Nicky at Night

What's better than getting to interview a music artist you ask?? Well, interviewing a horse of courseToday we welcome the one and only ‪@horsegiirL to Nicky at Night!!You will probably never find an artist as dedicated to their craft and wordlbuilding as Stella the Stallion is. So I wanted to have a little horse play and get to know more about her lore and journey as an artist0:00 - Intro2:41 - Nature is a Rave5:08 - Rivers Run Free7:59 - Music as Medication9:49 - German vs US music scene12:14 - Did social media ruin club culture?17:15 - Relationship with fame19:38 - horsegiirL worldbuilding24:19 - Nature is Healing31:22 - Horse Play

Orville Peck is living proof that it takes 10 years to be an Overnight SuccessFrom being a ballet dancer in South Africa, an actor in London, and a touring artist in a punk band for nearly 15 years– there is NO ONE with a journey quite like his. He exemplifies that the first step of your career does not need to look like the last step, and no matter where you are, or how long you’ve been doing something. You can ALWAYS make a creative pivot.Not only that, he doesn’t sit inside the box or conform to the “standards” of the industry. How many other gay country singers wearing a fringe mask can you name? But it was exactly that which made him stand out.So I wanted to sit down with him to learn more about his journey and talk all things his new EP “Appolossa”0:00 - Intro1:20 - The Lore of Orville Peck7:25 - Why the mask?12:28 - Willie Nelson18:25 - Elton John20:00 - Midnight Ride w Kylie Minogue & Diplo22:06 - Noah Cyrus26:36 - Cabaret & Maybe This Time31:19 - My Side of the Mountain33:56 - Drift Away35:26 - Making Music Videos42:00 - Street Fighter Movie43:36 - Working w Friends45:06 - Oh my days#orvillepeck #musicreview

What makes a great artist? To me its about so much more than just music. It's the ethos, the visuals, the writing, worldbuilding, and how they tap into culture.Those things seem so much easier to do when you have a big record label, funding for your music videos, or an entire team around you-- but how does a New Artist do those things?Well we sat down with @nataliejane to talk about exactly that! Discussing her journey as a homegrown artist on the internet to the release of her debut album, "The World I didn't Want" which just came out last week! 0:00 - Intro2:27 - Artistic Fantasy vs Reality4:45 - Intrusive Thoughts8:23 - The World I Didn't Want14:00 - Fallin'17:39 - How U Been?20:30 - Girls Will Be Girls26:03 - AVA27:30 - Visuals37:30 - Butterflies38:45 - Anyone but Myself

Why does everything feel like ragebait now?From the Sydney Sweeney and American Eagle Ad Campaign, crazy tiktok foods, debate shows, toxic fandoms, and ragebait marketing.EVERYTHING feels like extremism, and we have completely lost the idea of nuance. To like some things, dislike some things, and still be a fan.Now it feels like everything is a team sport-- where you have to endlessly defend your team. Instead of actually trying to have a conversation and learn from one another0:00 - Intro2:38 - Bonus Episode4:16 - The History of Ragebait Marketing7:53 - The Psychology of Ragebait12:22 - The Rise of Extremism14:30 - Sydney Sweeney American Eagle17:59 - Why Bigotry Doesn't Work24:13 - Jubilee27:50 - Innocent Ragebait33:04 - Why Ragebait Marketing Always Fails37:37 - Charlie Kirk#videoessay #sydneysweeney #leftist #charliekirk

Rico Nasty has always been her own museFrom blowing up during the early days of Soundcloud, pioneering her own sound, and collaborating with some of the greats like Doja Cat, Kali Uchis, Doechii, Fred Again, and SO many moreThe one things guiding Rico Nasty has always been taste. In this week's episode of Nicky at Night-- we sit down with Rico Nasty to talk about exactly what it means to be a genreless artist today.0:00 - Intro7:13 - The Soundcloud Era13:11 - Collaborations18:15 - Tia Tamera23:10 - Swamp Btches25:49 - Lethal26:33 - On the Low28:45 - Smile32:40 - Crash34:26 - Writing Music#riconasty #femalerap

We are witnessing the death of the male popstar...We went from YEARS of The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Usher, NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, Justin Timberlake, Justin Bieber, One Direction, Harry Styles... and then just none.After the rise of Harry Styles, we have yet to see a single male rise to the upper echolon of pop music in nearly a DECADEHowever, in 2025 it FINALLY feels like we have some contenders. Sombr, Role Model, Conan Gray, and Troye Sivan have all started to have some of their biggest songs to date.So what changed? And what does a male artist need to break through in 2025?FOLLOW SAM ⁨@Popsamcam⁩ 0:00 -Intro5:00 - What is a Male "Popstar"?11:39 - What makes a successful Male Artist?18:07 - The 3 things that Make or Break a New Artist20:57 - What are the Pop Boys missing?27:55 - Sombr29:58 - How can Pop Boys evolve?31:54 - The Men closest to getting it36:26 - Omar Apollo38:13 - Conan Gray40:57 - The Pop Boys Not Doing it For Me#musicindustry #sombr #rolemodel #harrystyles #musicmarketing

Is it just me or does it feel like EVERYONE’s love life is a disaster these days?Situationships. Talking stages. Low-effort texting. Going back to your ex…It’s like we’d rather stay stuck in something we KNOW is bad for us than risk being alone. Why? Because connection—even when it’s toxic—is still connection. And we are addicted to it. The dopamine rush of attention. The illusion of intimacy. The validation of being chosen—even if it’s only temporarily.We crave the high of a connection more than the health and consistency of that connection.So we go back. Even when we know better...So how did we become addicted to connection? And how can we break that spell? Well what better guest to have than @Aidan Bissett ⁨who just put out an entire album exploring this exact topic.You may know him from songs like More Than Friends, Tripping Over Air, and Ultraviolet– but “shut up and love me” goes much deeper into these feelings of heartbreak and our addiction to connection…#aidanbissett #indiemusic #heartbreaksong #epidemicofloneliness