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In February, Nicki Nicole was scheduled to perform in Miami for the first time as part of the Vibra Urbana Festival. But as torrential rain pummeled the 86-acre open-air festival grounds, one artist\u2019s performance was canceled, and others had their sets cut short. Nicki waited anxiously in the wings for nearly three hours, until it came down to her to open the festival when the rain abated for a few minutes.<\/p>\n
Wearing a black cutout bodysuit, blue and white motocross pants and her new, light chocolate hair (which she first rocked at the 2024 Grammy Awards) draping over a black headband, the 23-year-old Argentine artist, joined by eight background dancers, performed a 35-minute set that included hits such as \u201cColocao,\u201d \u201cDISPARA***\u201d and \u201cUna Foto (Remix)\u201d \u2014 the collaboration with Mesita, Emilia and Tiago PZK that hit No. 1 on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart in January and spent six consecutive weeks at the top.<\/p>\n
Then it started to rain again \u2014 but the response from the soaking-wet crowd was still overwhelming.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was very surprising,\u201d an ebullient Nicki says after, still wearing her damp clothes. \u201cWith this day, the rain, to see all these people there, and they know all my songs, they\u2019re having a blast \u2014 it\u2019s just like I imagined it could be.\u201d Despite the rain, it\u2019s a moment of sunshine for Nicki, who is coming off a roller-coaster week during which she publicly hinted on social media that she and boyfriend Peso Pluma called it quits just five days before her Miami debut.<\/p>\n
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