Nikki Barber Embraces the Power of Change in ‘Wish You Well’

Sometimes in order to grow, you have to let some people go. That’s the inspiration behind Nikki Barber’s new single and video “Wish You Well,” the Nashville rock singer-songwriter’s first release under her own name.Best known as the frontwoman for the bluesy psych-rock group The Minks, Barber sometimes writes songs that don’t necessarily fit the band. “Wish You Well,” released as a single Nov. 6, is one such song. She was inspired to write it during a period of change in her life.“‘Wish You Well’ came at a moment of transition in my life when I was letting some relationships go and kind of growing up and even changing the relationship with my own self,” Barber tells the Scene. “It came from just this want to have some grace for myself in that moment, not being mad at the way things are or how they worked out, but instead wishing the person well.

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