The Melbourne artist’s Nicosongs debut single gives anxiety a club-ready pulse ‘Insane (sb90 Remix)‘ without sanding down the ache underneath. Nicosongs comes in hot on ‘Insane (sb90 Remix)’, then lets the hurt sneak through the lights.

This is the kind of pop track that feels ready for a crowded room, but it keeps one eye on the exit sign. It has bounce, drama, and a hook that wants to stick around, yet the feeling under it is unsettled. Nico is dancing through a mental glitch, and the glitch has rhythm.

The artist behind it is Nicolas Araya, known as Nicosongs or Nico, a Melbourne-based Chilean Australian musician building his lane in independent pop. His story has real movement: years in Chile, time in Brisbane, a Melbourne live circuit that includes The Workers Club and The Evelyn Hotel, plus an opening slot for Sam Perry from The Voice Australia 2018.

He is self-taught, shaped by theatre, and influenced by the emotional force of Lady Gaga, with early covers of Ne-Yo, Dua Lipa, Britney Spears, and Gaga helping him sharpen his voice online.

That background matters because ‘Insane (sb90 Remix)’ has a performer’s instincts. Written by Nicosongs and first composed with Taka Perry in Sydney in 2022, the song later found a new engine through producer sb90.

The remix gives Nico a glossy, high-pressure frame, but it does not bury him inside the beat. His vocal sits soft, tense, and clear, like someone trying to stay calm while every notification in the room lights up at once.

The track pulls from dance pop and R&B without feeling trapped by labels. Its energy rises quickly, then pulls back enough to let the emotion show. There is bass movement for the body, bright melodic edges for the ear, and enough theatrical shape to make the chorus feel like a scene change.

You can hear why Lady Gaga’s bold emotional pop sits somewhere in Nico’s creative DNA, but he is not copying the pose. He is taking that permission to be dramatic and using it for his own mess.

What makes ‘Insane (sb90 Remix)’ hit is the way it treats confusion as a feeling people already know. The release speaks to disconnection, mixed signals, and a negative view of the current state of things. TuneFM also points to AI anxiety, which gives the track a very 2026 sting.

Everyone is talking to bots, editing their faces, doom-scrolling before breakfast, and pretending the group chat counts as peace. Nico catches that mood without turning the song into a lecture. He keeps it personal, like a voice note you recorded at 2 a.m. and almost deleted.

There is a clever push and pull in the structure. The high-impact sections give release, while the softer moments bring the nerves back into focus. It feels like opening fifteen tabs in your brain, then hearing one clean melody cut through the mess.

Strange comparison, but the song has the energy of a mirror ball spinning above a therapy session. It is shiny, a little funny, a little heavy, and far too honest to fade into background noise.

For a debut official release, this is a confident introduction. Nicosongs is not trying to sound mysterious for the sake of it. He is giving listeners a pop record with real emotional friction, the kind that can work in headphones, in a car, or under club lights when the night has started asking too many questions.

The Spotify numbers already show listeners finding him, with ‘Insane (Revamped)’ and the sb90 remix sitting on his public profile as early proof of a growing audience.

‘Insane (sb90 Remix)’ puts Nicosongs in an exciting spot. He has the voice, the theatre, the hooks, and the emotional nerve to turn inner chaos into something people can move with.

If this is the first official chapter, keep Nico on your radar. The next one could hit even harder.