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‘THIS IS ME NOW’ was a commissioned pop anthem Nikita 雅涵 Tu-Bryant was invited to write for TV show SIK FAN LAH! The epic culinary doco-series spotlighting Kiwi-Asian diaspora stories around Aotearoa through shared love of kai.

The music video was shot in one of Tu-Bryant’s favourite places in the world, Houghton Bay in Te Whanganui-a-Tara by the creator of SIK FAN LAH! Jack Woon (Award-winning director of LET’S SETTLE THIS), and produced by Jess Wong. The TV show featured some of NZ’s best culinary artists such as Sam Low, Vicki Young aka Vicki Eats, and Evil Twins.

This song is about returning to an old familiar place, visiting familiar faces after a long long absence.

“…people I don’t know in your picture frames that are on show.

Years have gone by and by, yet we both have changed…”

‘THIS IS ME NOW’ is about feeling estranged and in some cases irrelevant when returning to a place we once called home. A power pop anthem for all who have immigrated, for the diaspora who feel as though they are straddling two worlds.

‘THIS IS ME NOW’ is a reintroduction of oneself to the people who once knew an older version of you, ‘THIS IS ME NOW’ is a declaration of who you have become.

“I’ve never really done “straight Pop-Anthem” before and I wouldn’t say it’s my first choice of genre to listen to – but it was fun to lean into it.”

Recently returning from my Ama’s funeral in our whenua of Taiwan, I was really feeling back into these lyrics that I had written for this song.

Here is ‘This is Me Now’ a Pop-Anthem for you Pop Lovers and a song for those of you who have immigrated and feel the pangs of straddling two worlds. This song was co-created with my best bud Ed Zuccollo, who many of you know also plays with me in our band KITA, and is an amazing producer in his own right as ZUKE.

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