Living My Best Life (Trance Remix)” is a vibrant, uplifting track that radiates energy and positivity. Starting with a steady, pulsating beat, the song builds momentum with layered synths, echoing a classic Ibiza-style trance anthem.

The verses are light and airy, bringing a sense of carefree adventure. At the same time, the pre-chorus lifts into a euphoric high, leading to an anthemic chorus that invites listeners to feel free and unstoppable.

With technicolour sounds, the melody is bright, filled with dynamic rises and falls that mirror the lyrics’ message of living boldly and fully. The middle 8 section has an empowering spoken word that amps up the track’s intensity, making it perfect for peak moments on the dance floor.

The song’s structure is catchy and repetitive, driving home a message of freedom and living without limits.

Living My Best Life (Trance Remix)

"Shipwrecked" by DJ Nunki is a haunting exploration of isolation, loss, and the struggle to find direction amidst turbulent times. With gritty vocals and brooding instrumentation, this powerful track takes listeners through the desolation of a life stranded in doubt, where dreams and reality collide. The lyrics paint vivid imagery of a journey that once held promise but now faces the vast emptiness of broken paths. 'Shipwrecked' resonates with anyone who’s felt adrift, capturing the silent battles and faded glimmers of hope in a sea of uncertainty.

Shipwrecked

"Rise Together" is DJ Nunki’s electrifying anthem for unity and hope, created as San Marino's entry for Eurovision 2025. This high-energy pop track blends powerful vocals, sweeping strings, and cutting-edge electronic beats, delivering an unforgettable listening experience.

With a message of empowerment, resilience, and togetherness, "Rise Together" invites you to celebrate the strength found in unity. Its soaring melody and anthemic chorus will have you dancing, singing, and feeling unstoppable.

Perfectly crafted for the Eurovision stage, this song is a testament to the human spirit’s ability to rise above challenges and shine brighter together. Whether you're at a party, on the dance floor, or looking for a burst of inspiration, "Rise Together" is the anthem you didn’t know you needed.

Join DJ Nunki on this epic journey—let’s rise together!

Rise Together!

"One of the Good Ones" is a tender and nostalgic country ballad that tells the story of a love that has stood the test of time. The lyrics take listeners on a heartfelt journey through young love, enduring commitment, and timeless devotion. From the spark of a first kiss in 1998 to the present day, this song is a celebration of love's beauty, resilience, and unwavering strength. With its soulful melody and evocative storytelling, "One of the Good Ones" will resonate with anyone who has ever experienced a love that feels like home.

One Of The Good Ones

"Centre Stage" by Mark Nicholson is an empowering and soulful modern country ballad that captures the raw emotions of resilience, self-reflection, and triumph. With heartfelt lyrics and an anthemic melody, this song takes listeners on a journey through life’s highs and lows, reminding them of the strength it takes to overcome adversity. Perfect for fans of Luke Bryan and contemporary country-pop, "Centre Stage" is a stirring anthem about reclaiming your power and stepping into the spotlight of life.

Centre Stage

"Take Your Games Elsewhere" is a powerful and heartfelt ballad that explores the emotional turmoil of love and betrayal. Written by Nicholson, Nicholson & Halls, the song takes listeners on a journey through the highs and lows of a relationship fuelled by passion, only to be shattered by manipulation and unreciprocated devotion. With poignant lyrics and an empowering message of self-worth, it’s a relatable anthem for anyone who’s ever had to close the chapter on a toxic love story. The raw emotion and poetic depth make this song a timeless reflection of resilience and the courage to walk away.

Take Your Games Elsewhere

The Eternal Struggle is a heartfelt, bittersweet ballad that blends gentle, melancholic melodies with reflective, poetic lyrics. The track explores themes of love, loss, and the resilience found in life’s hardships. DJ Nunki's signature emotional depth comes through with soft instrumentation, giving listeners a sense of longing but also hope. With its blend of atmospheric sounds and a soothing vocal presence, this single is a moving reflection on finding light amid darkness.

The Eternal Struggle (Flower Among The Weeds)

The Eternal Struggle

Mark Nicholson’s latest release, The Love Meant For Me, is a heartfelt acoustic-folk ballad that captures the magic of love in life’s simplest moments. With warm guitar tones, gentle piano melodies, and soulful vocals, this song paints a picture of deep, unwavering connection. Inspired by the storytelling style of John Mayer and Ed Sheeran, Mark delivers an intimate and emotionally rich performance that resonates with anyone who has ever found their forever in another’s embrace.

From golden sunlight in her hair to whispered moments under the stars, every lyric feels like a love letter wrapped in melody. The Love Meant For Me is a timeless, romantic anthem—soft yet powerful, personal yet universal.

The Love Meant For Me

"Unbreakable" is a cinematic ballad that delivers an epic and empowering message of resilience and triumph. With soaring male vocals and a powerful arrangement, the song takes listeners on a journey of self-discovery and strength. Each verse tells a story of overcoming adversity, while the anthemic chorus ignites a spirit of defiance against doubt and fear.

Through thunderous lyrics and a stirring melody, Unbreakable stands as a testament to perseverance—transforming pain into power and darkness into light. This is a song for those who have faced hardships and emerged stronger, ready to claim their destiny.

Prepare to be inspired. Unbreakable is more than a song—it's a declaration.

Unbreakable

Step into the dark, cinematic world of Mark Nicholson’s latest single, "Close My Eyes And Scream"—a haunting fusion of dark pop, synth-wave, and melancholic trip-hop wrapped in atmospheric orchestration.

With ethereal yet powerful female vocals, this track takes listeners on an emotional journey through pain, regret, and longing for escape. The layered production weaves deep, pulsing basslines with sweeping cinematic strings, while hypnotic trip-hop beats create an otherworldly intensity that lingers long after the last note fades.

"Close My Eyes And Scream" is raw, immersive, and deeply evocative, pulling influences from Lorde, BANKS, Florence + The Machine, and Massive Attack. It’s a song for those moments of solitude, for late-night drives, and for anyone who has ever felt trapped in the weight of their past.

Let the music consume you. Close your eyes… and scream.

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Close My Eyes And Scream

"She’ll Never Know My Name" is a heartfelt soft pop-rock ballad by Mark Nicholson, weaving gentle electric guitars with a steady, understated drumbeat. The song captures the quiet ache of unspoken love, told through intimate male vocals that balance fragility with strength. It’s the story of longing from the sidelines, an invisible figure watching the light of someone they can never reach. With imagery of shadows, rain, oceans, and fire, the track glows with melancholy beauty, making it both deeply personal and universally relatable.

For fans of Snow Patrol, Keane, and early Coldplay, this song belongs on late-night playlists where heartache and hope collide.

She’ll Never Know My Name

Chasing Horizons (A Song for Grace) is an intimate acoustic ballad written by Mark Nicholson (Dad) as a heartfelt tribute to his daughter Grace as she leaves home for university. With gentle guitar, warm piano, and tender male vocals, the song captures cherished childhood memories, kitchen dances, and shared moments at Wembley, while looking ahead to the exciting journey of chasing dreams and independence. Both deeply personal and universally relatable, it’s a song about love, pride, and the unbreakable bond between parent and child.

Chasing Horizons (A Song For Grace)

Chasing Horizons (A Song for Grace)

A doom-folk ballad that walks hand in hand with the Grim Reaper. That Was Death is cinematic, eerie, and deeply atmospheric, blending finger-picked guitar with swelling strings and a slow, pounding rhythm that feels like a funeral march. The lyrics channel the Reaper’s voice, weaving haunting imagery with a ritual refrain that lingers long after the final whisper.

This track is as much a story as it is a song, dark, poetic, and unsettlingly beautiful. Perfect for listeners who crave music with atmosphere, weight, and a touch of the otherworldly. Lyrics inspired by Mark's long departed friend James 'Bubs' Hubbard. Sadly missed but never forgotten.

That Was Death

“Breaking the Chains” captures the moment you finally say enough. It’s a defiant punk-rock anthem bursting with power, speed, and emotion, where raw guitars, pounding drums, and soaring harmonies collide with lyrics about breaking free from the past.

Fuelled by energy, hope, and rebellion, this track speaks to anyone who’s ever felt trapped or held back. It’s loud, fast, and unapologetically honest, a modern punk statement about taking risks, finding yourself, and chasing the light.

Breaking The Chains

Knee Trembler is a cheeky, late-night indie romp that drips with swagger and wit. It tells the story of two troublemakers sneaking passion where they shouldn’t, under the glow of streetlamps, chased by gossip and temptation. With razor-sharp lyrics, gritty guitars, and a rhythm that struts like a pint-spilled confession, it captures the reckless thrill of doing the wrong thing for all the right reasons. Think smoke in the air, laughter in the dark, and no regrets by morning.

Knee Trembler

A cheeky, chaotic Britpop anthem about stumbling through Monday with yesterday’s gin still on your breath. Jangling guitars, messy charm, and the kind of youthful swagger that refuses to apologise. Written by Mark Nicholson. Stick it on loud and blame Monday later.

Monday, Bloody Monday

The Star That Never Shined tells the story of a woman who spent her whole life chasing a dream that never opened its doors for her. At seventeen she left home with nothing but fragile hopes and a fire in her chest, convinced she was meant for the spotlight. She sang in smoky bars, poured drinks for strangers, and gave away pieces of herself on every stage she could find, waiting for that one break that always seemed one heartbeat away.

The song follows her through the highs that never rose and the lows that kept coming. A single chance on a neon stage, a single sentence from a man in a tailored suit, and the entire path she’d built for herself collapsed overnight. Every number turned her down by morning. Nashville stayed out of reach. Rent went overdue. She pawned the dress she once believed would change her life.

Years later, at fifty-three, she lives hidden among the quiet trees of Montana, surrounded not by cheering crowds but by shadows and old memories. A box beneath her bed holds wristbands, papers, and unread dreams, the last relics of a life that almost happened.

This song is her voice, her confession, and her closure.
It’s about the weight of ambition, the cost of hope, and the painful truth that some stars never get the chance to shine, even though they burn just as brightly inside.

Stripped back, intimate, and emotionally raw, The Star That Never Shined is a tribute to every dreamer who gave everything they had, and still found themselves standing alone in the dark.

The Star That Never Shined

Saltwater Christmas is a restless indie rock Christmas song set far from snow and sentiment. It trades fireplaces and fairy lights for cold coastlines, crashing waves, and the emotional weight the holidays can amplify. Built on driving guitars and raw, conversational vocals, the song captures a fleeting winter escape, where love feels urgent, imperfect, and real. Christmas here is atmosphere, not comfort, a moment you cling to before the tide pulls it away.

Thank you to Mollie Gallagher and Eddie Benskin for the inspiration and support for this track!

Saltwater Christmas

Mark Nicholson is a UK-based songwriter and lyricist writing emotionally direct indie songs about memory, love, and the moments we try to outrun. His work blends raw, conversational lyrics with cinematic restraint, often collaborating with vocalists and producers to bring each song to life. Formerly known as DJ Nunki, he now releases under his own name, focusing on honest songwriting that values connection over polish.

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