Watch Nilüfer Yanya perform ‘Midnight Sun’ on ‘The Tonight Show’

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Nilüfer Yanya was the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (March 11) where she performed ‘Midnight Sun’ – watch the clip below.Fresh from releasing second album ‘Painless’ earlier in the month (March 4), Yanya took to The Tonight Show dressed in a pair of pink fairy wings and backed by a 3-piece band to perform the dreamy ‘Midnight Sun’.Speaking about the track when it was first released as a single, Yanya said: “I really like the imagery of ‘midnight sun’ as a lyric as it insinuates a light guiding you through darkness.

The wings carry their own symbolism – freedom, lightness, flight, fantasy…”“If I could pick what people saw and heard it would be: seeing the beauty of confrontation and the necessity of rebellion,” she added.Watch Yanya perform ‘Midnight Sun’ below:Yanya kicks off her UK headline tour later this week with a show in Manchester, before playing London and Bristol.

She’ll then head out to Europe. You can buy tickets here and check out the complete run of dates below.MARCH14 – Band On The Wall, Manchester UK15 – Trinity, Bristol UK16 – Electric Brixton, London UK20 – Trabendo, Paris FR22 – Bogen F, Zurich CH23 – Ampere, Munich DE24 – Grelle Forelle, Vienna AT26 – Säälchen, Berlin DE27 – Nochtspeicher, Hamburg DE28 – Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam NL30 – Botanique Orangerie, Brussels BEYanya has also been confirmed to support Bombay Bicycle Club at their headline show at London’s Crystal Palace on August 5.