Nyiko – Sugar

Between the dance floor and toxic intimacy

To me, ‘Sugar’ by Nyiko sounds like a dance­able frenzy that nev­er­the­less car­ries a cer­tain heav­i­ness. The song is clearly synth pop, but its dark­er under­tones make it almost like dark pop – very catchy and yet a little bittersweet.

The synth sounds imme­di­ately drew me in, right from the first beat. The con­sist­ent rhythm is clearly at home on the dance floor, while the play­ful melod­ies strongly remind me of Glass Spells or Artemas. What I like is the bal­ance: on the one hand, it's dance­able and instantly catchy, but on the oth­er hand, the lyr­ics have a cer­tain dark aura. When Nyiko sings about ‘sug­ar’, the sweet image seems to con­trast with the tox­ic intim­acy and noc­turn­al stor­ies that are hin­ted at here.

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Lyrics of "Nyiko – Sugar"

You take the call
Late at night
You don’t need to ask if it’s alright

You wash it off
And put your face back on
You won’t get to sleep until the dawn

You get a car
To take you there
No right or wrong
All is fair
All is fair

Oh sug­ar
So sweet
Oh sugar
My favor­ite treat
Oh sugar
Baby
Oh sugar
Oh sugar

Oh I wonder
Where you go
But that inform­a­tion is on a need to know

So you say
That it’s a drag
But this is how you get your bag
And I understand

You get a car
To take you there
No right or wrong
All is fair
All is fair

Oh sug­ar
So sweet
Oh sugar
My favor­ite treat
Oh sugar
Baby
Oh sugar
Oh sugar