MNYS (My New York Summer) has released his first single of 2023, “This City’s Always Standing” today. The intimate, acoustic track marks the beginning of a new chapter for the genre-bending artist, who recently signed to Adventure Cat Records. Listen to it now below.
“‘When I’m verging on the breakdown, I’m thankful for the playground where I learned to take a swing.’ The opening line is about (my only) fist fight I got into as a teenager,” MNYS explains of the song. “The fight, like many, was over something pointless – but at the time felt like the entire world. I draw parallels between that fight and the obstacles of my upbringing. Growing up, there was always a constant feeling of needing to ‘prove myself’ to everyone else. But until my late 20’s, I realized that the competition was just with myself. Thematically, the feeling of invalidation weaves through the MNYS project – but This City is the first moment we take that back.”
MNYS is a candid genre-disrupting artist with a decade of behind-the-scenes experience that only serves to elevate his natural talent. MNYS otherwise known as Nick Cozine uses his music as a way to be honest about his experiences, touching on topics like identity and mental health. He has been featured on Spotify’s hyperpop + FORYOU for over 10 weeks in addition to The New Alt, All New Rock, All New Punk and The Scene. In 2022, he released his debut EP “Before The Internet” and has been in the studio ever since.