NIKI - Oceans & Engines (Official Music Video)

"Buzz" by NIKI Out Now!

“Nicole” by NIKI Out Now!

"Oceans & Engines" by NIKI Out Now!

Written by: Nicole Zefanya
Produced by: NIKI & Jacob Ray

[Verse 1]
Saturday sunset, we’re lying on my bed with five hours to go
Fingers entwined and so were our minds crying, “I don’t want you to go”
You wiped away tears but not fears under the still and clear indigo
You said, “Baby don’t cry, we’ll be fine, you’re the one thing I swear I can’t outgrow”

[Verse 2]
My mother said the younger me was a ‘Pretending’ prodigy well nothing, then, much has changed
Cause while you’re wolfing down liquor, my soul it gets sicker, but I’m stickin' to the screenplay, gotta say I’m okay,
but answer this babe:
How is it now that somehow you’re a stranger?
You were mine just yesterday
I pray the block in my airway dissipates and instead deters your airplane’s way

[Pre-Chorus 1]
But heaven denied
Destiny decried
Something beautiful died too soon

[Chorus]
But I’m letting go
I’m giving up the ghost
But don’t get me wrong,
I’ll always love you, that’s why I wrote you this very last song
I guess this is where we say goodbye
I know I’ll be alright
Someday I’ll be fine,
but just not tonight

[Verse 3]
Plunging into all kinds of diversions like blush wine and sonorous soirées
But even with gin and surgin’ adrenaline, I see you’re all that can intoxicate
Oceans and engines, you’re skilled at infringing on great love affairs
Cause now my heart’s home, all I’ve known, is long gone and ten thousand miles away

[Pre-Chorus 2]
And I’m not okay

[Chorus]
But I’m letting go
I’m giving up the ghost
But don’t get me wrong
I’ll always love you, that’s why I wrote you this very last song
I guess this is where we say goodbye
I know I’ll be alright
But just not -

[Bridge]
Tonight was the first time I stared into seas of beguiling sepia two years ago
And the first time I learned real world superpowers lived in three words, they revitalized my fraying bones, oh
Now what do you do when your pillar crumbled down, you’ve lost all solid ground, both dreams and demons drowned, and this void’s all you’ve found and doubts light it aglow?
I have so many questions
But I’m pouring them into the ocean and I’m starting up my engine

[Chorus]
And I’m letting go
I’m giving up your ghost
It’s come to a close
I marked the end with this last song I wrote
I’m letting go
This is the last falsetto
I’ll ever sing to you my great, lost love

DIRECTED BY: Isaac Ravishankara
REPRESENTATIVE: Doug Klinger @ Reprobates
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Daniel Yaro
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Elizabeth Doonan
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: North of Now
PRODUCTION COUNTRY: United States
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Division7
PRODUCTION COUNTRY: United States
NIKI: Nicole Zefanya
BEN: Peter Adrian Sudarso
RACEHL: Rachel Gunawan
NATASHA: Natasha Simadibrata
ABBY: Abby Latip
JOE: Mike Concheso
WET KID'S MOM: Jenni Kephart
WET KID: Idris Soleiman
PRODUCER: Naby Dakhli
POST PRODUCER: Dylan D. Underhill
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR: Damiana Acuna
1ST AD: Lexi Kirsch
2ND AD: Alex Spear
KEY SET PA: Anthony O'Brien
DP: Zoe Simone-Yi
1ST CAMERA ASSISTANT: Meghan Pham
1ST CAMERA ASSISTANT: Dave Eaves
STEADICAM: James Troost
STEADICAM: Jose Espinosa
SOUND MIXER: Ruben Brionnes
DIT / VTR: Fahad Salam
DIT / VTR: Chris Colenor
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Helen Morales
ART DIRECTOR: Nicholas Kerr
ON SET DRESSER: Alex Santo Spirito
SET DRESSER: Conrad Sundquist-Olmos
SET DRESSER: Drew Hall
CHOREOGRAPHERS: JA Collective
GAFFER: Thomas Sigurdsson
BBE: Christopher Williams
SET LIGHTING TECH: Auston Mahan
SET LIGHTING TECH: Zach Emerick
SET LIGHTING TECH: Scott Smith
KEY GRIP: Brendan Riel
BB GRIP: Logan Alesso
GRIP: Kevin Ramirez
GRIP: Alex Laudeman
GRIP: Connor Colby
GRIP: Marc Dewey
HAIR & MAKEUP ARTIST: Lili Eve Kaytmaz
HAIR & MAKEUP ARTIST: Kristin Andersson
ASSISTANT HARI & MAKEUP: Bex Cook
HAIR STYLIST: Deshauna
MAKEUP ARTIST "NIKI": Marla Vasquez
HAIR STYLIST "NIKI": Athena Alberto
NAILS "NIKI": Michelle Tran
WARDROBE: Alisha Silverstein
WARDROBE ASST.: Isabel Rodriguez
WARDROBE ASST.: Molly Danielle Wilcox
WARDROBE "NIKI": Katie Qian
WARDROBE ASST.: Athena Mesina
WARDROBE ASST.: Kiona Vickroy
WARDROBE ASST.: Francesca M
PA: Teresa Plascencia
PA: Sean Cavalerie
PA: Omri Soha
PA: Chris Ponce
PA: Carrie Carusone
CAMERA PA: Luis Barajas
TRUCK PA: Mike McCarthy
ON SET PHOTOGRAPHER: Gabriel Chiu
PHOTOGRAPHER ASST.: Liv
BTS PHOTOGRAPHER: Michael Rodgers
EDITOR: Henry Kaplan
ASST. EDITOR: Sutton York
VISUAL FX: Zak Stoltz
SOUND DESIGN / MIX: Ben Tomastik, Kris Huayta
COLOR: Ethos Studio
HEAD OF PROD: Natasha Sattler
COLOR PRODUCER: Sam Cesan
COLORIST: Dante Pasquinelli
SET MEDIC: Alex Regnaga
COVID COMPLIANCE: Marquis Willis
STUDIO TEACHER: Stella Pacific
COVID TESTING: Testing Better
CATERING: Rise & Shine

#NIKI #OceansandEngines #Nicole

[Yourbaee]

Sometimes it’s hard to turn the page when you know someone won’t be in the next chapter, but the story must go on

[ahmadrifaldi]

Can we talk about how genius she is?! I mean the lyrics, instruments, vocal, and everything in this song is just PERFECT. NIKI IS SO FREAKING TALENTED. Definition Of SONG OF THE YEAR.

[LeonardoEdwin]

It's weird but this was my farewell song with Seattle. It was my last day and I wasn't 100% ready for my flight back home the next morning. I watched planes flying over to land at Seatac from the rooftop of UW's ATG building, just in time for a violet sunset. It was really blissful. I had this song playing on repeat because the lyrics just happened to resonate. It still feels like yesterday.. thank you Niki for such a beautiful and powerful song :")

[elyu_ai]

When you're not heartbroken but you cried oceans of tears for this masterpiece.

[daily_madisonbeer]

can’t believe she wrote this when she was only 16 years old! her songwriting is truly phenomenal and this music video is just so captivating. love it so much :’)

[filmstapes]

Me and my boyfriend both fell out of love tonight. No cheating and no drama involved. We really thought we had it and we tried to save what’s left but we just can’t force it anymore. We were both lost and can’t seem to find each other. When realization hits you, you don’t want to accept it and still want to believe that the magic is still there even when it’s not. We’ll miss each other’s warmth, we’ll miss our awful dancing in the kitchen, and we’ll miss the laughters shared. These places won’t look and feel the same without him. And here I am staring at my front door knowing that he will never come to those doors anymore. We fell in love, we fell short, and we fell out. And I think that’s the saddest kind of heartache. He was my great lost love. Until then, my once home

[tsweezie]

“But heaven denied
Destiny decried
Somethin' beautiful died”
This lyrics is so beautiful and sad at the same time.

[HottestElfKL]

There's just something about the hand choreography in the beginning and end that matches so well with the lyrics and the beat. The guitar just absolutely mesmerizes me and the lyrics where she's lying in bed singing "This is the last falsetto I'll ever sing to you my great, lost love." Just hits the spot to my soul. Nicole Zefanya you never disappoint!!! Thank you for releasing this masterpiece years later.

[私の名前はダニ]

Dear Allen,

It’s me Dani. I hope this letter will reach out to you. I've been thinking a lot about you lately, about what we had and what we lost. First, I want to say thank you. Thank you for the moments we shared, the laughter, the love and even the lessons. You were such an important person in my life and for that I will always be grateful.
You taught me things about myself, about love and about what it means to truly care for someone. I know things didn't work out the way l hope and that's something I still think about. There are days when I replay our memories in my mind, wondering what I could have done differently. I don't know if you ever feel the same but I want you to know that I never stopped wishing the best for you. I hope you're finding happiness in the things and people that surround you now. You deserve so much light, love, and joy in your life, and I genuinely hope you've found it. If I've ever hurt you, l want to apologize from the bottom of my heart. It was never my intention to bring pain into your life. Please know that. I carry those lessons with me and that they've made me strive to be a better person. This letter isn't about reopening wounds or asking for anything from you. It's about closure, for both of us. I just wanted to let you know that you were, and always will be, someone incredibly special to me. Even though we've gone our separate ways, I hope the memories we made can be cherished without regret. Take care of yourself. Wherever life takes you, I hope it's to a place where you feel loved and fulfilled.
You'll always have a piece of my heart, and I'll always wish you well. Goodbye my great lost love.

[shanicepigao]

I remember vividly how I felt when I first heard this song a couple of years back. My understanding then was very shallow compared to my views now.

I recall knowing that this song is for the love we can't have because of whatever reasons. But now, there are certain things that are sticking out to me more.

Letting go is not just about dropping what no longer makes you happy, sometimes, it's also about still feeling the warmth of their hand holding onto yours when a cold breeze brush your skin but now, you have your gloves and scarf to keep you from freezing.

Letting go is not just about seeking freedom from the shackles of the past, it's also about looking back at pictures and smiling at the moments taken and still have the courage to try and be there again because you realize now that a place is just a place and not a home of their memories.

Letting go is not just about accepting the fate of the love that once burned bright, it's also about seeing things even in dim lighting and know that sometimes, not getting a closure is the closure we so eagerly want to have.

Letting go is not just about getting rid of them physically, mentally, and emotionally. More often than not, it's about trusting that one day, their kisses will no longer linger on your skin, that the words they once uttered will no longer haunt you in your dreams, and that the feelings they made you feel will no longer hold you back from going after what is truly for you.

[rahma]

I followed Niki ever since 2015, when she was known as Nicole Zefanya, and I remember crying over this song bcs of the genius lyricism and the raw emotions. I am SO SURPRISED my fellow Niki fan friend suddenly talked abt oceans and engines today. I was like "HOLD UP she re-released this song?! UNDER NIKI?" And I'm so so so glad and proud, finally more people can appreciate the natural musical prodigy that she is that is evident from her older works until now. <33

[Anna-Humaira]

Nothing anyone who wants to lose a miracle of love. But destiny still has a God plan. I still remember someone telling me that, "This alive is about taking a risk, change and challenge. Just not about crying' and stopping then all the end." Yogyakarta, 04 Maret 2019
Whatever happened, we must take a way to keep alive. All the thing happened let passed to be. About the way that we take, I try to see you, I try to see 'bout us that not all the things can be forced like we wants ~ Naa
Riau, 14 April 2024

[lollipop_k.aesthetic]

Wordplay master Niki, the level of her creativity is beyond compare. Not all artists can be a musician and a poet. You are the best! Been a fan since the lowkey era, your songs has been the sound track of my life. Love u!

[alym]

I've let him go and have healed myself, but theres always moments where I remember the good memories and think of what we could have done better <\3

[splootsy]

started with take a chance with me and ending with oceans & engines
that's how my year has went

[rannds]

Came in overjoyed with NIKI's release, left completely in tears

[samanthadenise]

Niki should get so much more recognition, her songwriting skill is topnotch and very palpable

[marimo]

I'm in a healthy and happy relationship right now but listening to this song always makes me cry. I just hope and pray we won't ever come to this point. The future will always be unknown and that's pretty scary.

[falasifahpuspitaningrum]

Lyrics

Saturday sunset
We're lying on my bed with five hours to go
Fingers entwined and so were our minds
Crying, I don't want you to go
You wiped away tears
But not fears under the still and clear indigo
You said "Baby, don't cry, we'll be fine"
"You're the one thing I swear I can't outgrow"
My mother said the younger me was a pretending prodigy
Well, nothing then much has changed
'Cause while you're wolfing down liquor
My soul, it gets sicker
But I'm sticking to the screenplay
Gotta say I'm okay
But answer this, babe

How is it now that somehow you're a stranger?
You were mine just yesterday
I prayed the block in my airway dissipates
And instead deters your airplane's way
But heaven denied
Destiny decried
Something beautiful died
Too soon

But I'm letting go
I'm giving up the ghost
But don't get me wrong
I'll always love you that's why I wrote you this very last song
I guess this is where we say goodbye
I know I'll be alright
Someday I'll be fine
But just not tonight (Oh)

Plunging into all kinds of diversions
Like blush wine and sonorous soirées
But even with gin and surgin' adrenaline
I see you're all that can intoxicate

Oceans and engines
You're skilled at infringin' on great love affairs
'Cause now my heart's home
All I've known is long gone and ten thousand miles away
And I'm not okay

But I'm letting go
I'm givin' up the ghost
But don't get me wrong
I'll always love you that's why I wrote you this very last song
I guess this is where we say goodbye
I know I'll be alright
But just not

Tonight was the first time I stared into seas of beguiling sepia two years ago
And the first time I learned real world superpowers lived in three words and could revitalize my fraying bones (Hm)
Now what do you do when your pillar crumbled down
You've lost all solid ground
Both dreams and demons drowned
And this void's all you've found
And doubts light it aglow
I have so many questions
But I'm pouring them into the ocean
And I'm starting up my engine

And I'm letting go
I'm givin' up your ghost
It's come to a close
I marked the end with this last song I wrote
I'm letting go
This is the last falsetto I'll ever sing to you
My great lost love.

[phahantasia]

the way she stars her real best friends makes this mv hits

edit: NICOLE THANK YOU FOR LIKING THIS!!! I LOVE YOU, YOUR SONGS SAVED ME

another edit: NICOLE I JUST KNEW IF I EDIT THE COMMENT, YOUR LIKE WILL DISAPPEAR 😭 CAN YOU RE-LIKE IT HEHE ILYSM