Niia has returned with a new single, “Throw My Head Out the Window,” set to be featured on her forthcoming album, V. The music video, which appropriately begins with a shot of Niia’s head slung out of a car window, is soundtracked a pulsing drum groove that brings to mind jazz fusion of the ’70s and ’80s. Keyboard twinkles give the song an otherworldly feel, landing it somewhere between the heady world of Stereolab and the atmospheric jazz of Nala Sinephro.
“‘Throw My Head Out the Window’ is what happens when you can’t scream but can’t stay still either,” said Niia. “The wind does the screaming for you—fast enough to drown out the static, soft enough to remind you you’re still here. Grateful, free, all alone. That breath is just enough to keep me going. No makeup, no fancy clothes, no wild video concept, just me.”
She added: “I also kept thinking of the dogs I pass in LA, ears back, eyes half-closed. Are they just watching the city blur by, or are they stealing a moment no one can take from them? For everyone who feels too deeply, for everyone who just needs one unobserved breath before moving forward—this is for you. ‘Where people like us go.’”
Check out the video for “Throw My Head Out the Window” below, and pre-order V here before it arrives on October 10 via Candid Records.
