‘God Knows’ is a metaphoric song that uses the imagery of god and worship to convey how we idolise our future selves and that idea that our future selves have everything figured out. Nív wanted this song to sound warm and almost nostalgic she felt like the piano and choral harmonies create this kind of atmosphere.
The track was produced by Matt Winston. Nív and Matt worked very closely on this track to create the sound they both heard from the lyrics and melody of the piece.
“I wrote it at a time where I was feeling quite useless and was constantly imagining how my life could be better in a few years; rather than living in the present. I think from that, this song kind of just fell out of me.”
Nív
Nív is a singer songwriter hailing from Kildare, based in Dublin. This year, Nív was awarded the prestigious Dermot Kennedy BIMM Scholarship and is currently studying songwriting at BIMM University, Dublin.
Nív has performed at festivals like Brigid 2025, Vantastival and Electric Picnic and venues like The Sugar Club and Whelans. Nív’s solo career has had growing success; releasing three singles on all platforms, gaining over 48k Spotify streams and 25k new listeners across 73 countries.
Nív sold out her first Single Launch in The Workman’s Club for her single ‘Silly Voices’ and was given the opportunity to perform on Hotpress Magazine’s Lockdown Sessions. This single was chosen to be added to RTÉ Radio 1’s Recommends List. Her latest single ‘Moonlight’ was chosen as Hotpress Magazine’s Track of the Day. She was also shortlisted for Four Star Pizza’s Star Nation Competition as a Leinster Provincial Winner. Her latest release ‘Home’ was also premiered on Hotpress Magazine’s website.
In 2022, Nív was awarded a Fulbright scholarship and spent the year working, travelling and using her music to spread Irish culture in North Carolina and across the United States. Nív gained a new American audience and during this year, Nív held a ticketed concert at a venue of 250 people in Davidson Davie College North Carolina and the event sold out.
Nív is due to release her upcoming debut EP soon