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. We spend our entire lives changing and hopefully growing, and when that opportunity to grow comes along, you have to make the decision to change if you want to grow.”

The track was co-produced by Barber and Michael Ford Jr. Barber plays nylon guitar and xylophone, and was accompanied by Ford on percussion and backing vocals, Kevin Hegyi on lead guitar, Joel Parks on bass and Dylan Whitlow on organ. Her Minks bandmate Dylan Sevey plays drums.

Today the Scene is pleased to premiere the music video for “Wish You Well.” Filmed and directed by Anna Pollock in Seattle and on Bainbridge Island in Puget Sound, the video follows a winged Barber on her own metamorphosis from the gritty streets of Seattle to the bountiful nature of the island. “Wish You Well” is one of the tracks that Barber plans to release in the first half of 2027 on a solo EP titled Sentimental Steep.

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