Locals Only: Wellington indie-pop powerhouse RIIKI is ready for her moment
5 May, 2021 07:00 PM
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Locals Only: RIIKI performs High Heights. Made with funding from NZ on Air. Video / Locals Only
Locals Only: RIIKI performs High Heights. Made with funding from NZ on Air. Video / Locals Only
NZ Herald
By: Sarah Illingworth
Covid-19 has dumped challenges on all of us, but for aspiring young artists about to break into international waters, this life-on-pause moment has demanded a kind of patience and philosophical acceptance that can be hard to muster.
Raquel Abolins-Reid, aka RIIKI, had barely returned from a fortnight in Los Angeles before Aotearoa went into lockdown. While there, the indie-pop performer and her manager Isaac Adams met producers and potential collaborators they had only met online, held a showcase and secured a signing with WME – the world s longest-running talent agency.