Listen to Nilüfer Yanya’s shimmering new song ‘Midnight Sun’
nme.comNilüfer Yanya has shared another taster of her upcoming second album – watch the video for the widescreen new track ‘Midnight Sun’ below.‘Midnight Sun’ follows recent track ‘Stabilise’ in previewing her upcoming second album ‘Painless’, which is set to arrive on March 4 via ATO and follows 2019 debut ‘Miss Universe’.“It’s a song about recognising what it feels like to be pushed down but wanting to resist,” Yanya said of ‘Midnight Sun’ in a statement. “I really like the imagery of ‘midnight sun’ as a lyric as it insinuates a light guiding you through darkness.
The wings carry their own symbolism – freedom, lightness, flight, fantasy…“If I could pick what people saw and heard it would be: seeing the beauty of confrontation and the necessity of rebellion,” she added.Watch the ‘Midnight Sun’ video below.The singer will hit the road in support of ‘Painless’ this spring, with the tour beginning in Glasgow on March 3 and including stop-offs in Dublin (March 12), Manchester (14) and Bristol (15).
Yanya’s UK stint will conclude with a performance at Electric Brixton in London on March 16.See the full list of dates below.MARCH03 – St Luke’s, Glasgow UK12 – Whelans, Dublin IE14 – Band On The Wall, Manchester UK15 – Trinity, Bristol UK16 – Electric Brixton, London UK20 – Trabendo, Paris FR22 – Bogen F, Zurich CH23 – Ampere, Munich DE24 – Grelle Forelle, Vienna AT26 – Säälchen, Berlin DE27 – Nochtspeicher, Hamburg DE28 – Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam NL30 – Botanique Orangerie, Brussels BEAPRIL26 – Antone’s, Austin TX28 – Basement East, Nashville TN29 – Shaky Knees, Atlanta GA30 – Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro NC MAY01 – Grey Eagle, Asheville NC03 – Black Cat, Washington DC04 – Underground Arts, Philadelphia PA06 – The Sinclair, Cambridge MA07.
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