Nilüfer Yanya‘s “Heavyweight Champion Of The Year” is out on ATO Records/[PIAS].
London’s 23-year-old artist Nilüfer Yanya has just unveiled “Heavyweight Champion Of The Year”, her second song of 2018. Like on her previous offering, the excellent “Thanks 4 Nothing“, she is singing about love with a good dose of bitterness and nonchalance but this time, she has learnt from her mistakes. She nourishes the tension with her riffs without falling in the trap of self-destruction. Instead, she takes distance, respects her own limits and makes decisions. About “Heavyweight Champion Of The Year”, she stated:
Watch the Molly Daniel-directed video below and check her upcoming gigs, including a show in Brussels for Les Nuits Botanique 2019.
14 November | Royal Albert Hall, London*
15 November | Royal Albert Hall, London*
16 November | O2 Apollo, Manchester*
18 November | Olympia Theatre, Dublin*
19 November| Olympia Theatre, Dublin*
23 November | Mehr! Theater, Hamburg*
24 November | TAP1, Copenhagen*
25 November | Tempodrom, Berlin*
27 November | Tivoli Vredenburg , Utrecht*
28 November | Forest National, Brussels*
29 November | La Salle Pleyel, Paris*
7 February | Union Transfer, Philadelphia^
8 February | Royale, Boston^
9 February | Beacon Theatre, New York City^
11 February | Danforth Music Hall, Toronto^
13 February | Majestic Theatre, Detroit^
18 February | Gothic Theatre, Englewood^
22 February | The Imperial, Vancouver^
23 February | Neptune Theatre, Seattle^
26 February | The Filmore, San Francisco^
28 February | The Observatory North Park, San Diego^
29 April | Les Nuits Botanique Festival, Brussels, Belgium
*with Interpol
^with Sharon Van Etten
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