yowdy!

it's officially been ONE (1) month since I released my latest thing into the world - Nine Skies!
the response has been very very good, better than i even hoped.
it's now my second most viewed video on my YT channel, surpassing my last album Jackal (but still behind a stupid meme video I made 6 years ago). i have received so many heartwarming and sincere comments from people saying they enjoyed it. that means more to me than anything. however, it has also been my most financially successful album to date - which i won't lie in saying has been incredibly satisfying,,,

ANYWAYS

i wanted to give some updates to what i'm working on

original post nine skies plans

the original plan for 2025 was going to be 2 full albums before the end of the year. i wanted to do this both to prove i could and to force myself into a type of creativity where i was forced to commit to ideas. i managed to do that to my satisfaction on nine skies, and it kind of killed that want in me to need to do it again this year

so two albums isn't happening this year. womp womp. but as consolation, i'm gonna tell you about it early

album 10 - "ULTRAMAGIC"

i already have every song on this demoed out. it was worked on concurrently with nine skies in the background and what i have currently probably represents like, 3 months of work. i am happy with the songs currently

however, its my 10th album. and it will coincide with my 10th anniversarry of releasing music publically. try as i may, i can't help but put a lot of importance on this album because of that. milestones and anniversaries mean a lot to me as a person

when i was thinking about where to take this album lyrically and thematically, i kept coming back to wanting to make it very personal. my music has obviously touched on things that are personal to me before, but i want to go to a place i've never gone before. not writing about my experiences through the veil of pure metaphor. i want to talk about me - nina, the person.

previously, when i have tried doing this - i always stop myself. i tell myself i haven't earned it, or i haven't made a strong enough statement elsewhere for me to justify diving deeper into myself. well, i've been telling myself that a 10th album milestone qualifies as "earning" it, and Nine Skies is my strongest artistic statement to date. to me, i felt like i have no more excuses. i have to talk about myself now

all this to say - "ULTRAMAGIC" will need a lot more time in the oven than i was previously going to give it. i need time to properly articulate a lot of feelings i've never put in music before, and i need the music to match that. i want it to be a victory lap.

current post nine skies plans

however, i still want to keep my 2025 momentum going in the meantime.

i released a noise/sound collage song on a whim the other day. you can listen to that here

i also have two ep/things's in the works with the plan to release at least one of them this year.

one is called TEARING - and is a 4 track harsh electronic bass ep

the other is called "At Long Last, My Body Will Return To The Sea" - and is a ~20 minute long single song exploring ambient music and texture