Nikolas Keenan (p.k.a. "shy niko") is a songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, engineer and music supervisor.

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Born and raised in Chicago, IL his career has spanned over 10 years. It all started under a poorly devised French artist moniker, while doing remixes for major labels and independent releases with Kitsuné (Boys Noize, La Roux, Bloc Party). Formerly a full time Head of Music at global advertising agency VMLY&R, Nik has seen many sides to the creative industry from producing artists, to crafting original music for commercials, to leading music supervision for major brands. His original music can be heard across brands like Apple, Meta, Google, Nike, Samsung, Puma, Reese's, Michael Kors, Coca-Cola, Coors, J.P. Morgan Chase, Sephora, Coach x Champion, Reese's, Toyota, Maybelline, Ziploc, Nerdwallet, Best Buy, Jack In The Box, Taco Bell, Robinhood, Visionworks, U.S. Army and more. His music has also been featured on popular shows such as ABC's Grown-ish, MTV's Siesta Key, HBO's ...And Just Like That and films such as Princess Switch 3 on Netflix.

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In 2020, he co-wrote and produced viral TikTok songs, "dumb bitchitis" and "i hate boys" by yung cxreal and baby frankie, which generated 20MM+ streams across DSP's, hundreds of millions of TikTok views, and acclaim from Pitchfork and Forbes magazines. His music has also been featured by Chicago's very own, Lyrical Lemonade.

 

In the studio, Nik has collaborated with artists such as Skizzy Mars, Grouplove, Loren Gray, Ayelle, Piwa, Adam Martinez, Abel, Sydny August and many more.

 

He currently lives in Chicago and drinks way too many iced coffees.

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