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Sabrina Carpenter wants you to miss her
| And I don't want to be forgotten | I intended to write an album review of Sabrina Carpenter’s latest, Short n’ Sweet . I really did....
Nikki Javadi
Oct 3, 20246 min read

Clairo has never raised her voice
My non-review of her third studio album, Charm . Clairo is not a big venue artist (non-derogatory). I’ve seen her perform thrice. First...
Nikki Javadi
Aug 8, 20245 min read

Charli threw this party for us <3
Here are my informal thoughts on Brat & Charli XCX. I listened to brat/BRAT (henceforth referred to as Brat, ty) on a coastal drive at...
Nikki Javadi
Jul 10, 20244 min read

you are my valentine (yes, you)
music is love and so i've made you a playlist, oh valentine. these songs are just a few i've been enjoying now and a few that are...
Nikki Javadi
Feb 14, 20241 min read

september's almost over interlude
everyone was obsessed with summer this year sweaty, rainy, smokey, reckless, get out of my swamp! watching limb after limb embrace change...
Nikki Javadi
Sep 18, 20231 min read


goodbye, 2022
i started this playlist in september. it is called, "september is the beginning". every autumn i've experienced since i was 18 feels like...
Nikki Javadi
Dec 17, 20221 min read


my bid for a job in music marketing
happy pride month - here's something about me, MUNA, Julien Baker, and more <3 I didn’t know what a “happy cry” was for a very long...
Nikki Javadi
Jun 23, 20223 min read


spring, please (playlist)
made this playlist in anticipation of my favorite season. although i’m a summer baby, i’ve long accepted that i am too sweaty & irritable...
Nikki Javadi
Apr 12, 20221 min read

2021 in music & moments
january: my girlfriend’s childhood dog died this month. but we also celebrated one year together - milestones of grief & joy. i fell in...
Nikki Javadi
Dec 31, 20215 min read


warm rain & smooth brain (playlist)
these songs almost don't make sense together, the same way rain never feels quite right paired with heat. but just like the giddy...
Nikki Javadi
Oct 5, 20211 min read


summertime tweed (playlist)
a mid-year playlist to carry you into the end these songs & artists make me feel like that moment right when the car's A/C has dried all...
Nikki Javadi
Aug 9, 20211 min read

album review: How Samia’s The Baby reminds me of being sad without a reason to be sad
If I could choose where it happened, I would build bold, towering monuments at every site. Years later I would visit each one, and press...
Nikki Javadi
Apr 26, 20214 min read


it's raining in LA (playlist)
welcome to the first playlist drop of 2021: these songs are inspiring me rn these songs & artists are reminding me of how it felt to live...
Nikki Javadi
Jan 29, 20211 min read


a song i liked: "Good Days" by SZA
a song i liked is an essay series that both reviews a new song and interrogates how it may either relate to other musical works or fit in...
Nikki Javadi
Dec 25, 20204 min read


Album Review: Ariana Grande Takes R&B To Disneyland
It wasn’t anything serious, she filmed it in sepia tone on her Macbook Photobooth application and wore a hoodie. Her hair was still...
Nikki Javadi
Oct 29, 20203 min read


a song i liked: Self aware self-destruction on Tei Shi’s “Disappear”
a song i liked is an essay series that both reviews a new song and interrogates how it may either relate to other musical works or fit in...
Nikki Javadi
Jul 27, 20204 min read
Iconic, I want to work for you
Consider this piece, written in the style of my music essays, a formal bid: On nights when sleep is shy and adrenaline betrays us, my...
Nikki Javadi
Jan 1, 20203 min read
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