Helena., ICONYX & More Take Home WAM Song Of The Year Awards
"These awards have shown that WA continues to publish the best music in the country," said WAM CEO Owen Whittle.
Helena., Elianie, ICONYX, Ownlife (Source: Supplied, Julie Anne Photography, Michael Russ)
The 2025 West Australian Music (WAM) Song of the Year Awards took place at Freo.Social last night (18 June), revealing a stacked list of winners across many music genres.
Taking home the coveted Grand Prize of the overall Song of the Year award was Perth-based rockers Helena., who won the prize with their song P’s Get Degrees. They also won in the Punk/Hardcore category.
Runners-up for the Grand Prize were 17-year-old Elianie, who took home the Schools 15-18 category with the song my mind, and Brightsider ft. Lemon Myrtle, with the track The Hunger, won in the Outstanding Regional category.
Other winners included ICONYX, taking home two awards—winning in the Act Belong Commit category and Outstanding Indigenous with her song, Blak On Track—Gianni Capri for Best Pop with Brown Hair Green Eyes, Ownlife for Best Electronic with Waiting, Crosscheck with Death Of Us All for Best Punk/Hardcore, among others. You can see the full list of winners below.
Congratulating ICONYX for winning two awards, Healthway, which partners with WAM to promote the Act Belong Commit award, Chief Executive Officer Colin Smith said: “Congratulations to ICONYX and to all the winners and nominees. WAM is leading the way with a program that not only celebrates musical talent but also strengthens our music community by putting mental health and wellbeing at its heart.”
WAM CEO Owen Whittle congratulated the winners, highlighting the large number of submissions received before the nominees and winners in 17 categories were revealed.
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“With over 800 submissions across 17 categories from all corners of the state, these awards have shown that WA continues to publish the best music in the country,” Whittle said.
“In 2025, we have seen a continued emergence of young musicians into the awards with under 18 musicians winning five categories, including our ‘Outstanding Indigenous’, ‘Act Belong Commit’ and ‘Hip-Hop/R&B.’”
Whittle continued, “WAM was pleased to debut a new award, ‘A Song of Sophie,’ developed in honour of local music enthusiast and artist Sophie Smith, and is possible thanks to the Sophie Smith Fund, held with the Fremantle Foundation.
“This unique, additional category welcomed under 25 artists to be judged by a specialist panel with the winner set to receive a cash prize of $2500 and an exclusive mentoring program with a renowned local artist, Jordi Davieson from San Cisco. WAM would like to congratulate the recipient of this award, Liz-Zard for her song hard to believe. WAM is proud to honour Sophie’s legacy by developing and nurturing local talent and celebrating West Australian music.”
FULL LIST OF WAM SONG OF THE YEAR 2025 WINNERS
GRAND PRIZE
WINNER - P’s Get Degree - Helena.
RUNNER UP - my mind - Elianie
SECOND RUNNER UP - The Hunger - Brightsider ft. Lemon Myrtle
ACT BELONG COMMIT
Presented by Healthway and Act Belong Commit | Studio Sponsor Sundown Studios
WINNER - Blak on Trak - ICONYX
A SONG FOR SOPHIE
Presented by The Sophie Smith Fund held with the Fremantle Foundation
WINNER - hard to believe - Liz-Zard
BLUES/ROOTS
Studio Sponsor Artisan Music
WINNER - Somebody Told Me - Tanya Hemi
COUNTRY
Presented by Honky Tonky Blues | Studio Sponsor Sundown Studios
WINNER - Wild Card - Whiskey Jack
ELECTRONIC
Studio Sponsor Tone City Records
WINNER - Waiting - Ownlife
EXPERIMENTAL
Studio Sponsor Encoder Sound
WINNER - Echoes in Flight - samarobryn
FOLK
Studio Sponsor Crank Recording
WINNER - Content but I Find - Sophie Lilah
GLOBAL
Presented by Freo.Social | Studio Sponsor Vision Studios
WINNER – Kayamba - Tchéga
HEAVY/METAL
Presented by Rosemount Hotel | Studio Sponsor Oracle Sound
WINNER - CRITICAL HIT - Indigo Blaze
HIP-HOP/RNB
Studio Sponsor Tone City Records
WINNER - enough for me - Elianie
JAZZ
Studio Sponsor Soundbaker
WINNER - Back the Way We Came - Holli Scott
OUTSTANDING INDIGENOUS
Presented by City of Cockburn | Studio Sponsor Emerald Room Studios
WINNER - Blak on Trak - ICONYX
OUTSTANDING REGIONAL
Presented by Nannup Music Festival | Studio Sponsor Lamb Chop Studio
WINNER - The Hunger - Brightsider ft. Lemon Myrtle
POP
Presented by Tone Deaf | Studio Sponsor Dylan Ollivierre
WINNER - Brown Hair Green Eyes - Gianni Capri
PUNK/HARDCORE
Presented by Milk Bar at The Civic | Studio Sponsor Poons Head
WINNER - Death Of Us All - Crosscheck
ROCK
Presented by RAC Arena | Studio Sponsor Lance Robinson Producer
WINNER - P's Get Degrees - Helena.
SCHOOLS 14 & UNDER
Presented by SAE University College | Studio Sponsor Calvin Bennett Productions
WINNER - Daisy Chain - Charlie Daniels
SCHOOLS 15-18
Presented by ECU | Studio Sponsor Calvin Bennett Productions
WINNER - my mind - Elianie
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