Nikita Lev’s new single, “Across The Street,” studies understated storytelling with folk-pop elements, gently breaking raw emotion. The core of the song strips away the flourish and empowers the raw strength found in simplicity, allowing Lev’s soulful voice and heartfelt lyricism to take the reins.
There’s an undeniable warmth, like Lev is whispering into the listener’s ear during a subdued moment of contemplation. The production is stripped back so that her voice flows seamlessly through the melody line, carrying the force of her feelings. There’s a subtle fragility in her delivery that makes every lyric both individual and achingly universal.
“Across The Street” is masterful in how it transports you into a moment of yearning, familiar and bittersweet. With this release, Nikita Lev establishes herself as a great storyteller, turning out a single that shows that sometimes all you need is honesty and a voice soothing enough to hold a thousand feelings.
