after limb embrace change...
Nikki Javadi
Sep 18, 20231 min read


goodbye, 2022
i started this playlist in september. it is called, "september is the beginning". every autumn i've experienced since i was 18 feels like...
Nikki Javadi
Dec 17, 20221 min read


my bid for a job in music marketing
happy pride month - here's something about me, MUNA, Julien Baker, and more <3 I didn’t know what a “happy cry” was for a very long...
Nikki Javadi
Jun 23, 20223 min read


spring, please (playlist)
made this playlist in anticipation of my favorite season. although i’m a summer baby, i’ve long accepted that i am too sweaty & irritable...
Nikki Javadi
Apr 12, 20221 min read


2021 in music & moments
january: my girlfriend’s childhood dog died this month. but we also celebrated one year together - milestones of grief & joy. i fell in...
Nikki Javadi
Dec 31, 20215 min read


warm rain & smooth brain (playlist)
these songs almost don't make sense together, the same way rain never feels quite right paired with heat. but just like the giddy...
Nikki Javadi
Oct 5, 20211 min read


summertime tweed (playlist)
a mid-year playlist to carry you into the end these songs & artists make me feel like that moment right when the car's A/C has dried all...
Nikki Javadi
Aug 9, 20211 min read


album review: How Samia’s The Baby reminds me of being sad without a reason to be sad
If I could choose where it happened, I would build bold, towering monuments at every site. Years later I would visit each one, and press...
Nikki Javadi
Apr 26, 20214 min read


it's raining in LA (playlist)
welcome to the first playlist drop of 2021: these songs are inspiring me rn these songs & artists are reminding me of how it felt to live...
Nikki Javadi
Jan 29, 20211 min read


a song i liked: "Good Days" by SZA
a song i liked is an essay series that both reviews a new song and interrogates how it may either relate to other musical works or fit in...
Nikki Javadi
Dec 25, 20204 min read


Album Review: Ariana Grande Takes R&B To Disneyland
It wasn’t anything serious, she filmed it in sepia tone on her Macbook Photobooth application and wore a hoodie. Her hair was still...
Nikki Javadi
Oct 29, 20203 min read


a song i liked: Self aware self-destruction on Tei Shi’s “Disappear”
a song i liked is an essay series that both reviews a new song and interrogates how it may either relate to other musical works or fit in...
Nikki Javadi
Jul 27, 20204 min read
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