Nikki Flores is a Southern California born singer, songwriter, musician and producer. Her parents noticed her talent early, and decided to build a recording studio in the garage where Nikki learned to write music and run her own sessions before 7th grade. She signed to Epic records at 15 and began touring the US.
after a few years of bouncing around record labels and no releases, Nikki was feeling stagnant and asked to be released from her contracts. She was able to stay in Los angeles by becoming a go-to demo singer for hit-makers like Rodney Jerkins, Red One, The MAtrix and J Kash. She became Well known within the industry for her instincts with harmonies and vocal production, and Nikki soaked up the opportunity to develop a full spectrum skill set under the direction of some of pop music's greatest producers and writers.
Nikki put all of her energy and passion back in to songwriting and production, earning herself two Grammy nominations for her work with Nas and Mya, and landing a publishing deal with BMG in 2015.
Nikki has since been a part of projects with longtime collaborator JoJo, producing and writing 3 songs on her recent EP “Trying Not To Think About It", as well as writing title track “Panorama” and “Deep In The Woods” with hayley kiyoko for their third project together, executive produced by Danja.
Recent releases also include "Unfuckwitable" with ZAYN Malik, "Get Together" with David Guetta, "Empty Words" with Christina Aguilera, multiple synth wave hits including "Jason" with The Midnight, "Golden Touch" with Japanese icon Namie amuro, "Don't Wanna Go Back" with KPOP superstar Jihyo featuring Heize and more.
Nikki recently took the stage to honor PINK & late collaborator Busbee at the SONA Awards. She's also recently accompanied Hayley Kiyoko and Taylor Swift on grand piano to support Jack Antonoff’s LGBTQ rights foundation, The Ally Coalition. She's sung alongside John Mayer & David Ryan Harris for a few intimate shows at hotel cafe, as well as lending her vocals to Lucky Daye for his debut on npr's Tiny Desk. not to mention her passion for vocal production with credits on rita ora, daya and more.
Throughout her creative journey Nikki has never lost sight of her own artistry, and has been quietly developing her own full length LP since 2017. After re-releasing her 2008 internet hit “Let It Slide” in 2021 on the heels of its resurgence on TikTok, Nikki is now putting the finishing touches on her self-produced first full length project slated for 2024. Collaborators include Jay Cooper (Robert Glasper), Blake Lee (Lana Del Rey) and Harpist Sara Kawaii (The Marias).
“Luuna’s Room”, the title of her debut album, is an ode to her higher self. A place where she leans in to the bitter sweetness of her growing pains, and learns that holding hands with our shadow is how we become whole again.
Inspired by her own mental health journey, Nikki shines a lush and ambient light on her relationship to self, alchemy, impermanence, spirituality, nature, love and loss in her intimate and explorative project.
Promotional singles "Luuna's Theme", "PreLuude" and "Can We Talk" available now.