Today, Nia Archives returns with the third single from her forthcoming new album Emotional Junglist called “Vertical”. Continuing to play with genre around her singular, alt-jungle sound- she cites Madonna’s Ray of Light era and Björk as inspiration for the reduced BPM and nods to Nineties electronica. The accompanying video by Dylan Gee shot at night time in New York City visually mirrors that hazy, loved up and raw post rave, new love experience – lush with strobe lights, blue lights and superimposition as she makes her way home.

The release of earlier singles including the flirtatious and X-rated “Danger” and subversive take on the culmination of a relationship “Boys In Blue”, Emotional Junglist promises an album about love – but not just the shimmering romantic parts. Written throughout 2025 – a year that saw Nia fall in, and horrifically back out of, love – each track will encompass something of the experience. Marking her biggest sonic leap to date, her alt-jungle sound honed alongside James Ford (Arctic Monkey’s, Blur), Ethan P. Flynn (FKA Twigs, David Byrne) and Julia Michaels (Lady Gaga, Sabrina Carpenter), will see her flirt with everything from dewy-eyed indie pop and nineties electronica, underscored by the syncopated beats and thudding basslines of her jungle roots with a tracklist that features Jorja Smith and Sampha. The motif for the album is a shell – tough on the outside, but through pressure, maturation and resilience, something precious is built within. Nodding to the female form, the spiral chamber also symbolizes growth and self-development.

Last month, Nia took her debut live show on a run of exclusive, sold-out intimate show dates in Leeds, London and NYC and this past weekend taking the set up to Forbidden Fruits Festival in Dublin.

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Tracklist
1. Feelingz Go Numb
2. Around Tha Bend
3. Danger
4. Vertical
5. This Could Be…
6. Dance With Me 2nite
7. Get Me Down (feat. Jorja Smith)
8. Train Of Thought
9. Superlust
10. There Goes Ma Head
11. Almost Always
12. Tender (feat. Sampha)
13. The Darkest Hour
14. Lovers Grief
15. Boys In Blue