Niia is an award-winning, genre-defying vocalist, pianist, and songwriter known for her cinematic sound, emotional depth, and smoky, unmistakable voice. Classically trained and jazz-schooled, she’s carved out a space entirely her own — weaving elements of jazz, R&B, ambient, and pop into music that feels at once timeless and radically intimate. Her debut album I was named one of the best releases of 2017 by The New York Times, who praised her voice as “husky in depth but tender in tone.”
With each release, Niia pushes further into new territory — from the moody alt-R&B of I to the ambient explorations of OFFAIR: Mouthful of Salt and, most recently, V, her fearless reinvention of vocal jazz on the iconic Candid Records. Across it all, her work is marked by a sharp lyrical wit, emotional rawness, and a refusal to play by genre rules. Whether performing solo at the piano or backed by a full band, Niia’s live shows are hypnotic, disarming, and deeply human.