Merely has been played over 30 times on NTS, first on 18 September 2015. Merely's music has been featured on 29 episodes.

Kristina Florell, known professionally as Merely, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist under the YEAR0001 label. Florell is also a member of the musical trios Team Rockit and Chariot, and has performed with Malibu and Femi as Soria Moria.

Florell is based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Her artistic style is described as "ethereal" and "versatile", and she is noted to draw inspiration from the "dream-pop, new age, and electronic"[₂] genres of music and production.

In 2024, Merely released Essential Mixtape, a collaborative mixtape with Malibu.