Nxdia returns with new single ‘Cool’
NXDIA leans into desire without apology on their latest single.
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After a breakout year that saw the release of their debut mixtape, I Promise No One’s Watching, and a run of festival stages and sold-out shows, Nxdia’s new single, Cool, lands with an easy, self-assured momentum.
Built on crisp drums, a slick guitar line and a beat that keeps its shoulders loose, the track hums with movement. Nxdia’s voice glides over it, low and velvety, catching your attention without ever pushing for it, melting into the sound before you’ve even clocked it.
There’s a punchy precision in the way the vocal moves through its range, lifting and settling without ever feeling forced. Even the word “cool” doesn’t sit flat. It hums around the melody, slipping between the drums and guitar instead of cutting through them.
Lyrically, this is about wanting without apology. Dating without turning it into a moral debate. There’s an ease to it, a shrug at overthinking, a willingness to stay in the moment even if it doesn’t last. Nxdia has spoken openly about embracing their so-called “hoe era”, testing chemistry, figuring out what feels good and what doesn’t, and refusing the shame that often shadows casual connections. That mindset runs straight through Cool. It’s playful, a little reckless, knowingly intimate, and sharp.
What makes it land is the tension between cool detachment and a very real feeling. The lyrics don’t feel distant. They feel close enough to brush against. You listen, and you’re not just hearing it, you’re placing yourself inside it. Wishing it was about you.
There’s something distinctly Nxdia about the way identity runs through their music. Born in Cairo and raised in Manchester, their songwriting has always been about carving out space. As a queer artist, that space feels deliberate — somewhere desire isn’t policed, and no one has to make themselves smaller to be wanted. Even in a track as playful as Cool, that undercurrent holds.
And yes, it absolutely sounds like a song written by someone with a lip ring. There’s bite. There’s gloss. That half-smirk confidence that says, ‘I care, but I’m not going to beg’.
Nxdia feels less like an emerging act and more like someone who knows exactly how much space they take up. And judging by my playlists, quite a bit.
Cool is out now.
