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There’s a chill in the air of modern life, and Flash Poetry captures it with surgical clarity on his upcoming album ‘Reality, Now’, out Friday, November 28. The title track arrives first on Friday, October 31, setting the tone for what’s to come. Blending spoken word, hip-hop, psych-rock and jazz-infused grooves, Naarm/Melbourne-based poet and freestyle virtuoso Nico Lim turns philosophy into rhythm, exploring how money, technology and ego have become the new myths of our age.
For the unacquainted, Nico’s path to music began in an unexpected silence. While living in a remote Colombian jungle, a lung infection left him unable to speak for a month, a pause that redirected his creative voice toward poetry.
From that stillness came his collection ‘The Silent World That Won’t Stop Talking’, which went on to raise funds for the Fred Hollows Foundation and set the stage for a new kind of artistic expression.
Once a librarian and professional copywriter, Nico left behind the nine-to-five to pursue poetry full-time. What began as freestyling outside a local IGA has grown into a fast-rising journey that’s taken him from the streets to the TEDx Melbourne stage. Through his performances, workshops and open mics, he continues to use poetry and music as tools for connection, community and shared meaning.
Performing as Flash Poetry, he merges freestyle rap, spoken word and live instrumentation into a project where rhythm meets reflection and intellect meets emotion. Eschewing ego and filler, his words move with purpose, confronting modern life’s absurdities through sharp wit, depth and empathy. He's already shown this with a handful of releases leading up to his debut album release, including the track 'Every Ism is a Wasm', an incisive social commentary paired with a comical accompanying music video - watch here.
Now, sharing the title track ‘Reality, Now’, Flash Poetry offers another glimpse of his forthcoming debut album. Exploring humanity’s endless pursuit of pleasure at all costs, the record collides the ancient with the hyper-modern, blending hip-hop, jazz and spoken word into a portrait of a world searching for meaning. If the album is a mirror held up to society’s contradictions, then its title track is the first clear reflection.
A meditation on money and the hunger for transcendence in a culture that worships convenience, ‘Reality, Now’ unfolds with a smooth, downtempo groove. Mellow guitar lines, floaty keys and simmering percussion create a daydream-like space where Nico’s intricate lyricism moves with precision and purpose. His flow sits between philosopher and poet, deliberate and fluid, tracing modern anxieties with cool intensity.
'Reality, Now’ arrives on Friday, October 31, with the whole record to follow on November 28.
