We previously covered Glasgow-based songstress Amy Aytchi in 2024, celebrating ‘Full Moon Baby’ as “sharing strong melancholia and a hazy, ethereal character”. It was instantly obvious, even back then, how Aytchi doesn’t like to embrace the conventional. Instead, she pursues a highly personal and cathartic path, a path enriched by dreamy, lush aesthetics and spiritually-driven, reflective lyricism. ‘Nicole Kidman (1994)’ is the perfect evidence of that.
Following up on April’s ‘Ritual’, the new single bathes in the same stripped-back, minimalistic aural territories. Over shimmering, spacious guitars and tender textures, Amy’s nostalgic and otherworldly vocals draw the listeners in with incredible charisma and sonic magic, partly resembling a striking fever dream, a place where we can all find the escapism we have been looking for. In an ever-chaotic world, this is a real gift.
As it develops, ‘Nicole Kidman (1994)’ expands to include fleeting drums, yet still maintains its ethereal, fable-like outlook. From a lyrical standpoint, the song explores the concept of platonic love, inspired by the 1998 movie ‘Practical Magic’. As Aytchi explains: “I think we can sometimes forget that true love exists outside the romantic sphere, where it’s just as invigorating and often deeper. In the song, I repeatedly say ‘I could be the one’ six times in a row at one point. For me, that’s about expressing that once I choose to let someone close to me, I want that connection forever.”
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