Hailing from Los Angeles, California, Neon Nash is impossible to ignore. Blending dark pop and hip-hop, this artist embodies bold aesthetics with an impressively energetic range. Smooth, rich vocals adorn each track in her genre-fluid catalog, solidifying this artist as the next one to watch. Drawing from influences like BTS, Lady Gaga and Billie Eilish, Neon Nash describes their new release as a ballad of rebellion. Her story is told through an intoxicating voice that evokes a Gen Z queen-in-waiting.
Neon’s music journey began at an early age. “I started singing on stage in talent shows around 11 years old, and my favorite song to sing was always ‘Genie In A Bottle.’ Christina Aguilera was my idol growing up because she was different from other pop stars. She was fiery, bold and her voice was strong and beautiful, which made me want to stand out in this way too,” she shares.
“Demon In A Bottle” is an electrically edgy take on the Y2K classic “Genie In A Bottle” by Christina Aguilera. With utterly mesmerizing vocals, artist Neon Nash instantly commands attention while spinning a story of confidence and seduction. Theatrical and dramatic, this song opens with a delightfully grungy guitar riff take on the original chorus’ hook. Neon’s vocal stylings in this track are akin to Lorde and Demi Lovato as they dip expertly into a deeper sound.
Doing a complete 180 from the bubblegum, cyberpop style of her last single, “Pink Castle, Neon’s versatility is something to behold. She fully blooms in this track as she weaves a tantalizing tale of embracing her darkness and delighting in the acquisition of personal power.
And the music video accompanying this track does not disappoint; sacred and sacrilegious imagery compete as Neon shows a life of chaste, traditional religion. Mirroring that of her own experiences, Neon describes wanting to reject the harsh constraints put upon her in her childhood for that of freedom. “Christianity was weaponized against me growing up; so much of what were normal childhood and teenage experiences were punishable things. I was constantly made to feel ashamed or wrong for how I felt or what I thought,” she states. As an act of defiance, this track tramples the rhetoric once used to make her feel small and replaces it with a metaphorical pact with the darkness.
A darkness Neon claims is all alluding to herself. “I see myself as the ‘demon’ in this song. I’m more embracing the dark parts of myself and accepting them, than doing anything else. I just think it’s funny thinking about it scaring the sh*t out of anyone from my childhood church,” she confesses. And it just might; with a bridge haunted by backward voices, this track could send a chill or a thrill down anyone’s spine.
Though Neon Nash has only just started her music career earlier this year, it won’t take much time before she ascends to the next level of fame and stardom.
Listen to “Demon In A Bottle” on Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming platforms: https://neonnashmusic.com/.
