Vocal 1: Stella Nikiko
Vocal 2: Vania Cristinee
Guitar: Enrico Wongso

I know (I know)
You belong to somebody new
But Tonight you belong to me
Although (although) we're apart
Your part of my heart
And tonight you belong to me
Way down by the stream
How sweet it will seem
Once more just to dream
In the moonlight
My honey I know (I know)
With the dawn that you will be gone
But tonight you belong to me
Way down, way down along the stream
How very, very sweet it will seem
Once more just to dream
In the silvery moonlight
My honey, I know (I know)
With the dawn that you will be gone
But tonight you belong to me
Just to little old me

Guitar: Enrico

Tonight You Belong to Me - Oldie (live cover)

"Jessica"

Jessica, wake up.
Jessica, wake up.
It's February again, we must get older, so wake up.
I can't write a song for you.
I'm out of melodies.
I can't write a song for you, 
but I am asking please, Jessica, wake up.
Jessica wake up.
It's February again.
It's February again, we must get older, now, so please wake up.
We must get older now, so please wake up.

Jessica - Regina Spektor (cover)

"Need You Now"

Picture perfect memories scattered all around the floor.
Reaching for the phone 'cause I can't fight it anymore.

And I wonder if I ever cross your mind?
For me it happens all the time.

[Chorus:]
It's a quarter after one, I'm all alone and I need you now.
Said I wouldn't call but I've lost all control and I need you now.
And I don't know how I can do without.
I just need you now.

Another shot of whiskey, can't stop looking at the door.
Wishing you'd come sweeping in the way you did before.

And I wonder if I ever cross your mind?
For me it happens all the time.

[Chorus:]
It's a quarter after one, I'm a little drunk and I need you now.
Said I wouldn't call but I've lost all control and I need you now.
And I don't know how I can do without.
I just need you now.

Oh, whoa
Guess I'd rather hurt than feel nothing at all.

[Chorus:]
It's a quarter after one, I'm all alone and I need you now.
And I said I wouldn't call but I'm a little drunk and I need you now.
And I don't know how I can do without.
I just need you now

Main and backing Vocal: Me
Instrumental: youtube

Need You Now - Lady Antebellum (cover)

A cover of another song by Lee Jin Ah that had been on my mind for quite awhile. I'll have to finish editing the whole thing, meanwhile, enjoy the preview/short cover! 

Vocal: Stella Nikiko
Piano: Ju Young Kim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3_1ybaPeU8

Lyrics:

이 세상에서 중요한 것은 
눈으로 보이지 않는 것

The most essential things in this world
Are those invisible to the eye

눈을 감고서 
진심으로 느껴봐 

Try closing your eyes
and sincerely feel

난로처럼 따뜻한 마음

The stove-like warmth of the heart

아픈 기억도 좋은 기억도 
모두 소중했던 추억들

The precious memories
Both the painful and the good ones

조용하지만 내 주윌 맴도는 
만질 수 없는 공기

The quietly wandering 
Untouchable air around us

보이지 않는 것 
느낄 수 있다는 것을
떠올려 감사해 
너무나도 고마워요

I'm thankful when I think of those
Things that we cannot see
Things that we can only feel 
I really am grateful

P. S

Pardon the amateur english translation of the lyrics, I kinda had to quickly translate it myself earlier this afternoon.


보이지 않는 것 - 이진아 (cover)

Hellooo! It's been months since my last cover, but this time I'm bringing you something different! It's a live, outdoor cover of Lenka's The Show, yet instead of the usual polished one, I decided to present you a raw version of it, meaning I'm presenting you the first take of the cover, infused with wind blows, laughters, awkward stops and bursts of Korean phrases. Why the change, you ask?

Well, this one is actually a very special one since it's the first(and also the last)cover I did with someone I just met for the first time in my life. 
I met with @dorcaschoo several days ago when I went out of town. We had no prior contacts before, she's from Malaysia and I'm from Indonesia and we studied in different cities in South Korea, all I know is that she's a friend of my brother. Yet literally the moment we met, with the encouragement of my brother, we went straight to the piano and guitar and started jamming. The moment I realised, we went outdoor and had the whole thing recorded already! 

Hehe, hope you have fun listening to this one! 

The Show (Lenka)

I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze, and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go
Can't do it alone
I've tried, and I don't know why

Slow it down, make it stop
Or else my heart is going to pop
Cause its to much, yeah its a lot
To be something I'm not

I'm a fool, out of love
'Cause I just can't get enough

I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze, and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go
Can't do it alone
I've tried, and I don't know why

I'm just a little girl lost in the moment
I'm so scared but I don't show it
I can't figure it out
It's bringing me down
I know, I've got to let it go

And just enjoy the show

The sun is hot in the sky
Just like a giant spot light
The people follow the signs
And synchronize in time

It's a joke, no body knows
They've got a ticket to that show
Yeah

I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze, and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go
Can't do it alone
I've tried, and I don't know why

I'm just a little girl lost in the moment
I'm so scared but I don't show it
I can't figure it out
It's bringing me down
I know, I've got to let it go

And just enjoy the show

Vocal 1: Dorcas Choo (@dorcaschoo)
Vocal 2: Stella Nikiko
Guitar: Keniko Stefanus


The Show - Lenka (live cover)

I discovered Audrey Assad few years ago when I was randomly browsing through youtube, and I fell in love at the first hearing. 

As usual, it was the melody aspect of her song that firstly captured my heart. But then as time goes by, as I listened to more and more of her songs, I started to pay attention to the harmony, to the rhythm, to the song structure, and then... to the lyrics. Hm.. I am not really good with elaborating things verbally, but I feel like the lyrics is the most restorative part of her music. 

Annnd, if I have to mention one song that comforted and helped me get through the past two years of my life, I would say that it is this song. So here you go, my one-take rendition of my favourite piece from Audrey Assad, "Good to Me" 

Lyrics:

I put all my hope in the truth of Your promise
And I steady my heart on the ground of Your goodness
When I'm bowed down with sorrow I will lift up Your name
And the foxes in the vineyard will not steal my joy

Because You are good to me, good to me 

I lift up my eyes to the hills where my help is found
Your voice fills the night - raise my head up to hear the sound
Though fires burn all around me I will praise You, my God
And the foxes in the vineyard will not steal my joy

Because You are good to me, good to me 

Your goodness and mercy shall follow me
All my life
I will trust in Your promise

Vocal: Stella Nikiko 
Special thanks to Kenneth Choi (youtube: yummypiano, for letting me use his piano cover as my instrumental!

Good to Me - Audrey Assad (cover)

My friend, 지윤 and I did a one shot live cover on one of favorite song we used to sang when we were little, "My Favorite Thing" from The Sound of Music!

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things
Cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels
Door bells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things
Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things
When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad

Vocal 1: Stella Nikiko
Vocal 2: 김지윤 (Jee Yun Kim)
Piano: 박예슬 (Dorothy Ye Seul Park) 
Artwork: 김지윤 (Jee Yun Kim)

Stella N

My Favorite Things - The Sound of Music (live cover)

I was studying for a few solid hours weeks ago when I decided to do a spontaneous short cover of Pink Martini's Hang on Little Tomato. I recorded it with my iPhone's microphone and edited it a bit using my iPhone's garage band as well so it could be a little rough. But singing has always been a form of therapy for me, so this time, this year, I'll try to be more spontanous and free when it comes to doing music. 

"Hang On Little Tomato"

The sun has left and forgotten me
It's dark. I cannot see
Why does this rain pour down?
I'm gonna drown
In a sea
Of deep confusion

Somebody told me, I don't know who,
"Whenever you are sad and blue,
And you're feelin' all alone, and left behind,
Just take a look inside you and you'll find.

You gotta hold on, hold on through the night
Hang on, things will be all right
Even when it's dark
And not a bit of sparkling
Sing-song sunshine from above
Spreading rays of sunny love

Just hang on, hang on to the vine
Stay on, soon you'll be divine
If you start to cry, look up to the sky
Something's coming up ahead
To turn your tears to dew instead."

And so I hold on to this advice
When change is hard and not so nice
If you listen to your heart the whole night through
Your sunny someday will come one day soon to you 

Vocal 1&2: Stella Nikiko
Instrumental: Sergey Brazhnik
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inCJI3dbAxE )

Stella Nikiko

Hang On Little Tomato - Pink Martini (short cover)

Hello. Here I am presenting you with a long overdue work I did with my friend Derick Adeboi. I'm still residing in Seoul and he's in Jakarta, so yes, this time it is long distance cover we did few weeks back. Hope you enjoy!

Vocal: Stella Nikiko
Guitar: Derick Adeboi @boskobo 
Mixing: Derick Adeboi @boskobo

Lyrics: 

And Aubrey was her name,
A not so very ordinary girl or name
But who's to blame?
For a love that wouldn't bloom
For the hearts that never played in tune
Like a lovely melody that everyone can sing,
Take away the words that rhyme it doesn't mean a thing
And Aubrey was her name
We tripped the light and danced together to the moon,
But where was June
No it never came around
If it did it never made a sound,
Maybe I was absent or was listening to fast,
Catching all the words, but then the meaning going past,
But God I miss the girl,
And I'd go a thousand times around the world just to be
Closer to her than to me
And Aubrey was her name,
I never knew her, but I loved her just the same,
I loved her name
Wish that I had found the way
And the reasons that would make her stay
I have learned to lead a life apart from all the rest
If I can't have the one I want, I'll do without the best
But how I miss the girl
And I'd go a million times around the world just to say
She had been mine for a day

Aubrey - Bread (cover)

Hello, it's been quite a while, hasn't it? I've always told myself to be more consistent with my music (not that I have been uploading my own thing, but, hey, almost everyone started with doing covers, then writing their own music). But all in all, that's actually not the reason why I have been uploading so little throughout this past few months. To be honest, this year hasn't exactly been the easiest for me. I've experienced mild episodes of depression before, but this year seems to be the worst; it's a year full of painful losses and discoveries, friends that come and go, months of feelings of numbness and detachment, a self image that was shattered and (and hopefully will be rebuilt again).

Years back, I used to turn to art and music when I went through times similar like now, but this year, even these two creative outlets were taken from me that I felt like I really had no hope....until I realized that I still have this one person whose presence, although so small and dim, has been keeping me sane and sound. It's not that I can now feel His presence strongly, I am still working on mending my relationship with Him, and even now, things are still rough. But I am learning that even if I haven't regained my ability to feel, that even if the heart is still as hard as stone, God's still here and He's not been completely silence. So yes, in the midst of all of this process of learning to accept that it is okay not to be okay this song by Audrey Assad came to me out of a blue and it spoke so hard to me that I decided that I just have to do my raw version of it. So here you go, a cover of Drawn to You. 

[Verse 1]
All my devotion is like sinking sand
I've nothing to cling to but Your sweet hand
No clear emotions keeping me safe at night
Only Your presence, like a candle light

[Chorus 1]
After everything I've had
After everything I've lost
Lord, I know this much is true
I'm still drawn to You

[Verse 2]
I pour out my sorrows just like a precious oil
I kiss Your feet, Lord, with a holy joy
My tears an offering of my highest praise!
Your eyes say "Welcome," and I receive Your gaze

[Chorus 2]
'Cause after everything I've had
And after everything I've lost
Lord, I know this much is true
I'm still drawn to You!
After everything's been said
After everything love costs
Lord, I know this much is true
I'm still drawn to You 

(Instrumental by Kenneth Choi, Vocal by Stella.)

Drawn to You - Audrey Assad (cover)

My Grown Up Christmas List 

Do you remember me
I sat upon your knee
I wrote to you with childhood fantasies
Well I'm all grown up now
And still need help somehow
I'm not a child but my heart still can dream
So here's my lifelong wish
My grown up Christmas list
Not for myself but for a world in need
No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
And everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end, no
This is my grown up Christmas list
As children we believe
The grandest sight to see
Was something lovely wrapped beneath the tree
But Heaven only knows
That packages and bows
Can never heal a heartached human soul
No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
And everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end, no
This is my grown up Christmas list
What is this illusion called the innocence of youth
Maybe only in our blind belief can we ever find the truth
No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
And everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end, no
This is my grown up Christmas list
This is my only lifelong wish
This is my grown up Christmas list

Vocal 1: Stella Nikiko 
Vocal 2: Ian / 김동현

My Grown Up Christmas List  (acapella cover)

I went to my friend's house several days ago and turned out that my friend's sister's voice's also a gem. So... after practicing for 1,5 hours we finally decided to record our spontaneous cover on one of the most beloved lullaby: The Sound of Music. I have been listening to Christy Nockels' version of this tune for days, so I'm really glad that these girls and I could pull off this song!

Vocal 1: Stella Nikiko
Vocal 2: 김지윤 (Jee Yun Kim)
Vocal 3: 김지영 (Jee Young Kim)

The Sound of Music (featuring 지윤 & 지영)

오늘도 나 노래하네
찬양의 이유 되시니
영원하신 주의 이름을 높여 찬양합니다
주 나라는 높으시며
주 영광은 가득하네
주와 같은 분은 없네 하늘 영광 버리신 주
스스로 낮추어 하늘과 땅을 두루 살피사
가난한 사람을 일으키시며
궁핍한 사람을 거름더미에서 들어올리신 주
그 하나님이 나의 주
그 하나님이 나의 주
그 자리에서 오늘도 주만 바라봅니다

그 하나님이 나의 주 (시편 113) - 조미희 (short cover)

My dear korean student asked me to sing this song with him during our tutoring lesson and I thought it would be fun to record our spontaneous sing-along using my iPhone's garageband. I did not know the song prior to that day so you might hear my kid directing me where to start singing as well a lot of my notes and lyrics guessing here and there. Not a perfect cover, but we had a lot of fun practicing and recording it so hope you guys are entertained too! :)

A Place Called Home - Alan Menken & Laurie Beechman

There's a place called home
I can almost see, with a red front door
and a roaring fire and a Christmas tree
It's a place called home
Full of love and family
And I'm there at the door
Watching you come home to me
Through the years I'll recall this day
In your arms where I finally found my way
To a place called home
And a life with you
Where the days are long
and the love is strong
and the dreams are true
Just a place called home
You and I will always see
In the dark of the night
Let your heart come home to me
To a place called home
And a life with you
Where the days are long
and the love is strong
and the dreams are true
Just a place called home
You and I will always see
In the dark of the night
Let your heart come home to me
To the place in my heart
Where you're always home with me

Vocal 1 : Ian (김동현)
Vocal 2 : Stella Nikiko

A Place Called Home - Alan Menken & Laurie Beechman (live cover)

it's a sweet song, the kind of song that reminds you that God is there even when you don't feel His presence. 

We pray for blessings
We pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
All the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things

'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You're near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise


There should be more verses and reff but i was kinda in a hurry. Enjoy!



Blessings - Laura Story (cover)

Januari - Glen Fredly (live cover)

to see beyond what is, to what could be✨

snikiko

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