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NIKI serenades Filipino fans and takes them ‘around the world’ in sold-out ‘Buzz’ concert in Manila

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

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Indonesia singer-songwriter NIKI serenaded thousands of Filipino fans during the Manila leg of her Buzz Around the World tour on Tuesday, February 11 at the Mall of Asia Arena.NIKI performed various tracks from her latest album Buzz and hit songs from her previous records in the concert including &quot;Buzz,&quot; &quot;Keeping Tabs,&quot; &quot;Lowkey,&quot; and &quot;Oceans &amp; Engines,&quot; among others.She also performed &quot;High School in Jakarta&quot; and a mash-up of &quot;Backburner&quot; and &quot;Take a Chance With Me&quot; during the encore.Presented by Live Nation Philippines, Buzz concert&#x27;s theme and set design reflect different places from around the world.<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1739673122856OD2 (5).jpg" style="width:600px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/>Photo credit: Natt Lim</div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1739673160316OD2 (6).jpg" style="width:600px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/>Photo credit: Natt Lim</div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1739673183597OD2 (7).jpg" style="width:600px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/>Photo credit: Natt Lim</div>Expressing her gratitude to her Filipino fans, Niki remarked: &quot;I&#x27;m so, so happy to be back here. Thank you guys so much for coming. You sold out the show instantly. Thank you so so much!&quot;The &quot;Lowkey&quot; singer also shared the inspiration behind the title of her concert tour.&quot;So welcome to the &#x27;Buzz Around the World&#x27; tour. We are calling it &#x27;Buzz Around the World&#x27; because I wrote this album all around the world. Now I get to play it all around the world so tonight we are gonna be taking you, all around the world of Buzz,&quot; she said.Following the successful first day of her concert, NIKI took to social media to pen a message for her Filipino fans.&quot;MANILA NIGHT 1 WTF !!! I’m still (ship)wrecked 😭 I guess u could say we went UNDER 🌊 MAHAL KITA, I am so so so grateful 🥹🧜🏼‍♀️🫶🏼 same time tonight ??&quot; she said.<div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-4" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DF9ZurczmNY/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A4%2C%22os%22%3A6372910.4%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="844" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-4" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script>A second day of the concert was staged at the Mall of Asia Arena on Wednesday, February 12.&quot;MANILA NIGHT 2…. a mystic force !!! 🏙️🏍️ ✨ THANK U for zipping around buzz city with me last night. love you guys forever and I will be back !!! ♾️&quot; she posted on social media following the night 2 of her show.NIKI released her Buzz album in August 2024.  In an interview with grammy.com last year, NIKI opened up about the journey of creating her latest record.  &quot;Writing Buzz was a very reflection-oriented time. I was making sense of my present and how my past has sort laid down the stepping stones, and everything in between,&quot; she recalled.NIKI also relayed that Buzz allowed her to process the existential questions and uncertainties that come with early adulthood.&quot;Writing Buzz was my way to deal with a lot of this existentialism that I was coming into for the first time in my early 20s,&quot; she recounted.&quot;I feel like everyone is starting to ask the big, deep, difficult questions when they start to live on their own and have to trudge through life as their own person.&quot;

Indonesia singer-songwriter NIKI performed for two nights at the Mall of Asia Arena for the Manila leg of her 'Buzz' tour.

Indonesia singer-songwriter NIKI performed for two nights at the Mall of Asia Arena for the Manila leg of her 'Buzz' tour.