Nikita Lev, Crafting Cinematic Soundscapes & Pushing Genre Boundaries |Season 16, Episode 10|

Here we are with Nikita Lev. Nikita grew up on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, immersed in a world where music was always present. With a family background in chamber music and a mother who played in a 90s rock band, she was exposed to a wide range of sounds, from ABBA to The Rolling Stones. Inspired by seeing Taylor Swift perform on television at the age of four, she picked up a guitar and began writing songs by the time she was ten. Rather than following a traditional path of formal training, she developed her craft intuitively, allowing her songwriting to evolve naturally.

Her music exists at the intersection of indie pop, electronic, and cinematic storytelling, blending folk-like intimacy with layered, textured production. Influenced by artists like Radiohead, St. Vincent, and The 1975, she gravitates toward raw, emotionally charged soundscapes that explore themes of longing, transformation, and self-reconstruction. Whether through hypnotic guitars, pulsing beats, or haunting melodies, her work captures the tension between solitude and connection, nostalgia and uncertainty, and the fleeting moments that shape human experience. We will get to hear more about her professional experience, her upcoming goals with her new EP "Waiting" out May 16th and her goals regarding performing and songwriting collaboration.