Speaker 1: Maddie Rows Music Show on nov HI. It's Maddie Row
Speaker 1: and each week I get on an artist, an Australian
Speaker 1: artist that I believe is having a bit of a moment.
Speaker 1: It could be an established artist, it could also be
Speaker 1: an up and coming artist. And this girl really excites me.
Speaker 1: There is something about her stage presence, her live show
Speaker 1: as well as the music that is super genuine and
Speaker 1: she is really having a moment the Hottest one hundred
Speaker 1: number one with Flume. She also went on tour with
Speaker 1: Wallows across Europe, and she was on tour with Five
Speaker 1: Seconds of Summer in Australia recently as well welcoming Mayor
Speaker 1: to the Maddie Ros Music Show.
Speaker 2: Hi, what's up?
Speaker 1: Did I just hear off air that this is your
Speaker 1: first ever entrance into a radio station.
Speaker 2: It is. It's very overwhelming. There is a lot of
Speaker 2: technology in here.
Speaker 1: Those Sydney studios are multi million dollar studios, so you're
Speaker 1: getting the full works right now.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's pretty ridiculous. I was just saying, I feel
Speaker 2: like I'm in some weird a movie or something. With
Speaker 2: all of the screens. It feels like I have way
Speaker 2: too much control. I might go power hungry and here actually.
Speaker 1: Speaking of overwhelming things, you've had an overwhelming I guess
Speaker 1: six to twelve months you're on tour with five Sauce
Speaker 1: or you were on tour with five Sauce, and then
Speaker 1: you're in Europe and then you're winning the Hottest one hundred.
Speaker 1: How does it feel now to have a bit of
Speaker 1: a breath and a break because you're back in Sydney now, right?
Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah, back in Sydney, which is lovely to come
Speaker 2: back and be with all the beautiful people that I've
Speaker 2: been missing upon being away. But yeah, definitely feels like
Speaker 2: I woke up from a weird lucid dream or something.
Speaker 1: Because you're ticking off things that so many Australian artists
Speaker 1: would love to tick off the bucket list. How do
Speaker 1: you stay grounded through all of these amazing things that
Speaker 1: are happening in your music career? Like do you pull
Speaker 1: yourself in? Do you really your own self in or
Speaker 1: do you have a good network of people that kind
Speaker 1: of say, all right, this is all happening, but let's
Speaker 1: come down to earth now, maya.
Speaker 2: I do think it's kind of the opposite way around,
Speaker 2: where it's just more people being like, come on, You've
Speaker 2: got to appreciate the things that are happening to you.
Speaker 2: And I'm like, yeah, I know, I know, I know,
Speaker 2: I gotta I've got to call it what it is
Speaker 2: and sort of be a bit proud of myself sometimes
Speaker 2: rather than the other way around. But yeah, I have
Speaker 2: a beautiful, beautiful group of people, are a wonderful team
Speaker 2: and an amazing band of people that are like my
Speaker 2: best friends that are really good at doing that and
Speaker 2: being like, Hey, just take a moment to just be
Speaker 2: a little proud of yourself at this point and what
Speaker 2: I think I need that more than the other side.
Speaker 1: What are you proudest of? What's what's been the proudest
Speaker 1: moment for you in the last six twelve months.
Speaker 2: Honestly, it's more like it's less being proud in a
Speaker 2: moment and more being proud like upon reflection, like getting
Speaker 2: to the end of something and looking back and being like, Wow,
Speaker 2: we really did that. I think it's probably playing live
Speaker 2: because we've only been a band for like two years
Speaker 2: now and have only played collectively, like I don't know,
Speaker 2: before the Wallows tour, I think it was like thirty
Speaker 2: shows or something, and getting feedback from people saying stuff
Speaker 2: like you know that you look like you've been a
Speaker 2: band like longer than you guys have been alive, and
Speaker 2: I'm like, wow, that's a really big compliment for one
Speaker 2: and two, Yeah, that's kind of what I'm proud of.
Speaker 2: And the part that is the most exciting for me
Speaker 2: right now is playing life and being in front of people,
Speaker 2: and for most of the most people, it's the first
Speaker 2: time sort of seeing us or hearing about me or
Speaker 2: my music or us as band. Yeah, that's the most
Speaker 2: exciting part for me right now.
Speaker 1: And I can tell that you and the band are
Speaker 1: pretty close knit. I remember watching that reaction video of
Speaker 1: you winning the Hottest one hundred or you hearing the
Speaker 1: second place song, and I reckon. I looked at it
Speaker 1: and watched it about fifteen times because I love watching
Speaker 1: people experience joy. And I could tell that you were
Speaker 1: shocked and you were overwhelmed by it. Uh, what is
Speaker 1: that feeling?
Speaker 2: Like? So weird? I don't think I'll be able to
Speaker 2: explain it. It's so weird. I didn't Yeah, I didn't
Speaker 2: have words for it then. I still don't have words
Speaker 2: for it now. It was also so cool to be
Speaker 2: I have like been with all of them yeah when
Speaker 2: that was happening, just because again they were sort of
Speaker 2: the ones being like, what, what the hell's going on?
Speaker 2: And I was like, oh, yeah, what the hell is
Speaker 2: going on?
Speaker 1: This is kind of crazy, And it's crazy because with
Speaker 1: such success like that, being the number one spot with
Speaker 1: flum for the Hottest one hundred comes the opposite end
Speaker 1: of things, where you, I mean, the internet is a
Speaker 1: binfire for comments. Did you read through them on the
Speaker 1: day or did you kind of avoid it and just
Speaker 1: soak in it.
Speaker 2: I still haven't read through them. I don't think I will.
Speaker 2: There was definitely a part we were talking about it
Speaker 2: before the Host one hundred where I was like, low key,
Speaker 2: I kind of hope becomes second because second place tends
Speaker 2: to get the most positive responses of like this should
Speaker 2: have won, like you were robbed, and if you win,
Speaker 2: it's always the opposite. It's always like it should have
Speaker 2: been something else. But you know, people are always going
Speaker 2: to say things, and I think that's just one thing
Speaker 2: that I was like, I'm just gonna let myself have
Speaker 2: this as a nice thing for myself rather than ruin
Speaker 2: it by reading what other people have to say. Because
Speaker 2: at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter
Speaker 2: and it doesn't change what happened.
Speaker 1: So absolutely, and you do absolutely deserve every bit of
Speaker 1: success that you're having at the moment. And I feel
Speaker 1: like I have that problem too, where I don't appreciate
Speaker 1: the things in the moment and don't appreciate the good
Speaker 1: things that are happening. So make sure you do that
Speaker 1: for yourself because it's so important. And as the journey
Speaker 1: goes on, you're going to have so many greater successes.
Speaker 1: How do you think you're gonna beat all of these things?
Speaker 1: Because I hear of people getting the number one hit
Speaker 1: and then they're like, well, okay, but how do I
Speaker 1: get the next one? That's kind of happened for you
Speaker 1: in a way, what is next? And how do you
Speaker 1: beat that?
Speaker 2: I don't know. I think you have to gauge successes differently,
Speaker 2: like different levels of success of like different metrics, I guess,
Speaker 2: and it might be like a personal thing rather than
Speaker 2: something that uh outwardly looks really successful. Like for right now,
Speaker 2: I'm just trying to make really honest music that I
Speaker 2: can put out and really really believe in and get
Speaker 2: to the core of like what I want to say
Speaker 2: and I really want to put out like an intentional
Speaker 2: project that has a lot of backing and that like
Speaker 2: I back personally rather than like has external people being like, yeah,
Speaker 2: this is the shit. It's more like I truly believe
Speaker 2: everything that I'm saying. That's kind of my next goal,
Speaker 2: my next thing that I'm focusing on. But that's yeah,
Speaker 2: that's like an internal win because no one else can
Speaker 2: really tell you if you believe something or not.
Speaker 1: You know totally, And I think that's the key to
Speaker 1: it all is doing things for you and winning in
Speaker 1: your own in your own way, and having not letting
Speaker 1: the outside effect what's going on, you know. So I
Speaker 1: think that's really good. And you've obviously got your head
Speaker 1: screwed on and you're ready for that next big moment,
Speaker 1: and I mean you're in it right now. So yeah.
Speaker 1: And speaking of genuine music and making that genuine music,
Speaker 1: a new single out it's called Your Funeral. You actually
Speaker 1: posted on Instagram recently gay things Coming. And I'm assuming
Speaker 1: that's music video because I saw are you getting a
Speaker 1: cheeky on screen kiss? Is that what's happening?
Speaker 2: I don't know, we'll find out.
Speaker 1: Okay, speaking of gay things, did you partake in the
Speaker 1: World Pride festivities because I was there a couple of
Speaker 1: weeks ago and my body is still unwell.
Speaker 2: Oh same, Yeah, I'm surprised I didn't see you, to
Speaker 2: be honest.
Speaker 1: Well, I did see the crew hanging out. Was it
Speaker 1: at Heaps Gay?
Speaker 2: Oh? Yes? Were you there? Yeah? Yes, I was there.
Speaker 1: That was a wild.
Speaker 2: Night, definitely, definitely was Yes. I think I was running away,
Speaker 2: to be honest, I think that I just kept running
Speaker 2: away for some reason. But that's why you saw everybody
Speaker 2: button me. I was probably somewhere else, but I was there.
Speaker 1: Yes, Because people talk about this World Pride thing because
Speaker 1: there's the day party and then the pre drinks to
Speaker 1: the night party, and then there's the after party and
Speaker 1: then you go all again. These gays were really trying
Speaker 1: to murder us all Oh, I was going to say.
Speaker 2: That's what I've been saying the whole Pride month. The
Speaker 2: gays are trying to kill me.
Speaker 1: And they've already put out the save the date for
Speaker 1: Marty Grant twenty twenty four, and I'm like, Jesus, come on, guys,
Speaker 1: let's calm down for a bit. But speaking of the
Speaker 1: gay things and all of that, coming back to the
Speaker 1: genuinity and your music. You really do showcase sexuality through
Speaker 1: your music and your funeral is one of those things
Speaker 1: where you're talking about toxic girls and falling for the
Speaker 1: toxic girl. What's a red flag for you? What's one
Speaker 1: that you just simply choose to ignore?
Speaker 2: Oh, there are so many. I don't think you can
Speaker 2: boil it down to one, to be honest.
Speaker 1: What about talking about x's on the first date, because
Speaker 1: that's something I feel like that's the queer girl first
Speaker 1: date experience. It's the bonding experience.
Speaker 2: Really. Definitely, definitely no X talk on a first date,
Speaker 2: for sure.
Speaker 1: Have you done it?
Speaker 2: Yes? We always do it, don't we? I don't know.
Speaker 2: We are the toxic traite. The fact that you're going
Speaker 2: out with me is your toxic trade.
Speaker 1: I love that you flipped the script in the song though,
Speaker 1: where you're talking about toxic girls and falling for the
Speaker 1: ones that aren't good for you, but then you're also saying, well,
Speaker 1: I'm also toxic. I am the toxic one.
Speaker 2: Definitely, definitely, Yeah. I think that was It was fun
Speaker 2: writing that song because it actually was a complete joke.
Speaker 2: I was like, what can I make sound like a classic?
Speaker 2: Like la Rap Dude vibe because we got like stuck
Speaker 2: in the studio and then it kind of came out
Speaker 2: and I was like, wait, this is kind of funny
Speaker 2: and good at the same time. And then by the
Speaker 2: time we got to the bridge, I was like, okay,
Speaker 2: I gotta stop being stupid for a minute and like,
Speaker 2: actually get real. So we did like a sort of
Speaker 2: double bridge situation where yeah, it got more real and
Speaker 2: it was like, hey, I'm actually the problem, probably as
Speaker 2: much as you are, but that's why this is never
Speaker 2: gonna work. Yeah, I don't know. Flipping it there was
Speaker 2: it made it a little bit more sentimental than just
Speaker 2: kind of like you're hot, but we're not good together.
Speaker 1: Like yeah, And I feel like that's the common denominator
Speaker 1: in pretty much any queer relationship, but also just any
Speaker 1: relationship in general. I mean dating in twenty twenty three.
Speaker 2: Oh, it's a dumpstify.
Speaker 1: It is so bad. I feel like more than ever
Speaker 1: it's isn't the worst it's ever been.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I mean we can never really tell, but
Speaker 2: I think that right now. Yeah, in the attention economy,
Speaker 2: nobody wants something that's constant, I think, because everything is
Speaker 2: just more interesting all the time.
Speaker 1: Are you are swite?
Speaker 2: Oh god, I was like two years ago. And then
Speaker 2: I realized that every it's just like a game show
Speaker 2: or something because I started using it like that. I
Speaker 2: was like, damn, who likes me? Back? Cool? Never engage
Speaker 2: in conversation? Uh huh.
Speaker 1: I feel like I do it when I'm low key
Speaker 1: hungover and you just want a little ego do you want?
Speaker 1: You want somebody to tell you that you're pretty, and
Speaker 1: then you won't engage in conversation path that point. Okay,
Speaker 1: I got my little fix, my little ego fix, and
Speaker 1: now I'm done.
Speaker 2: It's another dopamine here. It's just another one of those things.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so may I what's on for twenty twenty three?
Speaker 1: What's what's the plan? You've got this new song at
Speaker 1: your funeral, which we're going to get on. But what's next?
Speaker 1: More shows, obviously.
Speaker 2: Mm hmmm yeah, more shows, hopefully putting out an EP
Speaker 2: at some point in this next run of months. I
Speaker 2: don't know if I was allowed to say that. I was.
Speaker 2: That's good.
Speaker 1: You're getting the nod of approval.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: More dating? Are we? Are we dating more toxic people?
Speaker 2: Oh? Probably, it's not really on the cards intentionally.
Speaker 1: But it will be you're too busy, You're too busy
Speaker 1: for it.
Speaker 2: I always say that, and then yes, no, you fall
Speaker 2: back in yeah constantly. I don't know what why, but.
Speaker 1: You know why. It's because of songs like this. You
Speaker 1: get to write really good songs out of it.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I'm putting myself in these situations intentionally to
Speaker 2: try and get something.
Speaker 1: Yeah, do it for the pot always, always may I
Speaker 1: thank you so much for joining the Maddie row Oz
Speaker 1: Music Show. It's been a pleasure.
Speaker 2: Oh thanks for talking to me. Music show over