Immediate and contentious, Nire Bird’s latest single ‘Obsessor Doll’ traverses a wide and otherworldly soundscape. Opening with hard and punchy electronic arrangements, filled with gritty chops and distortion, the track then dives into an airy and percussive landscape, with huge swells emerging from the darkness as a glassy knock rings out. Her vocals are pensive in these moments, a contrast to the energetic cries of ‘obsession’ that soon follow. Diving between these different universes with such confidence and assuredness gives the track an eerie and haunting tone, pulling the listener apart whilst covering them in passionate love.
Nire shares an insight, “Obsessor Doll in particular started as an idea about a girl obsessed with a guy. But it felt wrong in so many ways like I didn’t want to write this message. Then my best friend started trolling me on social media and WhatsApp about my whole world. She said, ‘what’s wrong with you, I’m unfollowing you, I never see your stuff but this is too far, are you ok, what are doing, you think you’re making art, you’re not making art, this is pornography.’ It went on and on and I realised it had been for years. Nothing about what I was doing was pornographic.
She was so wild in her shaming, female jealousy and attempted control that it made me laugh, cry and become deeply motivated in retaliation. I looked in the mirror and felt my obsession. So the true song revealed itself as a girl singing in the mirror becoming her alter ego and embracing her obsession. An obsession to produce and create while not being hurt by outside noise and criticism even when it’s someone you think is a best friend. In my reflections I realised how deeply she’d been holding me back, trying to keep me in her box because she just didn’t feel sexy anymore as a mother.”
Nire Bird first gained attention with her debut single ‘Dark Beach’ in 2019, eventually following the track with 2022 album Beach Noir, which brought her significant notability thanks to a standout tracklist. In late 2023, she re-emerged once again, unveiling ‘Pardon My Reach’, an initial signalling of a now-announced sophomore project, on the horizon for a release soon.
A lifelong pianist and viola player, Nire discovered her voice through singing lullabies to her children, which inspired her to start writing songs. Developing her craft as a musician writer and producer, creating dark experimental soundscapes, Nire describes herself as "sunshine mixed with a hurricane".
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