NAKITA 'ADDICTED'

Rising star Nakita (Mark de Jong) is celebrating her fourth single by going back to the little country studio where her journey began.

Released today, the Addicted video shows the young Christchurch singer travelling with her new band to Te Pahu, a small township just outside of Pirongia, revisiting Bagnall Hill, the boutique studio where she recorded her Foolish Ones EP with producer Leroy Clampitt.

Flanked on either side by flocks of sheep and a ukulele workshop, Nakita and her band play through an in-studio live version of Addicted.

Nakita has just wrapped recording on her sophomore EP, tracked at Bagnall Hill with Clampitt back at the helm as producer – Foolish Ones, the final single from her debut EP drops next month.

NAKITA DELIVERS ‘SECOND CHANCES’ VIDEO

From the frozen South Island of New Zealand, 17-year old Nakita (Mark de Jong) heated things up earlier this year with the release of debut track Where Are You? Garnering love from the online world before it could be heard on the New Zealand radio waves, Where Are You? was the perfect calling card for the fresh young talent, setting the platform for her follow-up single Second Chances.

Second Chances sees Nakita riffing on fares of youth and the patching up of old friendships (“I’m stuck here at the starting line/Spinning out on what to say to you”). The song’s catchy lyrics and melody are underpinned by Leroy Clampitt’s left-leaning pop production; rolling synth lines and neo-tropical beats. 

The palm-studded roadways and colourful colonial towns of the pacific island of Rarotonga serve as a backdrop for the Second Chances video. Navigating dirt tracks on a pushbike, Nakita plays the sand-swept tomboy card. 

Nakita's debut EP 'Foolish Ones' is slated for release later this year, produced by fellow New Zealander Leroy Clampitt, the wunderkind behind Justin Bieber’s recent hit Company.