POLI NIKA creates indie-pop with jazz and soul influences that invites listeners to reconnect and come home to themselves.
Influenced by artists like Lizzy McAlpine and Lianne La Havas, her music balances vulnerability with strength through thoughtful lyrics and gentle vocals.
Every song offers an intimate and enchanting exploration of how we love, grieve, and eventually stumble towards a greater sense of self-discovery. Her music carries light and hope, creating space for listeners to slow down and remember what truly matters.
Since moving from Russia to Portugal in 2022, POLI NIKA has become a cherished voice in Lisbon's intimate music scene. Music media outlets have described her songs as "a ray of musical light that breaks through inner doubts" evoking “the atmosphere of watching a heartfelt movie."
"With a sound that floats between soul, indie-pop, jazz, and folk, POLI NIKA’s music feels like the soundtrack to a powerful film; intimate, raw, and full of emotional nuance" - Concert Crap
"Interestingly, while forcefulness exists in her elegant vocals, raw vulnerability and fragility ooze from each chord" - The Other Side Reviews
"Each word drips with sincerity and sonority, aching for love and connection" - Illustrate Magazine
Unveiling Vulnerability: An Intimate Conversation with POLI NIKA - interview for Music Arena GH
“Don’t Mean To Hurt You” plays in the evocative and crystalline corners of alt pop, letting POLI NIKA’s vocals ring outwards atop subdued keys and hypnotic, arpeggiated guitar lines" - Under The Radar
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