RIIKI REID releases new single 'Home With Me'

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After relaunching her project last year, which including switching up her sound to heady electronic-dance-pop towards the end of 2022, New Zealand artist RIIKI REID now moves into the next era of her career with the release of her gorgeous new single ‘Home With Me’.

An introspective, tender pop ballad, its acoustic guitar foundation builds into a full blooded, cinematic power ballad and showcases both Reid’s knack for creating sublime melodies and her incredibly expressive vocals. Inspired by her first solo trip overseas without her partner, it explores the fear, emotions and anxieties of the unknown and being without your main support system.

“At the time, the song was about missing the person you love and thinking ‘What if I never got to see that person again, do they really know how much I care for them?’” she says. “Home isn’t the location or the amazing house with your dream decor in your dream country, it is where your people are. Today when I think about the meaning of the song, it’s a happy song because it reminds me of my love for the people around me. It also helps me to remember to enjoy the moment and soon enough I will be home soon again in the arms of my loved one”.

Reid first shot to fame with her 2019 single ‘High Heights’ which has achieved over 3.3 million streams to date and across 2022 and 2023 she toured with Lorde on her New Zealand Solar Power tour, Budjerah on his Australian tour, as well as opening for international acts Ashe and Benson Boone. An artist overflowing with talent as well as incredible songs, Reid seems to be getting better with every release. With much more to come, RIIKI REID is an artist you definitely need to have on your playlist in the coming months.

‘Home With Me’ is out now via Warner Music. You can download and stream here.
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