Nia Perez shares debut EP ‘Things I Wish I Said’

Venezuelan singer-songwriter Nia Perez arrives with Things I Wish I Said, an intimate and sharply observed debut that feels like reading the notes app confessions of someone who isn’t afraid to show every bruise. Her music blends bedroom pop’s late-night softness with a polished, gleaming indie-pop sheen, and the result is something that lands with surprising force. Five songs, five letters, and five emotional gut punches later, Perez makes her entrance memorable.

“Shapeshifting” immediately sets the pace, exploring the way love reshapes identity until you barely recognize yourself. It’s dreamy and gentle, but the lyricism cuts deep—Perez isn’t just writing songs; she’s drawing diagrams of emotional damage. Then comes “Not Her,” her most-streamed release and a clear fan favourite. The track captures the haunting feeling of someone trying to replace you but never fully succeeding, the kind of heartbreak that thrives in the spaces people pretend not to see.

“Oh Sweet July” lands as the most cinematic moment of the EP. A breakup on her 17th birthday in New York sounds like something straight from a coming-of-age film, but Perez turns it inward and makes it sting. The recurring line—“how could you do this to me?”—is the sound of someone trying to piece themselves back together while still holding the wreckage.

The EP closes with “Little Old Flame,” the final chapter and the emotional refinement of everything before it. Perez looks outward rather than inward, interrogating the other party with a clarity born of moving on. If this is just the beginning, then Perez isn’t just an emerging talent—she’s one who already knows exactly what she wants to say and refuses to leave anything unsaid again.

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