In February, Nicki Nicole was scheduled to perform in Miami for the first time as part of the Vibra Urbana festival. But as torrential rain battered the 86-acre outdoor festival grounds, one artist's performance was canceled and others had their sets cut. Nikki waited anxiously in the wings for almost three hours until it was her turn to open the festival when the rain let up for a few minutes.
Wearing a black bodysuit, blue and white motocross pants and her new, light chocolate hair (which she first rocked at the 2024 Grammy Awards) draped over a black leotard, the 23-year-old Argentinian artist, along with eight background dancers. performed a 35-minute set that included hits like “Colocao,” “DISPARA***” and “Una Foto (Remix)” — the collaboration with Mesita, Emilia and Tiago PZK that reached No. 1 on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart in January and spent six consecutive weeks at the top.
Then it started raining again — but the response from the drenched crowd was still overwhelming.
“It was very strange,” says a beaming Nikki, still wearing her wet clothes. “With this day, the rain, to see all these people there, and they know all my songs, they're having a blast — it's just how I imagined it could be.” Despite the rain, it's a moment of sunshine for Nicki, who is coming off a rollercoaster week during which she publicly hinted on social media that she and boyfriend Peso Pluma have decided to call it quits just five days before debut in Miami.
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