It’s a sunny spring Friday in Copenhagen. The kind of day that makes everything feel just a bit more possible. It’s the 28th of March, when Nille Nyc releases her new EP “Party for the Grown-ups”, and we meet by the lakes for a walk. It’s the first time we see each other face to face after connecting online, and the vibe is instantly easy. We have an open conversation about the state of the world, how the music industry has shifted since the pandemic, and why so many Danish artists are turning to their mother tongue. Of course, we also talk about Nille Nyc’s new EP “Party for the Grown-ups”, the creative process, and the emotional journey she’s been on while creating this piece of music.
Nille Nyc turns grief into sound
Nille Nyc is warm, thoughtful, and refreshingly honest. She tells me how her latest release is rooted in vulnerability, shaped by real-life grief and resilience.
“I had this year where I lost a very dear friend of mine, a woman that had been very important in my life. Then my husband got a very bad case of tinnitus, which was really scary. We connected through music; music is one of our shared passions. Suddenly, he couldn’t go to concerts anymore. That was scary. I think that this fear of losing him, or losing the possibility to connect with him through music, made me think, and I just started writing about that. That became the last song on the EP, “Halfway”, which is the one that’s closest to my heart right now.”
The EP is full of those moments. It’s real, raw, and unfiltered. Each of the four songs reveals a new layer of Nille Nyc’s story, strung together by a mature, grounded pop sensibility. The sound is minimalistic and soft but emotionally rich. Nille’s voice is always front and center.
We stop to sit by the water, and I ask how she feels about sharing something so personal with the world.
“I think grief makes you feel very lonely. But when someone dares to sing or talk about it, it’s like someone’s reaching a hand out to you — and it’s the best feeling,” she says. “I want to be that person who reaches out.”
photo by Julie Montauk
The grown-up party isn’t always pretty
Nille Nyc lights up when we talk about the single “Grown-up Party”, the title track and emotional centerpiece of the EP.
“I think I came to this point where I was like: ‘Where is that party I was told would be there when I grew up? Where is that grown-up party where I can bring my grief and my joy and my whole messy self, and where I can feel accepted and safe and seen?’ That idea became the metaphor for the EP. The grown-up party isn’t about being perfect. It’s about finding that room where you can dance even when your heart is broken — or maybe because it’s broken.”
Nille Nyc brings minimal sound with maximum feeling
“Party for the Grown-ups” EP is not a loud, flashy celebration. It’s an intimate, quiet proof of acceptance. It’s a toast to resilience, with minimal production, yet emotionally vast.
“I wanted the songs to sound like I was whispering them into someone’s ear. I had this very clear idea that the vocals should be upfront. I didn’t want a wall of sound. I wanted the listener to feel like I was sitting right there with them, telling a story.”
That intimacy is also the result of working closely with Christian Coer, who produced the EP.
“He was really good at understanding the emotional landscape of the songs. We didn’t want a polished pop sound, we wanted warmth and space. I actually used some of the original demo vocals because they carried the emotion in a way I couldn’t recreate later.”
photo by Julie Montauk
From global to intimate: the language shift in Danish music
We circle back to how Danish musicians are embracing their language more often these days. So far, Nille Nyc has released songs in English, but she reflects on the shift:
“I think the pandemic did something. It made everything smaller. Suddenly, people weren’t thinking about exporting their music; they were thinking about what made them feel something. There’s a freedom in that. I’ve written in Danish, but English gives me a certain distance sometimes, a space to process. And maybe now there’s less pressure to make things ‘big’ or universal. It’s more about being real. That’s what I wanted with this EP, for people to feel less alone in their grief or their weird, beautiful grown-up lives.”
The beauty of the in-between
It’s easy to imagine “Party for the Grown-ups” being played late at night, in a quiet room, or while walking beside water, much like the one we were sitting by during the interview. The songs don’t demand attention, but they earn it.
“The grown-up party, it’s not always fun. But it’s deep. It’s being brave enough to show up with your full self. And that’s something to celebrate,” says Nille.
As we wrap up our walk, Nille Nyc leaves me with the final thought:
“There’s so much pressure to be young and shiny and full of potential. But I think growing older brings depth. It brings stories. I’m proud to say ‘this is me, and I’m still growing’.”
And that’s exactly what EP “Party for the Grown-ups” sounds like, not a beginning, not an ending, but a rich and honest middle.
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