Danish artist Nina Baun is a versatile singer, songwriter, musician, and composer who moves with curiosity and openness within jazz, pop, and contemporary composition. After a longer break as a solo artist, she releases her new EP Status on February 12 — a work in which Baun evaluates her being in the middle of life and looks both backward and forward.
After two Danish-language singles, Baun now steps forward with the English-language track 2 Piece Puzzle, where through-composed electronic elements form the foundation of a spherical universe, which is lifted and expanded by her band, adding a sensual and organic materiality.
“I composed the song when I was at the conservatory in a project where I had to try producing myself. Since then, I have wanted to recreate, fully produce, and release the song, and it has finally succeeded! We are in a small empty apartment, two naked people are lying on the bare floor, it is quiet, and in the rays of light through the window the dust slowly swirls down and up. They know each other well, also intimately, and do not need to put it into words. They fit together,” Nina Baun says about the song’s origin and its image-rich universe.
Nina Baun and her band will play a release concert on February 8 at Taverna Centrale in Copenhagen, and more concerts will be announced soon.
Listen to the second single Status HERE
Also, listen to the first single Kan du huske HERE
In 2011, NINA BAUN released her debut album Something Is Always Moving, followed in 2016 by her second album Human. Both records received positive reviews in Danish as well as international press. With these releases, Baun established herself as a progressive and experimental singer and songwriter, who naturally combined jazz, pop, and experimental composition into a personal whole.
Alongside, she remained musically active, as lead singer in Peter Danstrup’s various ensembles, as backing vocalist for vs DOOM, Oh Land, Andreas Odbjerg, and Turboweekend, on tour with Norwegian/American guitarist Lage Lund, and through collaborations with a wide range of musicians from the Danish jazz, improvised, and indie scenes.
After many years of being a creative solo artist, a period emerged with steady work, family life, and musical engagements in other people’s projects. But as time passed, her longing to create returned. This longing has now materialized into the EP Status, where Baun reflects on her life and connects past with present through five songs that explore themes such as identity, existence, time, and change.
On the EP, set for release on February 12th 2026, Baun has teamed up with drummer and producer Rune Lohse (New Kids, Blue Foundation, Horse Orchestra), who together with guitarist Mads Nørgaard (Lucky Lo, The Orgelheimers) and bassist Nicolai Claesson (Horse Orchestra, Billie and the Bell) form Baun’s new band.
Her new music is not only a further development of her earlier work, but also a revelation of the driving force that matters most to her right now: to create music that is personal, genuine. Status contains both Danish and English lyrics, and explores themes such as identity, existence, time, and change. First and foremost, the lyrics contain a reflection on Baun’s own journey – both as a human being and as an artist.