Chasing Summer // Nikita 雅涵 Tu-Bryant & An Ogre

“Chasing Summer” is the first release under her solo Artist name ‘Nikita 雅涵 Tu-Bryant’ since 2016. Known for her recent work headlining Aotearoa’s biggest stage spectacle WOW, her acting work in Avatar 2 and NZ TV Show 'Far North', as well as her most recent music releases with her band KITA (alongside Grammy award winning producer Tommasso Colliva *MUSE/RAZORLIGHT); Tu-Bryant is a Taiwan-born multidisciplinary Artist currently based in Pōneke, Wellington, New Zealand.
“Chasing Summer” is a first time collaboration between herself and British music producer Neil Crispin Aldridge aka “An Ogre”.
An Ogre is Neil Crispin Aldridge's pop electronica output.
Neil has been a sound engineer for 15 years producing and working with the likes of Rod Stewart, All Saints, and Emma Bunton. His background further extends to a decade working in the sound realm for film; King Kong, Tintin, The Hobbit trilogy, District 9, Narnia. “An Ogre” is a new exciting venture for Aldridge’s own music exploration and collaboration with featured artists.

Nikita:
“My parts in Chasing Summer were written in my van on the long drives in between touring cities. I am often on the road, and people have commented on how boring my road trips must be as I prefer my 3-9 hour stints in silence. That’s often when the ideas come. When you have constant information and sound coming in, it’s hard to hear your own thoughts, or your own ideas. Chasing Summer was no exception. I was driving back to Pōneke from Tāmaki Makaurau, when I wrote the melody and lyrics to this song. This love song is inspired by the narrative of chasing only the good times, “Chasing Summer again...deny the winter” as well as how the human condition lends us to wanting and longing for what’s new instead of sticking around for the long haul. Another metaphor used in the song refers to the tauhou, (wax-eye bird) literally meaning new arrival or stranger that often comes when the weather warms. I love collaborating with other producers and artists, Neil has been a super fun producer to collaborate with.”
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The tide rolls in
she washes our prints away
just like the skin
we've all got to shed someday

and I'm
I'm listening, listening
listening with all my might
and he's whispering
whisper tauhou whispering
whispering all of the time
but you're off

chasing summer again
and I'm left behind
once again im left behind
deny the winter again
what you running from?
what you think you're running toward?

*in Chinese
又一輪滿月
再次只剩我和你
詞不達意
誤會太多想逃避
但我們依然繼續沉溺
我的身體放下所有懷疑
永遠不想失去你
永遠不想失去你
你要走了嗎？
再次消失了嗎？
你要走了嗎？
再次消失？
(**translation:
another moon
once again it's just me and you
words too soon
running from what we don't have a clue
but then we're dropping in dropping in
i can feel my body let go of all the doubts
never want to be without you
never want to be without you
will you go?
will you go again?
will you go?
will you go again??)

Roaming heart settle down
I ain't got time to wait around
once you come to realise
I've given in too many times
I've given in too many times
but you're off

chasing summer again
and I'm left behind
once again im left behind
deny the winter again
what you running from?
what you think you're running toward?

又一輪滿月
再次只剩我和你
詞不達意
誤會太多想逃避
但我們依然繼續沉溺
我的身體放下所有懷疑
永遠不想失去你
永遠不想失去你
你要走了嗎？
再次消失了嗎？
你要走了嗎？
再次消失？
another moon
once again it's just me and you
words too soon
running from what we don't have a clue
but then we're dropping in dropping in
i can feel my body let go of all the doubts
never want to be without you
never want to be without you
will you go?
will you go again?
will you go?
will you go again??