Every week on triple j’s Like A Version segment, artists perform their own take on a current hit or a classic song.

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Video Killed the Radio Star

Video Killed the Radio Star (triple j Like A Version)

Lost in her Rearview

Roll up Your Sleeves (triple j Like A Version)

When the Party's Over (triple j Like a Version)

Truly Madly Deeply (triple j Like A Version)

Without Me (triple j Like A Version)

Forever Young (triple j Like A Version

Forever Young (triple j Like A Version)

Hey, Ma

Hey, Ma (triple j Like A Version)

Everything I Wanted (triple j Like A Version)

Hearts a Mess (triple j Like A Version)

Lights & Music (triple j Like A Version)

Charlie (triple j Like A Version)

Shimmer (triple j Like A Version)

ORIGINALLY FROM AUSTRALIA’S MORNINGTON PENINSULA, TONES AND I JOURNEYED TO BYRON BAY IN EARLY 2018 TO TAKE A CHANCE AT BUSKING. ON THE FIRST DAY SHE HAD CROWDS SPILLING ONTO THE STREET. TONES QUIT HER RETAIL JOB AND DECIDED TO MAKE BYRON HER NEW HOME WHERE SHE LIVED OUT OF HER VAN FOR THE YEAR.

TONES IS HAVING A MASSIVE BREAKOUT YEAR THAT STARTED WITH HER DEBUT SINGLE ‘JOHNNY RUN AWAY’ RELEASING IN MARCH. WITH SUPPORT FROM TRIPLE J UNEARTHED AND UNPRECEDENTED BUZZ FROM TRIPLE J, IT WAS NUMBER ONE MOST PLAYED FOR 2 WEEKS STRAIGHT. SHORTLY AFTER IT WAS PICKED UP BY RADIO STATIONS AROUND THE WORLD, ACHIEVED ARIA CERTIFIED PLATINUM STATUS AND CLIMBED TO #12 ON THE ARIA SINGLES CHART.

THE SECOND RELEASE 'DANCE MONKEY' WAS A HUGE FOLLOW UP RECEIVING HIGH ROTATION ON TRIPLE J, RECEIVING OVER 65 MILLION STREAMS A MONTH, #1 ON THE ARIA SINGLES CHART FOR 3X WEEKS, #1 ON SHAZAM, SPOTIFY, APPLE MUSIC CHARTS AND HAS HIT ARIA CERTIFIED PLATINUM STATUS. COLLECTIVELY BOTH SINGLES HAVE RACKED UP TENS OF MILLIONS OF STREAMS AND ARE GETTING OVER 3 MILLION STREAMS A DAY. RECENTLY TONES BROKE RECORDS FOR THE BIGGEST CROWD OF AN OPENING ACT EVER AT SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS WITH 20,000 PUNTERS COMING TO WATCH HER MIDDAY SET. TONES’ EP TOUR SOLD OUT IN DAYS AND SHE IS TAKING HER LIVE PERFORMANCE GLOBAL WITH A UK/EU TOUR ANNOUNCED FOR NOVEMBER WITH LONDON ALREADY SOLD OUT.

TONES AND I RECENTLY DROPPED HER THIRD SINGLE FOR THE YEAR, ‘NEVER SEEN THE RAIN’, WITH A WORLD PREMIERE ON TRIPLE J GAINING RAVED REVIEWS. THE SONG HIGHLIGHTS HER HUGELY IMPRESSIVE VOCAL ABILITY AND UNIQUE TALENT FOR SONGWRITING.

TONES AND I’S DEBUT EP ‘THE KIDS ARE COMING’ IS AVAILABLE NOW WORLDWIDE.

Forever Young (triple j Like A Version)

Tones and I

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