Fly My Pretties & RIIKI REID – Share Your Luv: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Ahead of their new album, ELEMENTAL, Fly My Pretties release Share Your Luv, a track featuring lead vocals from Wellington-based solo pop artist RIIKI REID.
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Performed alongside an 11-piece band, Fly My Pretties combines the alternative pop sound of RIIKI REID with live instrumentation to bring the track to life.
Traditionally a solo artist, Share Your Luv shows RIIKI REID recording for the first time with a full live band. The rhythm section of Iraia Whakamoe (The Nudge) and Aaron Stewart (Mel Parsons) keep the track chugging along, perfectly complementing the backing vocal section of AJA and TAWAZ. Front and centre is the stunning vocals of RIIKI REID, her enigmatic presence felt with every line.
Set for release on May 16, ELEMENTAL sees Fly My Pretties exploring a range of fundamental human, spiritual and natural elements through waiata. The resulting project is a collection of songs dripping in soul and blues, performed by an all-star band and a collection of incredible vocalists. Written and recorded over one week at the world-class facilities of Wellington’s Massey University, the new album represents a step in an exciting new direction for Fly My Pretties, while still maintaining the unexpected nature fans have come to expect.
Share Your Luv also arrives on the heels of the announcement of a special series of live shows celebrating the album’s release. Auckland will be treated to three shows at the intimate confines of Q Theatre, including a matinee performance on the Saturday. Christchurch will see them return to their spiritual home in Ōtautahi of the Isaac Theatre Royal, a venue they helped re-open over 10 years ago. These will be the first shows in either city in nearly five years.
Fly My Pretties – ELEMENTAL Album Release Shows
Auckland – Fri May 30 & Sat May 31 (Matinee & Evening) – Q Theatre
Christchurch – Sat June 14 – Isaac Theatre Royal
Tickets on sale now
ABOUT FLY MY PRETTIES:
Fly My Pretties is New Zealand’s favourite collaborative group, starring a selection of the country’s finest contemporary musicians. Since its inception, Fly My Pretties has grown to become a local legend of music that continues to reach people all over the world.
Fly My Pretties first appeared in 2004, led by The Black Seeds front-man Barnaby Weir and a talented group of Wellington-based musicians for a special project. The resulting LIVE AT BATS was a multi-platinum award-winning album, one which created the ethos behind Fly My Pretties – to meet, exchange ideas, and then perform and record the results.
The collective have since released eight projects, exposed an incredible range of musicians, and created countless true classics. ELEMENTAL is their first new work in over five years, one which again features frontman Barnaby Weir & frequent collaborator Laughton Kora, alongside a cast of both familiar and undiscovered musicians.
ABOUT RIIKI REID:
After establishing her multifaceted artistry and wide-spanning influences between dream-pop, gritty guitar-rock, and dance with the multidimensional artist’s trilogy of EP’s Newer Oxygen, Crash & Collide, and Skin, RIIKI REID is entering 2025 with the most sharp and self-assured version of her sound yet.
In the last few years, between releasing acclaimed EP’s and splitting her time between Australia and New Zealand, she’s embarked on headline shows, played shows with Lorde, L.A.B., and Dave Dobbyn, performed with renowned New Zealand supergroup Fly My Pretties, featured in campaigns with Maybelline, and performed at festivals including Jim Beam Homegrown and Sound Splash.
Threading together a triple threat prowess between singing/songwriting, dance, and acting, with a background in performing arts and choreography as a former dance teacher and actor, RIIKI REID’s vision for the world she’s building as an artist couldn’t be more crystalline as she pulls from every facet of what makes a generation-defining superstar.
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