Naarm/Melbourne-based artist Wilding has just released a new track titled ‘I Am’; a clever, playful, and introspective list of bittersweet affirmations, and the lead single from his upcoming album Whatever I Am, due out May 3rd.
“‘I Am’ is a song about identity. I sing a sardonic laundry list of words that asks us who we are and how we see ourselves. And whether this even matters. I decided instead it’s better to not ponder this idea for too long.” WILDING
While the single’s lyrical content dances between the whimsical (“I am broken / I am fixed / I am KitKat / I am Twix”), the reflective (“I am misguided / I am woke”), and even the downright gloomy (“I am older / I am grey / I am dying / I am decay”), its sonic qualities maintain a total sense of joyous movement throughout. An absolute earworm of a track, ‘I Am’ is a wonderfully catchy Britpop style tune, underlaid by a ripper of a funk-rock bassline, and delivered with a side of gorgeously bright and bouncing guitar melodies. Contrasting so sharply between the darker sentiments of the song and the groovy, almost cartoonishly vibrant nature of its soundscape, the result is something so memorable and exciting, characteristic of the classics of its genre. The single is reminiscent of iconic Britpop acts like Blur, while incorporating the classic-pop sensibilities of those like The Beatles, and the grit and energy of newer acts like fellow Melbournians Gut Health.
“I like the juxtaposition of slightly melancholic lyrics with an upbeat energetic sound. The mix of happy and sad. ‘I Am’ does this. While the lyrics are darkly contemplative, the music is banging! In a Britpop-indie-disco type of way.” WILDING
‘I Am’ was recorded by Fabian Hunter (Jade Imagine, Zoe Fox, Baby Blue) at his Fishbones Tone Shack studio in Northcote, alongside Robin Waters (Eves Karydas, Dan Sultan, Ella Hooper) and Wilding frontman Justin Wilding Stokes. Mixed, then, by ARIA Award-winning producer Wayne Connolly (The Teskey Brothers, You Am I, Babe Rainbow) and mastered by John Lee (The Murlocs, The Stroppies).

I Am

TWIX MC |50 Dollar | EDIT clash Bass

alyx (ft.Скейл)

Shadow Form (Prod. District Lost)

Морде-твай (feat. Bicipay)

ORACLE

springtime (prod. februxry)

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курю твикс

- Я загнал машину в детейлинг-сервис (Mars Way), попросил затонировать задние стёкла, а он перепутал и задние и передние затонировал
- Вот реально случайно она у вас..
- Ну конечно, да, хорошо что инспекторы вот остановили, и я исправил нарушение

Давай не будем мы тут долго рассуждать о важном
Уральский андерграунд постучится в твой багажник (тук)
Бабок надо, на перекид летишь за вариком
Но щас за 300 только Kia с разбитым ебальником (стопудово)
Надо чё-то делать, брат, купили-продали (продали)
Жёстко принимали, в падик залетал ходами
Для профилактики накинем левых витаминов
Запаса сил — полно, желания чё-то делать — минимум (ваще нет)
Однозначно, надо где-то прилепить
Вроде не бандит — тогда надо не курить, не пить
Да хули нам там, главное — всё на контроле
Леха контролирует обычно и то, и другое (сюда)
Это 4К на подлёте, манеры подводят (манеры)
Бутики в дорогу, поезда туда не ходят
Лупят в пол, потолок, говорили "Не канон"
Но буду, блять, до пенсии ебашить, как Леброн (йоу)

В чёрный лоб все так же верю (Да не, не расклею)
Здоровье укрепляет водный, ваще не болею
Ты расскажи, братишка, там про вялые тропинки
Пока отрежу верх у пятилитровой бутылки
В чёрный лоб все так же верю
Да не, не расклею
Здоровье укрепляет водный, ваще не болею
Бери левее, если копы справа на белинке
Потом им тоже расскажи про вялые тропинки

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Im the Fool. God Loathes Perfection.
Im an expressive Artist, this is a container for my emotion. i use music to process not as a threat.
It’s protective, it keeps you grounded and away from negative action.

Many of the pieces are metaphor, performance, or satire, not literal threats or confessions.
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EmptyRaft is a boundary-pushing rapper born in Alaska and now based in South Dakota. Drawing influence from legends like MF DOOM, Mac Miller, Logic, Action Bronson, Kid Cudi, Kanye West, Chance the Rapper, Joey Bada$$, Lupe Fiasco, 50 Cent, J. Cole, and Childish Gambino, his music bridges raw honesty with layered, evolving meaning.

At the core of his vision is Myth-Hop—a self-coined fusion of conscious rap, mythic storytelling, and elusive, time-shifting lyricism. Each listen reveals something new, reshaping itself depending on who’s hearing it and when. His goal is simple but powerful: to turn pain into art, shift listeners from trauma toward acceptance, and inspire personal evolution—while making a career out of being unapologetically himself.

Wilding is a classic-pop songwriter from Melbourne with a distinctly British flavour.

Originally from Liverpool, he moved to Australia to live with his grandmother, yet it’s clear that his hometown left an indelible mark on his music – a carousel ride of infectious and melancholic beat-pop. Influences which flow naturally from Wilding ’s early years in Liverpool and the music that was around him.

Wilding’s first two albums, ‘Bird’s Bread (2012)’ and ‘Molecules to Moons (2016)’ received an overwhelmingly positive critical response:

•	‘The musical love child of the modern-day hipster and The Beatles’ – Tone Deaf 8/10 
•	‘... full of nuance between delight and melancholy’ – The Age 4/5 stars 
•	‘It’s a glorious collection of sometimes odd, and mostly endearing, harmonies, found instruments, sweeping melodies’ – The Weekend Australian 4/5 stars 
•	‘... seemingly beamed in from The Beach Boys’ Smile sessions’ – Rave Magazine 4/5 stars

In 2014, Wilding collaborated with Cian Ciarán from Super Furry Animals as 'Ciarán and Wilding' for a UK release on the band’s own label Strangetown Records. Their song ‘Missing Her’ was named as one of BBC Radio Wales’ tracks of 2014. In 2016, Wilding supported Gruff Rhys on his Australian tour.

His latest single, Swipe Right, leads you through the truly dispiriting pursuit of finding human connection through online dating. Swipe Right holds an infectious groove of spiky, syncopated guitars and bouncing synths. A defiant declaration that life begins on the other side of despair.

In the video, filmed at home during Melbourne’s second wave COVID-19 lockdown, Wilding meets a philosophical stick insect via a dating app and together they ponder the nature of existence.

Swipe Right is one of a series of character-study songs Wilding wrote about people who live in his neighbourhood of Coburg, Victoria. 

His concept album, The Death of Foley's Mall is out on Friday 2 October on Half A Cow Records/Valley Arm.

New tracks tagged #TWIX