Swiss singer-songwriter NEMO has released their debut album ‘Arthouse’ via Island EMI, bringing together everything the Eurovision-winning artist represents into one dazzling collection. The album opens with “Ride My Baby,” a funky track that pulls listeners straight onto the dancefloor before moving into “God’s A Raver” with its exuberant piano hook and heavenly strings. NEMO collaborated with renowned musicians and songwriters including Jez Ashurst, Maegan Cottone, Sacha Rudy, Mia Gladstone, Liam Maye, and PomPom to craft an expertly layered blend of glam-pop, electro, and art pop.
The album spans emotional territory with tracks like “Casanova,” the driving “Eurostar” that bridges London and Paris where the record was created, and the title track “Arthouse” itself, which shifts from thoughtful ballad to blazing disco anthem. This is the kind of record that makes you want to turn it up louder and see where each song takes you next. NEMO draws inspiration from icons like Prince, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, and Björk, celebrating creative freedom and non-conformity throughout every moment.
Playful moments arrive with “Easy” and “Hocus Pocus,” the latter being a kinky love song with an infectious groove and spooky soundscape. The journey continues through “Frog Swamp” featuring Mia Gladstone, before NEMO shows their introspective side on touching break-up ballad “Black Hole” and theatrical baroque pop track “One More Shot.” The album asks central questions about identity through gentle strings and poignant falsetto vocals on “Unexplainable” before closing with “I Got High At The Party,” a psychedelic chill-out track recounting an anonymous big-city encounter.
The collection ends with “The Code,” the song that launched NEMO to global recognition through their triumphant Eurovision Song Contest victory. The track earned platinum status in Switzerland and Greece, gold in Finland, and hundreds of millions of streams worldwide. ‘Arthouse’ represents NEMO’s complete artistic vision, a space where beauty, positivity, and diversity converge without compromise or limitation.