Stream: Nicole Kiki Jaffe, ‘The Lion’s Den’

Kevin Bronson on January 30th, 2020

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There are two sides to every breakup and two stages to go along with it. There are the deep wounds of the actual departure, and there is the aftermath — that moment, as Nicole Kiki Jaffe declares on her new single, “you come out the other side.”

“The Lion’s Den,” Jaffe’s new single, finds a menacing metaphor for traversing matters of the heart. The cathartic alt-rocker, the followup to last year’s singles “Stay” and “Holdout,” sounds like a victory lap for making it through.

“The Lion’s Den” came from a place of hunger, curiosity, and lust for life,” the songwriter says. “I wrote it after emerging from the lingering cloud of sadness that everyone seems to feel after the end of a relationship. I wanted a song that could lift that fog, a song we could all yell. Something that felt fierce, sweaty, and gritty, like a warrior, victorious after a fight. I hope this song helps you experience your own strength, so you can emerge powerful, resilient and full of hope.”

||| Stream: “The Lion’s Den”