Yin & Yang (album)

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Yin & Yang
Yin & Yang official cover.jpeg
Studio album by
Nikolija
ReleasedApril 25, 2019
Recorded2017-19
StudioBelgrade, Serbia
Genre
Length30:15
LabelIDJTunes
Producer
Nikolija chronology
№1
(2016) 		Yin & Yang
(2019)
Singles from Yin & Yang
  1. "Loš momak"
    Released: July 21, 2017[1]
  2. "Nema limita"
    Released: May 14, 2018[2]
  3. "Slažem"
    Released: August 15, 2018[3]
  4. "Yin & Yang"
    Released: March 29, 2019[4]
  5. "Nije lako biti ja"
    Released: April 13, 2019[5]

Yin & Yang is the second studio album by Serbian recording artist Nikolija. It was released digitally as a standard edition on April 25, 2019 through IDJTunes, but it also became available for purchase at physical retailers in an exclusive printing. Musically, it has been characterized as a pop and trap record, while also including several other genre influences such as tropical house, dancehall, R&B and folk music. Every song from Yin & Yang was accompanied by a music video, making it Nikolija's second "visual album".

It has spawned two singles: "Yin & Yang" and "Nije lako biti ja", and also included three standalone releases: "Loš momak" (2017), "Nema limita" and "Slažem" (2018) as bonus tracks. The album saw general commercial success with all ten songs simultaneously charting on the official Deezer playlist in Serbia. Furthermore, all the music videos have collected close to 140 million of combined views on YouTube.

Background[]

Following the release of her previous record, No. 1 (2016), Nikolija began working on new songs in 2017, enlisting new writers and producers such as Slobodan Veljković Coby and other musicians from the hip-hop label Bassivity Digital.

She announced her second album by releasing its lead single, "Yin & Yang", on March 29, 2019. "Nije lako biti ja" (Its not Easy Being Me), featuring Serbian rapper Fox, was then released on April 13 as the album's second single. On April 24, Nikolija also uploaded accompanying music videos for the rest five songs. Four of which, directed by Sherif Francis, were shot in the suburbs of Athens, Greece during April. While the visual for "Tigar" is a computer generated animation directed by Serbian artist Ljubba, who was also responsible for the music video of the title track.

In an interview with IDJTV, Jovanović stated that the album was initially planned to be a concept record, but eventually ended as "experimental" with every song in a different urban-orientated genre, which together create a cohesive body of work, thus comparing it to the ancient Chinese philosophy.[6] She further revealed that the album was very personal to her, explaining "All the songs to a certain extent describe me, my personality, carry my energy and, not to be pretentious, but describe a music direction called Nikolija".[6]

The album was promoted with a performance at the Belgrade's Freestyler nightclub on May 9th.[7][8] Nikolija later appeared on the IDJTV stage at the Ulaz festival, also in Belgrade, on July 12th.[9] She then continued promoting the album throughout the summer, performing in nightclubs and music festivals all over the Balkans and European locations with Serbian diaspora.

Track listing[]

Credits adapted from Discogs.[10]

Yin & Yang – Standard (digital) edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Yin & Yang" (Yin & Yang)
  • Teodora Pavlovska
  • Pavlovska
03:25
2."Nije lako biti ja" (It's Not Easy Being Me) (featuring Fox)
  • Luxonee
  • Coby
02:54
3."Što mi radi to" (What's He Doing to Me)
  • Dragutin Gvozdenović
  • Veljković
  • Luxonee
  • Coby
03:08
4."Dama bez pardona" (Unapologetic Lady)
  • Marko Milivojev
  • Veljković
  • Luxonee
  • Coby
02:39
5."Ove noći" (This Night)
  • TheOutsiders
  • Milan Mladenović
  • Luxonee
  • Coby
02:50
6."Harizma" (Charisma)
  • Vuksan Bilanović
  • Marko Gajić
  • Marko Moreno
02:58
7."Tigar" (Tiger)
  • TheOutsiders
  • Milan Radulović
  • Radulović
  • Moreno
02:21
Total length:20:15
Yin & Yang – CD bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
8."Loš momak" (Bad Boy)
  • Petar Lugonja
  • Veljković
  • Luxonee
  • Coby
03:05
9."Slažem" (I'm Stacking)
  • Luxonee
  • Coby
03:25
10."Nema limita" (No Limit)
  • Pavlovska
  • Đorđe Đorđević
03:30
Total length:30:15

Release history[]

List of regions, release dates, showing formats and label
Country Date Format Label
Serbia April 25, 2019
IDJTunes

References[]

  1. ^ "Los Momak - Single by Nikolija". Apple Music, iTunes (United States). July 21, 2017.
  2. ^ "Nema Limita - Single by Nikolija". Apple Music, iTunes (United States). May 14, 2018.
  3. ^ "Slazem - Single by Nikolija". Apple Music, iTunes (United States). August 14, 2018.
  4. ^ "Yin & Yang - Single by Nikolija". Apple Music, iTunes (United States). March 29, 2019.
  5. ^ "Nije Lako Biti Ja (feat. Fox) - Single by Nikolija". Apple Music, iTunes (United States). April 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Nikolija - Nije lako biti ja; IDJHot Specijal" (in Serbian).
  7. ^ "Nikolija promovisala novi album Yin Yang u prisustvu brojnih javnih ličnosti" (in Serbian). Scandal. May 2019.
  8. ^ "Nikolija nastupa sa Madonninim igračicama na festivalu Ulaz". tracara.com.
  9. ^ "Relja i Nikolija po prvi put nastupali zajedni i mapravili žurku za pamćenje". telegraf.rs.
  10. ^ "Nikolija, Yin & Yang at Discogs". Retrieved June 15, 2019.
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