Three hours. A producer building a beat in real time. An artist on the couch writing melodies and most of the lyrics before the session is over.
That is the engine behind Nicosongs’ “In My Mind”, the Melbourne artist’s original contemporary R&B single.
It is an origin story with momentum, and it suits an artist drawn to records that carry emotional depth while still giving people a reason to move.
Nicosongs names The Weeknd and slower work by Tyla as key influences. The point is not to imitate either artist.
It is to build a record where emotion has rhythm beneath it. That is a smart starting place for “In My Mind”: the single arrives with a clear R&B focus, then puts its energy into the relationship between melody, groove and the instant choices made in the studio.
The recording took place in Melbourne during Nicosongs’ first visit to the studio, a space the artist says felt immediately comfortable. sb90 began the instrumental from track inspirations.
Nicosongs then created melody and most of the lyric content as it developed. There is something refreshingly direct about that order. No long preamble, no fixed script.
The record begins with a beat in motion and an artist ready to answer it.
sb90’s production credit is central to the single’s story. The instrumental was built as Nicosongs worked, so the beat did not merely support the writing, it helped trigger it.
That makes the producer-artist exchange the record’s defining creative hook. It also gives the title a fitting frame: “In My Mind” is linked to the moment when a melody first arrives, then has to find a place within a developing groove.
Will Henderson mixed and mastered the finished release, bringing a final stage of care to the fast session. Exact vocal tone, instrument choices and sectional details are not part of the public account, but the process still says plenty.
Nicosongs wrote from reaction, sb90 shaped the beat in response, and Henderson completed the final audio work. For listeners looking for emerging R&B artists with a direct studio identity, that teamwork is the point of entry.
The appeal of “In My Mind” lies in Nicosongs’ stated wish to pair depth with movement. That is a useful idea for a new R&B single: it creates room for listeners who want emotional focus without losing the pull of rhythm.
The speed of the writing gives the release a snapshot quality, like a hand-held video catching a moment before anyone has time to pose. It feels designed around response rather than over-explanation.
Nicosongs takes the next step on 6 November at the Evelyn Hotel for eXposure in Melbourne, a yearly showcase that selects performers through industry veterans.
It gives the single a live horizon without turning it into a prediction. For now, “In My Mind” presents Nicosongs, sb90 and Will Henderson as a focused team with a simple proposition: write quickly, keep the feeling close and let the rhythm carry the idea forward.
