It’s a new year and along with comes new music and show announcements from our past Australian Eurovision and ‘Eurovision - Australia Decides’ artists.
Today we go through all the latest music releases, show and tour news from the following Australian Eurovision artists:
Music:
Illy feat. Guy Sebastian - ‘Lonely’
Released: 14 January 2021
Guy has collaborated with Australian rapper Illy on a track called ‘Lonely’ for Illy’s sixth studio album, ‘The Space Between’. The album has been a long time coming for Illy who has spent three years working on it, and it’s release, slated for May 2020, was delayed due to COVID-19. Luckily for Illy the wait was worth it as the album peaked last week at No.1 on the ARIA album chart. He is best known for his single ‘Papercuts’ featuring Vera Blue back in 2016.
Sam Moran feat. Guy Sebastian - ‘Pool Party’
Released: 14 January 2021
Guy Sebastian has also joined the past yellow Wiggle Sam Moran for a very summery track, ‘Pool Party’. Sam is an Australian entertainer best known for having been a member of the children's band the Wiggles from 2006 to 2012. The song is perfect for the hot summer Australia is currently going through, as a (social distanced) pool party is perfect.
Olivia Newton-John & Chloe Lattanzi - ‘Window in the Wall’
Released: 22 January 2021
Olivia Newton-John has joined forced with her daughter Chloe Lattanzi to release a new duet entitled ‘Window in the Wall’ described as an anthem aimed to unify and heal during these unprecedented times in the world. This isn’t the first time this mother-daughter team have released a song together. Their debut single, ‘You Have to Believe’ was a remake of Olivia’s No.1 single ‘Magic’ from Xanadu, and was released in 2015.
Isaiah Firebrace - ‘You’ (Music Video)
Released: 22 January 2021
Isaiah previously released ‘You’ back in December 2020. It was his fourth song release for 2020 following ‘Thinking About You’, ‘Know Me Better’ and the duet with Stan Walker ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’. Isaiah finished in 9th place at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2017 in the final.
Jaguar Jonze - ‘ASTRONAUT’
Released: 15 January 2021
Jaguar Jonze delivers us new single for 2021, called ‘ASTRONAUT’ and is one of her most personal songs to date. On her socials she shared:
“It is a song about my lifelong battle with anxiety - a contradiction between feeling lost in vast spaces and trapped in claustrophobic spaces. It took years for me to find the right arrangement and to feel ready to share the song. I hope it connects with someone else too.”
The music video is absolutely exquisite, make sure you check it out.
Jordan Anthony - ‘Loud’
To Be Released: 31 January 2021
Australia's 2019 Junior Eurovision representative Jordan Anthony has a new single dropping over the weekend called ‘Loud’. It’s his first release since he released ‘Fighting the Blaze’ after last year’s bushfires at the start of 2020. You can pre-save ‘Loud’ right here.
Dami Im - ‘Lonely Cactus’
To Be Released: 19 February 2021
Dami has given us a sneak preview of her new single to be released next month called ‘Lonely Cactus’. It is expected to be from her upcoming album set to be release this year. Last year Dami joined ABC Music and released her song ‘Paper Dragon’ that was meant to be her Eurovision entry for Australia Decides 2021. We cannot wait for her new single!
Dami Im's 'Piano, Songs & Stories' tour has been pushed back to March this year due to state border restrictions in December/January.
Upcoming future releases and tours from Australian Eurovision artists:
Jaguar Jonze - ‘Adelaide Festival’ - Adelaide Festival Summerhouse - February 25 2021 - Adelaide, SA
Sheppard 'Kaleidoscope Eyes' - New Album - February 19 2021
Dami Im - New album - expected 2021
Ella Hooper - New album - expected 2021
And access our Spotify playlist of all new music over the last six months below: