2025 WAM Song Of The Year Nominees Announced

West Australian Music (WAM) has unveiled its nominees across 17 categories in the 2025 Song of the Year competition. 

With the awards being presented by Act Belong Commit, there were over 800 original songs submitted by artists from all corners of Western Australia, showcasing the depth of local talent in the state.

The 30-year-old competition is judged by a panel of respected local and national industry professionals, offering songwriters a rare opportunity to have their work recognised and celebrated. Grand winners will receive a cash prize, industry perks, studio time, promotion packages, discounts, and much more. Winners for each category will also receive similar prizes, donated by local sponsors.

The nominated songs span across an array of genres, with a strong representation of emerging and established songwriters from all over WA. Electrifying, young First Nations talent ICONYX has accrued a whopping three nominations, alongside much-loved acts Adrian Dzvuke and Joan & The Giants, who have both received two nominations.

In 2025, WAM debuts a unique new category, A Song for Sophie, where applicants under 25 are judged on lyrics demonstrating a deep connection with human emotions. This award was created in recognition of local music enthusiast and artist Sophie Smith, and made possible by the Sophie Smith Fund held with the Fremantle Foundation.

The 2025 Song of the Year Competition winners will be unveiled at the WAM awards night, returning to Freo.Social on Wednesday, 18 June 2025. On this night, successful artists will join the list of esteemed winners of the competition, including Stella Donnelly, Kučka, Little Birdy, Abbe May, The Waifs, and South Summit.  

For tickets to the 2025 WAM Awards, head here.

WAM SONG OF THE YEAR 2025 NOMINEES

ACT BELONG COMMIT

Blak on Trak - ICONYX

Creature Comfort - Call Me Charlie

Keep A Little Faith - Hope River Road

Magic - Lachy John And The Red Bellies

Somewhere in the Middle - Tracey Barnett

A SONG FOR SOPHIE

Afternoons in the graveyard - Ella Grace

Angel - Missy

BE MY MAN - Amberley Maryellen

hard to believe - Liz-Zard

Lost Again - Misticia

BLUES/ROOTS

Everything - Blue and Bird

Lost Again - Misticia

Somebody Told Me - Tanya Hemi

Someday, Somewhere - Savannah Solomon

These Long Drives - Danella

COUNTRY

Cyclones - Danni K

Devil’s Got Me Made - South 76

Indian Ocean Road - Helen Townsend

Wild Card - Whiskey Jack

Wiley Blue - Adele Oliver

ELECTRONIC

Buon Giorno - Kayps & Calvin Bennett

Flip Side - Indigo Hearts

Recession Pop - RinRin

say what you want - Adrian Dzvuke

Waiting - Ownlife

EXPERIMENTAL

Echoes in Flight - samarobryn

Flood (Interlude) - Holli Scott

Harmony of Rhapsody on 8.5 by 4 - Avra Banerjee

Love Chants - Josten Myburgh performed with the Prague Quiet Music Collective

The Journey - Jack Maher

FOLK

Boys Don’t Cry - Finn Pearson Band

Content but I Find - Sophie Lilah

Fade - Isabella Radici

Let’s Be Real - Danella

Wild Card - Whiskey Jack

GLOBAL

Call Me - Rochelle O'Reilly

Classically Perth - Avra Banerjee

Dance Again - Kol Nafshi

Green Fields of Eire - Theatre 180

Kayamba - Tchéga

HEAVY/METAL

Atman/Brahman - NEOMANTRA

Black Moon Medicine - Mayatrix & The Psychics

ChainsawGirl - RinRin

CRITICAL HIT - Indigo Blaze

Hummingbird - Broken Hymns

HIP-HOP/RNB

enough for me - Elianie

Peripheral - Madoc Plane

Prophase - Zafty

Pull Away - Lana Burford

say what you want - Adrian Dzvuke

JAZZ

Back the Way We Came - Holli Scott

Dance Again - Kol Nafshi

Hope is the Thing with Feathers - Jessica Carlton

i don’t mind - Ethan French

Riah - Drea

OUTSTANDING INDIGENOUS

Blak on Trak - ICONYX

Cut Me Up - Kayps & Calvin Bennett

Landslide - Boox Kid

Magic - Lachy John and the Red Bellies

Take Me Home - Emma & AJ

OUTSTANDING REGIONAL

Cuss the Black Dog - Darren Gillis

Lay Low - Kris Nelson

Missy’s Room - Missy

The Hunger - Brightsider ft. Lemon Myrtle

Wiley Blue - Adele Oliver

POP

Bleed - EDIE

Brown Hair Green Eyes - Gianni Capri

By Your Side - Dune Cartel

Floating - Have A Good Day ft. Drea

How Could You? - Joan & The Giants

PUNK/HARDCORE

Backseat - Increment

Booze Cruise - STIKZ

Death Of Us All - Crosscheck

D.U.I - The Gremlins

Guilt_emo_rs_song.mp3 - RATSALAD

ROCK

Medicate - Zac Mawson

P’s Get Degrees - Helena.

Still Breathing - Joan & The Giants

Water from the Stars - Red Temples

Worth It - Daisy Park

SCHOOLS 14 UNDER

Apologies - Finley James

Daisy Chain - Charlie Daniels

My Dad Bought Me A Car - The Dependants

Promises - Imogen Whyte

Stand Up - Skye Colcott

SCHOOLS 15-18

Blak on Trak - ICONYX

my mind - Elianie

Seven Months Ago - Birdland

Stereo - Angelina Curtis

The Last Fairy - Charli Rose

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