Five Love Letters & No Postage Required

Nia Perez opens her debut EP like someone saying, “Okay, I’ve held this in long enough.” Five songs, five emotional explosions, zero apologies. Things I Wish I Said feels like sitting with your best friend on the bedroom floor while you take turns whisper-yelling about your ex… except she turned that into music, and it sounds amazing.

“Oh Sweet July” is the standout middle-track meltdown, memorializing a breakup that happened on her 17th birthday in New York. Imagine being heartbroken and blowing out candles at the same time—that’s Oscar-level drama, and Perez sells it beautifully. Meanwhile, “Cognitive Dissonance” is for everyone who has ever texted someone they swear they’re done with. No judgment. Well… maybe just a little.

The EP wraps with “Little Old Flame,” the musical equivalent of sending a final message but reading it five times before hitting delete. It’s not petty—just perfectly pointed. Nia Perez didn’t just write songs; she wrote letters she didn’t mail. And thank goodness she didn’t, because now we get to listen to them.

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