MIA NICOLAI EMBRACES SELF-ACCEPTANCE ON ‘DROWNING’
Evocative and quietly empowering, drowning finds Mia Nicolai confronting the relief and reckoning that come with self-acceptance. Carried by exquisite vocals and raw, unguarded lyricism, the track reflects a life spent swimming against the tide, and the emotional release of finally changing direction. Born from the weight of facing her true self, drowning is both tender and confrontational in its honesty.
“This song is about the emotional crash that happens when you stop running from yourself. When you finally let everything you’ve been holding in rise to the surface, it can completely flood you.” Written during a period of deep overwhelm, the song also reflects her experience of living nomadically while ignoring an ADHD diagnosis made in her teens — a cycle of avoidance that eventually became unsustainable. Drowning captures the moment of surrender: giving in to who you truly are, even if it means feeling everything at once.
Born in Amsterdam and now based in LA, Mia Nicolai blends theatrical pop with dreamlike vulnerability and emotional grit. After representing the Netherlands at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, a formative moment in her career, drowning signals an artist shaped by experience and unafraid of emotional truth.
