Fresh from winning
Most Performed R&B/Soul Work for
Higher at the
APRA Awards, Budjerah reveals the moody
official video for his
latest single Get Down. The track is featured on his
second EP Conversations, out now via
Warner Music Australia. This May and June, the 20-year-old singer songwriter will embark on his first tour of the
UK, Europe and
North America, which includes the
Jazz Café next
Tuesday 10th May, three performances at
The Great Escape and special guest to
Vance Joy at
KOKO on
22nd May. Of the polychromatic official video, directed by Tatjana Hamilton, Budjerah says, “Get Down feels quite abstract to me. The choices we made when writing the song were very different to what I’d normally do and I felt very adventurous. I really wanted to do the same thing for the video and I had so much fun on set. I love how it turned out.”
On Get Down, producer Matt Corby’s sparkling, glitched-out synths give way to one of Conversations’ most affecting songs, a sleek jam whose ebb-and-flow melody underscores lyrics about anxiously forging forward through one’s youth. “Get Down is about the idea that I’ve come so far now, I have to keep going, it’s too late to stop what I’m doing now,” Budjerah says. “If there’s a way, please show me how,” he sings on the track, a spiritual plea amidst a song suffused with an ultramodern atmosphere. “That song took a while to figure out, just because it was so different compared to what we’ve done before – but then, like one day, I think it just clicked.”
On Conversations, Budjerah reunites with longtime producers Matt Corby and Chris Collins, as well as new collaborators MAY-A and Konstantin Kersting. The EP – which features previously released singles Talk with MAY-A, Wash My Sorrows Away and What Should I Do? – reveals a darker, sleeker sound for Budjerah, reflective of the changes that have occurred in his life. “These songs speak about the last year – about me figuring out what’s important.” Budjerah says.
In 2020, Australia was introduced to the spectacular voice of Budjerah: a new, homegrown R&B star. Possessing songwriting ingenuity and old-soul wisdom, it quickly became abundantly clear that, for a lot of us, Budjerah was the kind of figure we’d been missing. His acclaimed debut self-titled EP followed in 2021, he took home the Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist ARIA award from five nominations; performed coveted support slots with Thelma Plum, The Avalanches and Lime Cordiale, collaborated with dance music superstars PNAU and completed his first headline tour.
Budjerah is set to travel to the northern hemisphere for performances in England and France, before he switches continents to North America for shows in Los Angeles and New York in May and June. He will also embark on a global run as special guest for Vance Joy, alongside performances at The Great Escape, Splendour in the Grass and A More Perfect Union. For the full list of tour dates, visit HERE.
Budjerah is ready to charge forward, armed with a new set of songs that show off his range, his fire, and, of course, his gossamer, heart-wrenching voice.
