Private Life
He was born in 1993 in Bremen as the son of Egon and Lisa Wellenbrink. His sister from his father's first marriage, Susanna and her daughter Mia-Sophie work as actresses. Shortly after his birth, his parents moved with him from Germany to the Spanish island of Mallorca. He attended the primary school in Es Capdellá, where he was taught in Spanish and Catalan in addition to his native German. In addition to his music career, he worked as an entertainer in a club hotel on Mallorca. He graduated from high school in Spanish and studied sound engineering in Cologne.
Career as a musician
His parents each had their own bands and supported him. At the age of five, he and his sister Clarissa recorded their first stanzas for children's radio plays in their father's studio. He also received piano lessons from the age of six and continued to learn to sing and dance. At a young age he performed at festivals in Spain and played some songs produced by himself and his father. Appearances also followed in Germany, one of them together with Max Mutzke, Aura Dione and Robyn for ProSieben. He uploaded both cover songs and his own compositions, including Eres Perfecta, to YouTube. This song became a surprise success and was clicked several hundred thousand times within a very short time.
In 2012 he teamed up with the US rapper KY. Together they appeared as KY & Nico. In 2013, the duo decided to split up and focus on their solo careers. In spring 2013 Santos became aware of DJ Antoine's co-producer B-Case through the club's success House Party and began to produce together. One of the first results was the piece Feel It, which B-Case had been planning for a long time with Jack Holiday and Tony T.
In early 2014, he and B-Case recorded the song Lucky L, which is based on the cartoon character Lucky Luke. The song surpassed the success of Feel It and moved up to number 6 in the international DJ charts, number 19 on iTunes and number 5 in the Bravo charts. There it stayed in the top 10 for over 10 weeks. A few weeks later they released an acoustic version of the track. The song Symphony made it straight into the German mainstream airplay and Bravo reader charts in October 2014.
Together with Djorkaeff & Beatzarre and B-Case he produced the soundtrack for the film Fack ju Göhte 2. The songs He’s Gonna Be Alright and Here Comes the Sun sung by download portals became the most successful songs on the CD. They also wrote the song Promised Land together for the Jamaican singer Omi, who celebrated his worldwide breakthrough with cheerleaders in the same year. He was also involved in the song Don’t Give Up on Us by Janieck Devy.
Parallel to his collaboration with B-Case, he recorded the song Holding On with the Swiss DJ and producer Mr Da-Nos in 2015, which became the title song of the German movie 3 Turks and a Baby. With Holding On, Santos made it into the official Swiss single charts for the first time. In 2016 the song Home was released, which was created in collaboration with the musician Topic. In Germany and Austria, Home moved up to number twelve and ten, in Australia it reached number eleven in the official charts and was awarded platinum. Another single followed together with Micar under the title Brothers in Arms, which also represents deep house. In Portugal, he achieved commercial success in the spring with the Tropical House single Waterfalls in collaboration with Lvndscape and Holland Park.
Together with Mark Forster and the duo Djorkaeff & Beatzarre, he wrote the song Wir sind groß, which went straight into the top 10 of the German single charts. The song was the official EM song of ZDF in 2016 and was awarded platinum. In January 2017, the Tatort Söhne & Väter was broadcast, for which Santos and his team colleagues Djorkaeff & Beatzarre and Michael Beckmann wrote the soundtrack. In April 2017 the single Goodbye to Love was released, which is featured by the Norwegian DJ duo Broiler. One of the actresses in the accompanying video clip is the German-Turkish actress Gizem Emre.
In June 2017 Lena Meyer-Landrut presented her song If I Wasn’t Your Daughter, which she had written together with Santos. Lena is also accompanied by Santos on the piano. In the late summer of 2017, Santos released his solo single Rooftop.
HeatWave
Nico Santos Lyrics
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You're what I waited for
Nothin' matters
Go, wash the past ashore
My mama told me, I won't be lonely
Well, I lost my heart tonight
Come on, just hold me, just like you know me
How does it feel
If our bodies touched right now?
How would you feel
If we'd let our guards drop down?
Right now, right now
Maybe we could have it all
Right now, right now
Build a fire
And let's get lost in flames
Nothin' matters
Just let our senses crave
My mama told me, I won't be lonely
Let's just lose our hearts tonight
Let me just hold you, just like I know you
How does it feel
If our bodies touched right now?
How would you feel
If we'd let our guards drop down?
Right now, right now
Maybe we could have it all
Right now, right now
Just like a heatwave
Just like a heatwave
Let me just hold you
When your heart turns weak
I wanna get lost in your eyes
And how does it feel
If our bodies touched right now?
How would you feel
If we'd let our guards drop down?
Right now, right now
Maybe we could have it all
Right now, right now
Just like a heatwave
Just like a heatwave
The lyrics to Nico Santos’s song “Heatwave” express the desire to be with someone without reservation or caution. The singer expresses a longing to be close to their love interest, to touch them, and to experience the intensity of their passion. The lines, “How does it feel if our bodies touched right now? / How would you feel if we’d let our guards drop down?” express this desire to be vulnerable with one another.
The chorus repeats the phrase, “Right now, right now / Maybe we could have it all / Right now, right now,” which suggests a sense of urgency and a desire to live in the moment. The lyrics convey the idea that this connection is all that matters in the present, and that the past should be left behind.
The lines, “Just like a heatwave / Let me just hold you / When your heart turns weak / I wanna get lost in your eyes” emphasize the intensity of the singer’s feelings and their desire to be close to their partner in moments of vulnerability. Overall, “Heatwave” is a passionate and romantic song that expresses a desire for intense and unrestrained connection.
Line by Line Meaning
Hallelujah!
Expressing joy and excitement; possibly referring to the feeling of finding the person you've been waiting for.
You're what I waited for
The singer has found the person they have been searching for.
Nothin' matters
In this moment, nothing else in the world is important besides being with this person.
Go, wash the past ashore
Leave all past emotional baggage behind and start fresh with this new relationship.
My mama told me, I won't be lonely
The artist has received reassurance from their mother that they won't be alone in life.
Well, I lost my heart tonight
The singer has finally fallen in love with someone.
Come on, just hold me, just like you know me
The singer wants to be held in a way that makes them feel like the other person knows and understands them completely.
How does it feel
If our bodies touched right now?
The artist is potentially asking what the other person feels when they touch, implying a physical attraction between them.
How would you feel
If we'd let our guards drop down?
The artist is wondering how the other person would feel if they both let go of their emotional barriers and allowed themselves to be vulnerable with each other.
Maybe we could have it all
Perhaps this relationship has the potential to be everything the artist has ever wanted.
Build a fire
And let's get lost in flames
The singer wants to ignite a passionate fire with the other person and get lost in the intensity of their feelings for each other.
Just let our senses crave
In this moment of being lost in passion, the artist wants to let their physical senses take over.
Just like you know me
The singer wants to be held in a way that shows the other person really understands who they are.
Just like a heatwave
Let me just hold you
Comparing the intense feelings of falling in love to the heat of a heatwave, and expressing a desire to embrace the other person.
When your heart turns weak
The singer wants to be there for the other person when they feel vulnerable or overwhelmed.
I wanna get lost in your eyes
The artist is drawn to the other person's gaze and wants to get lost in it.
Maybe we could have it all
Once again expressing optimism that this relationship could be everything the artist desires.
Just like a heatwave
Repeating the comparison of the intensity of love to the heat of a heatwave.
Lyrics © Budde Music Publishing GmbH
Written by: Nico Wellenbrink
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