“My Happy Place”: Niko Moon Drops the Perfect Summer Country Anthem, ‘I Love This Beach’

After teasing us with it across his socials, Niko Moon has gifted us his new single, ‘I Love This Beach’, and as the title suggests, it serves as a sun-soaked, feel-good summer anthem.

The uplifting earworm is expected to feature on the ‘GOOD TIME’ hitmaker's eagerly anticipated third album, with Niko Moon revealing to Holler last month that the project will pivot around the theme of de-stressing, raising a glass and chasing the sun.

“I'm working on the album right now”, Moon explained, ‘It's going to come out this summer, and it's a full-on vacation album to the beach. I'm picking up that tiki torch fully, and planting it down in the sand, following in the footsteps of Jimmy [Buffett] and Kenny [Chesney]. I can't wait for everybody to hear it. I think it's my best album I've ever made, and I'm super pumped for everybody to go on vacation with me on it”.

After hearing ‘I Love This Beach’, which features Niko Moon's signature, energising combination of optimism-infused lyrics, bright, vibrant guitar riffs and rattling, trap-inspired 808s, it's safe to say we can't wait to head on a headphone holiday when the ‘SUMMER DON'T GO’ singer-songwriter drops his forthcoming album.

Speaking ahead of the track's arrival, Niko Moon outlined how he hopes the relaxing ode to coastal bliss will offer listeners some peace and potential escapism, “‘I Love This Beach’ is just me in my happy place - sun shining, waves rolling in, nowhere to be but right here. I wanted this song to sound like a vacation, like you’re kicking back with your toes in the sand, soaking up the good vibes. It’s about slowing down, breathing it in, and letting the world fade away for a little while”.

Billed as a summery flip on Toby Keith's much-loved 2003 hit, ‘I Love This Bar’, ‘I Love This Beach’ ensures the momentum remains high ahead of Niko Moon's BETTER DAYS follow-up album, with the joyful crooner continuing to cement himself as the natural successor to Jimmy Buffett and Kenny Chesney's Tropical Country thrones.

For the full lyrics to Niko Moon's ‘I Love This Beach’, see below:

“Fold out laid back

Toes in the sand

Them waves are rolling in and out again

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Gon’ take it slow

Got time to waste

I’m soaking up this gulf coast getaway

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Margaritas cold as ice

Palm trees swaying with the tide

Feels like I’m in paradise

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I love this beach

Sand under my feet

Sun is always shining I don’t ever wanna leave

I love this beach

Floating on the breeze

Out here by the waters all I’m ever gonna need

I love this beach

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Wind in my hair

Salt on my skin

Down here where the summer never ends

Might drift away

Kick back all day

I’m thinking that I’m gonna stay cause

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I love this beach

Sand under my feet

Sun is always shining I don’t ever wanna leave

I love this beach

Floating on the breeze

Out here by the waters all I’m ever gonna need

Out here by the waters everything I’ll ever need

I love this beach

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Got them margaritas cold as ice

Palm trees swaying with the tide

Feels like I’m in paradise

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I love this beach

Coasting by the sea

Right here where I’m at is where I’m always gonna be

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I love this beach

Sand under my feet

Sun is always shining I don’t ever wanna leave

I love this beach

Floating on the breeze

Out here by the waters all I’m ever gonna need

Out here by the waters everything I’ll ever need

I love this beach”

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