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Nicole Atkins – “Singing In The Mirror”
Nicole Atkins has released “Singing In The Mirror”, the second single from her forthcoming album Drama. The song reinforces anticipation for the record, pairing Atkins’s established pop songwriting with production from Wilco multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansone and marking her first release for Chris Isaak’s Wicked Game imprint at Sun Records.
Atkins described the song as an unexpectedly immediate creation after attending a “Weird Al” Yankovic concert: returning home emotional and alone, she began singing its chorus while looking in the mirror. She says the track was completed in roughly ten minutes, with its original Omnicord slow-disco demo approach retained in the finished recording; Drama is due out on 28 September.
In short
- Nicole Atkins releases new single “Singing In The Mirror”.
- The song features an ’80s-style synth-rock sound.
- Her album Drama arrives on 28 September.
Explained simply
Nicole Atkins is a pop singer and songwriter. This single is the second track from her forthcoming album Drama, marking her debut for Wicked Game Records, a record label established by musician Chris Isaak.
Drama features production work from Pat Sansone, a multi-instrumentalist from the indie rock band Wilco. The collaboration brings Atkins together with an established figure in indie and alternative music production.
According to Atkins, the song originated whilst she was at home, feeling emotional, after attending a "Weird Al" Yankovic concert. She began singing the chorus whilst looking in a mirror and completed the track in approximately ten minutes, with the finished recording preserving the slow-disco production approach from an early demo.