Nova Rai

The Visitor of Haresalam.

On the stage: the film Five Holds, of the light.

Latest release

I'm Still Here, the cover of the song by Nova RaiI'm Still Here · Haresalam · 24

This one is for anyone who almost left tonight.

The story and the lyrics

Her records

Free to listen, free to keep.

Haresalam

Haresalam, an album by Nova Rai

Her current record · 2026. The songs of The Terrain of Being Human, in the order the book meets them.

  1. Not Less · Nova Rai
  2. Retroception (3:33) · Nova Rai
  3. Hush, Little Doggy · Nova Rai
  4. Enter the Cave · Nova Rai
  5. Gold in the Cracks · Nova Rai
  6. Madiba in the Sky x We Are More · Nova Rai
  7. Follow Anthem (Dance Edit) · Nova Rai
  8. And You Held Me · Nova Rai
  9. Show Up (Technomystic Chant) · Nova Rai
  10. Hares Salam · Nova Rai
  11. Voice Inside the Valley · Nova Rai
  12. We're Alive · Nova Rai
  13. Five Holds · Nova Rai, Naimor and Charlie C
  14. Kael Su, Kael Ba · Nova Rai
  15. The Cut · Nova Rai
  16. Nima-Nima-Ba · Nova Rai
  17. Even Little Stars · Nova Rai
  18. Hareception · Nova Rai
  19. Till the Thunder Comes · Nova Rai · explicit
  20. Untie Me · Nova Rai · explicit
  21. Everything the Shadow Can't · Nova Rai · explicit
  22. Higher Ground · Nova Rai
  23. I'm Still Here · Nova Rai · explicit

Eyes on Me

Eyes on Me, an album by Nova Rai

The debut · 2025. Her first album, on the dancefloor and after it. Also on Spotify

  1. When It Turns On · Nova Rai
  2. Alive and Kicking · Nova Rai
  3. Too Loud to Be Alone · Nova Rai
  4. Eyes on Me · Nova Rai
  5. The High Is Mine · Nova Rai
  6. We Were Never Here · Nova Rai · explicit
  7. Come to My Room · Nova Rai
  8. Heat Vision · Nova Rai · explicit
  9. Voltage · Nova Rai
  10. Glass Skin · Nova Rai
  11. Midnight Mirror · Nova Rai
  12. Heat Vision (explicit) · Nova Rai · explicit
  13. Epilog: Still Here · Nova Rai
  14. Through the Smoke · Nova Rai
  15. No More Curtains · Nova Rai

If I'm Around

If I'm Around, an album by Nova Rai

The night record · 2026. Her night: hotel light, a key she leaves behind, a car pointed south at 3:33, and a fire at the end of the road.

  1. Lococation · Nova Rai
  2. The Pillow Can't Hold It · Nova Rai
  3. Tell Him No · Nova Rai
  4. Mirror Mirror · Nova Rai
  5. Eyes Off Me · Nova Rai
  6. Am I Human · Nova Rai
  7. The 333 · Nova Rai
  8. Where the Night Turns Gold · Nova Rai
  9. Fall Streak · Nova Rai and Naimor
  10. The Woman by the Fire · Nova Rai
  11. You Are Here · Nova Rai
  12. He's Alive · Nova Rai
  13. The Heart Duet · Nova Rai and Naimor
  14. Happy Birthday Naimor · Nova Rai
  15. The Light That Dies · Nova Rai

Nowhere to Be

Nowhere to Be, an album by Nova Rai

The day record · 2026. Her day: a week handed back to you, from Monday's 3 a.m. email to Sunday's nowhere to be.

  1. Careless · Nova Rai
  2. If I Were the Devil · Nova Rai
  3. You Met Me at a Very Chinese Time of My Life · Nova Rai and Naimor
  4. Thursday · Nova Rai
  5. Feathers at Midnight · Nova Rai
  6. Sky That Got Shy · Nova Rai
  7. Salt on Your Skin · Nova Rai
  8. Send Me a Postcard · Nova Rai
  9. Sunday Feeling · Nova Rai
  10. Poem for Poem · Nova Rai

Quietly Loud

Quietly Loud, an album by Nova Rai

After the noise · 2025. The ones that came when the room went quiet.

  1. It Had to Rain · Nova Rai
  2. Let Me Go · Nova Rai
  3. Gold in the Cracks · Nova Rai
  4. Awakening Light · Nova Rai
  5. Sunday Healing · Nova Rai
  6. You Stayed · Nova Rai
  7. The Space Between Our Names · Nova Rai
  8. The Abyss · Nova Rai
  9. The Man I Wait For · Nova Rai
  10. The Ones Who Stayed · Nova Rai
  11. Monday Made Me Do It · Nova Rai

Awakening

Awakening, an album by Nova Rai

The early work · 2024. The early work. Where she started.

  1. Women in a Male Dominated Field · Nova Rai
  2. Follow Anthem (Dance Edit) · Nova Rai
  3. Kindness is a Lion’s Heart · Nova Rai
  4. Your Wealth and the Road · Nova Rai
  5. Human · Nova Rai
  6. Under The Stars · Nova Rai
  7. Hurts So Bad · Nova Rai
  8. Let Me Take Control · Nova Rai
  9. Awakening · Nova Rai
  10. Threads of the Infinite · Nova Rai
  11. Feel It · Nova Rai
  12. Lose Yourself · Nova Rai
  13. Magnetic Shadows · Nova Rai
  14. Gravity Break · Nova Rai
  15. Neon Rush · Nova Rai
  16. The Veil · Nova Rai
  17. Weed, Don't Wither · Nova Rai
  18. I Love You · Nova Rai
  19. Retroception (3:33) · Nova Rai, Naimor and Charlie C
  20. Camino Island · Nova Rai
  21. Just A Pop Rock Song · Nova Rai
  22. Nova. For You · Nova Rai
  23. Birth · Nova Rai
  24. Go Now · Nova Rai

One Night Only

One Night Only, an album by Nova Rai

The experiment · 2025. An experiment. One night on the dance floor.

  1. Velvet Arrival · Nova Rai
  2. Glow Language · Nova Rai
  3. No Talk Just Rhythm · Nova Rai
  4. Back to Heat · Nova Rai
  5. Still Here · Nova Rai
  6. Nova's Frequency · Nova Rai
  7. Sweat Like Silk · Nova Rai
  8. Come With Me · Nova Rai
  9. You Already Did · Nova Rai
  10. Still Burning · Nova Rai
  11. No Names · Nova Rai
  12. Disappear · Nova Rai
  13. Pulse Weapon · Nova Rai
  14. Afterglow · Nova Rai

One flame

The album is one long night. I carried one small light through it.

  1. Nova Rai looking down at a white porcelain bowl mended with gold, held in both hands beside a candle
    Gold in the Cracks
  2. Nova Rai kneeling barefoot in dark water at night, setting a lit candle on the surface
    Not Less
  3. Nova Rai sitting on a night road with a white dog lying beside her, her hand on his head, a candle on the asphalt
    Hush, Little Doggy
  4. Nova Rai dancing barefoot on a wooden floor, arms wide and smiling, candles blurred into lines of light around her
    Follow Anthem (Dance Edit)
  5. Nova Rai with her eyes closed, held by a man in a dark coat beside a campfire, sparks rising
    And You Held Me
  6. Nova Rai seen from behind, walking barefoot down a country road at sunrise toward a village, her shoes in her hand
    Hares Salam
  7. Nova Rai laughing on a wooden chair by a turquoise bay, raising a glass to another hand
    We're Alive
  8. Nova Rai holding up a sheet of white paper with a heart cut out of it, her eye looking through the heart, a candle in front
    The Cut
  9. Nova Rai laughing and clapping by a bonfire at night, other hands clapping around her
    Nima-Nima-Ba
  10. Nova Rai sitting in the grass by a small fire at night, looking up at a great golden fish in the sky above the hills
    Hareception
  11. Nova Rai in profile at a rainy bedroom window at night, her hand on the glass, lightning outside, a candle on the sill
    Till the Thunder Comes
  12. Nova Rai standing barefoot in an open doorway full of morning light, burned down candles smoking on the floor behind her
    Higher Ground

Other lights

Haresalam is one night. There were others, and each one had a light of its own.

  1. Nova Rai in black and white beside a single bare light bulb in the dark, looking past it
    When It Turns On · Eyes on Me
  2. Nova Rai on a rooftop terrace at violet dusk under string lights, the old town and its church spires behind her, a finger to her lips
    Velvet Arrival · One Night Only
  3. Nova Rai in a leather jacket with her eyes closed under a shaft of street light full of rain, in black and white
    It Had to Rain · Quietly Loud
  4. Nova Rai standing under a falling fountain of sparks in a dark room, in black and white
    Voltage · Eyes on Me
  5. Nova Rai with her eyes closed, smiling in magenta club light, her leather jacket slipping off one shoulder
    Sweat Like Silk · One Night Only
  6. Nova Rai sitting in a small wooden rowing boat on a misty lake, a beam of sunlight across the water, in black and white
    The Man I Wait For · Quietly Loud
  7. Nova Rai in a black leather jacket walking down a long hotel corridor at night, a paper cup of coffee in her hand
    Lococation · If I'm Around
  8. Nova Rai at a lakeside table in the evening sun, her chin on her hand, a glass of red wine beside her
    Salt on Your Skin · Nowhere to Be
  9. Nova Rai at the wheel of a car before dawn, rain and red lights on the windscreen, a key on the dashboard
    Where the Night Turns Gold · If I'm Around
  10. Nova Rai laughing with her arms open in an empty white room full of daylight, in black and white
    No More Curtains · Eyes on Me
  11. Nova Rai on the rocks of a stormy sea wall at night, a lighthouse beam falling on her, in black and white
    The Abyss · Quietly Loud
  12. Nova Rai walking across wet tram tracks on an empty city street at dawn, her leather jacket over one shoulder
    Afterglow · One Night Only

Who is the Visitor?

I'm Nova. The Visitor. I sing. I don't talk much, so this is already a lot.

There is no sun where I'm from. Every clock says 3:33. Nobody minds.

People think I run. I don't run. I look.

I keep two voices. One for the room. One for nobody, at the volume of a secret.

There are three walkers. The Pilgrim, who is you. The Cave Dweller, who formed within you. And the Visitor, who comes to you.

What arrives through her is not felt as yours: a melody in the shower, complete, already sure of its own tempo.

She cannot be summoned, scheduled or kept. She comes sometimes. A guest is free, or she is not a guest.

Her name says it. A nova is not a new star but one newly seen, a light that was always burning, arriving from a source you cannot see.

She looks like she is running. She is searching, checking every lit room for the thing she came to find.

Fantasy, you drive. Visitation drives you.

The Terrain of Being Human

Read the book: The Terrain of Being Human · Enter Haresalam

Photographs

  • Nova Rai laughing in a leather jacket at night
    Something made me laugh. I'm keeping it.
  • Nova Rai sitting cross-legged on a chair in a dark doorway with a mug, the blue night in the window behind her
    Every kitchen is the same kitchen at this hour.
  • Nova Rai standing among candles on the floor with her eyes closed
    I stood very still until the room forgot I was new.
  • Nova Rai standing barefoot under a spotlight with her hands in her pockets, in black and white
    One light, one floor, no shoes. That is a whole stage to me.
  • Nova Rai with her hands at her lips, looking into the camera, in black and white
    I'm holding a word in. It's a good one.
  • Nova Rai standing in a shaft of light in a concrete room, in black and white
    The light came down and I stepped into it. That's all.
  • Nova Rai in a denim shirt in a white daylight studio with plants
    Daylight and plants. I behave better in rooms like this.
  • Nova Rai kneeling at the edge of dark water at night, setting a lit candle afloat
    Your hollow is not a lack. It is the room the music needs. Not Less
  • Nova Rai laughing on a wooden chair by a turquoise bay, raising a glass to another hand
    We're alive. Some days that's the whole toast. We're Alive
  • Nova Rai holding a candle in the arch of a snowy bell tower at night
    The bells ring three times and I count every one. Trinity Bells
  • Nova Rai writing a postcard at a wooden bar counter by a small lamp
    Send me a postcard. I like words that took a stamp to arrive. Send Me a Postcard
  • Nova Rai with her hands in her hair in the smoke, in black and white
    Heat vision. Everything glows if you look long enough. Heat Vision

All photos of Nova Rai

Films

Hold the Light

Naimor sings Five Holds, unplugged · 5:28

Hold the Light, a film with Nova Rai

Naimor took my Five Holds into a hall of candles. One old guitar, a crowd singing along.

Hold the light and hold the dark. Not to fix it, not to fight. Just to hold it through the night.

Careless

The music video · 4:17

Careless, a film with Nova Rai

Somebody left me on read. I spent forty minutes on it. That's a whole day.

Put that worry in a box and set fire to the rest. Then go to careless.today and burn yours.

Retroception

3:33 · 2:55

Retroception, a film with Nova Rai

Some songs remember what has not happened yet.

I woke at 3:33 and the clock was already singing. I only followed it.

Five Holds

The music video · 4:06

Five Holds, a film with Nova Rai

Five things. Not to fix, not to fight. Just to hold.

The whole song, with the words.

A Little Longer

A guest appearance · 4:18

A Little Longer, a film with Nova Rai

I sang in an office once. By the last chorus, everybody had walked out behind me.

Stay a little longer. Then leave with me.