Rein Mali, Joan & The Giants Win Big At The 2024 WAM Song Of The Year Awards

20 June 2024 | 2:29 pm | Mary Varvaris

"Congratulations to all the winners and nominees, and to WAM for organising such a great event."

Rein Mali, Joan & The Giants

Rein Mali, Joan & The Giants (Source: Supplied)

Last night (19 June), West Australian Music (WAM) hosted its annual ceremony honouring this year’s Song of the Year competition winners, with acts across all genres taking home huge awards.

Presented by Act Belong Commit and Healthway, the big night took place at Freo.Social and saw emerging R&B artist Rein Mali win the grand prize for Song of the Year with his song Game Of Love, starring CHISEKO. The song has taken the WA music industry by storm, taking over 11 Spotify playlists and receiving airplay on triple j and CADA radio.

In the runner-up position was Joan & The Giants, winning in the Best Rock category with their song, Born In The Wrong Time. Good News Now We Can Eat All The Vampires took home the second runner-up spot with their song, The Miner.

Sofia Gale, a 16-year-old singer-songwriter from Perth, won the prestigious Act Belong Commit award for her music about mental health.

Healthway Chief Executive Officer Colin Smith remarked in a press release, “Thank you for your uplifting song that inspires us all to look after our own mental health and wellbeing.

“Congratulations to all the winners and nominees, and to WAM for organising such a great event that supports and encourages the music community to look out for their own and others’ mental wellbeing.”

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You can find all the winners for this year’s WAM Song of the Year awards below.

2024 WAM SONG OF THE YEAR AWARDS – WINNERS

GRAND PRIZE

WINNER: Game Of Love - Rein Mali ft CHISEKO

RUNNER UP: Born In The Wrong Time - Joans And The Giants

SECOND RUNNER UP: The Miner - Good News Now We Can Eat All The Vampires

ACT BELONG COMMIT

WINNER: Laugh - Sofia Gale

BLUES/ROOTS

WINNER: Raised By Rivers - Sash Seabourne

COUNTRY

WINNER FIFO Song: Where I’m Not - Rhys Wood

ELECTRONIC

WINNER: Spirals - Grievous Bodily Calm

EXPERIMENTAL

WINNER: A Light Scalping - SNAW

FOLK

WINNER:  The Miner - Good News Now We Can Eat All The Vampires

GLOBAL

WINNER: The Water - Rochelle O’Reilly

HEAVY/METAL

WINNER: Miss Miserable - RinRin

HIP-HOP/RNB

WINNER: Game Of Love - Rein Mali ft CHISEKO

JAZZ

WINNER: Yawp!Grievous Bodily Calm

OUTSTANDING INDIGENOUS

WINNER: Don’t Waste Time - Boox Kid

OUTSTANDING REGIONAL

WINNER: Dad Says I Need To Buy A TV - Sunny Day

POP

WINNER: Beautiful Day – Sophian

PUNK/HARDCORE

WINNER: READY2GO - Wesley Black 

ROCK

WINNER: Born In The Wrong Time - Joan And The Giants

SCHOOLS 14 UNDER

WINNER: The Only Thing (That Matters) - Twelve Parsecs 

SCHOOLS 15-18

WINNER: Nocturnal - Hey So Hungry