Los Angeles-based artist Niia steps into the roles of both star and auteur on her 2021 If I Should Die EP. After a string of successful projects and collaborations, creatively she took the reins for the first time and executive produced every track on If I Should Die and even directed videos to accompany each of them. Lyrically, she tackled the sort of existential questions typically reserved for French new wave films and essays about Taxi Driver. Musically, she arranged the architecture of an immersive soundscape buttressed by nocturnal jazz, ethereal alternative, and haunting pop. She confronts falling short of her own expectations (and wearing sunscreen all day and night) on the first single âNot Up For Discussionâ [feat. Khruangbin bassist Laura Lee]. âWe Were Never Friendsâ [feat. Solo Woods] says âso longâ to an ex over bright guitar.