Yes Boone ProfileThe Music chooses one song every week as its Power Pick, shining a light on ONE Aussie song that we think has the potential to be the next big Australian chart hit.
Our Power Pick committee consists of Richard Kingsmill (consultant and former triple j Group Music Director), Maddy Rowe (Nova nights announcer), Nic Kelly (Hit Network nights announcer), Ash McGregor (host of Listen Up with Ash McGregor), Triana Butler (host on Joy 94.9), Matty Morris (Super Radio Network nights announcer), and Matt O’Gorman (Triple M Homegrown host).
The past few years have seen acclaimed multi-talented Sydney producer Yes Boone going from strength to strength with each and every release, with last year’s Best I’ve Found EP helping to expose him to a much wider audience.
Now, he’s back once again, having last week released his latest single, Nosebleeds. His first track since his signing with Warner Music Australia and Warner Records US, it’s the first step in a new chapter of his already-impressive career.
A genre-blending piece of work, Nosebleeds sees Boone taking inspiration from the iconic sounds of French house, while also diving into darker, post-punk and goth elements such as The Smiths and The Cure.
Underneath it all, however, it maintains his signature energy while ruminating on the early excitement that a nascent relationship brings with it.
“Nosebleeds is about the infatuation you feel early on in a relationship, and all the dramatic uncertainty that comes with it,” Boone confirms. “There’s something theatrical about it that I’m trying to capture with the music.
“I wrote it during a period in London and Paris, which feels like the respective homes of the vocal style and the production choices. It took a little while to find my voice, to sing on my own tracks, and to put my own words to the music for the first time”.
"It was a year ago that Yes Boone sticky taped an iPhone to a Sydney light rail train and chased it on a Lime bike, and since then he's won fans right around the world,” says Joy 94.9’s Triana Butler.
“This new record is a huge step for him – there's a nostalgic sound to this, throwing back to Daft Punk, Justice, and Deadmau5, while still having a really immediate and contemporary touch."
CHART UPDATE
The pointy end of the Radio Monitor Hot 100 looks a little more local this week, with G Flip jumping to the top spot with their track, Bed On Fire.
It’s a nice change from weeks of Taylor Swift’s I Knew It, I Knew You and Alex Warren’s Fever Dream swapping spots at No. 1, but while they’re still around, G Flip’s success is made possible thanks to an impressive jump over last week's chart-topper, Olivia Rodrigo's stupid song.
Ariana Grande's hate that i made you love me jumps three spots to No. 3, as do Temper City with Self Aware at No. 4. Meanwhile, Rodrigo holds steady at No. 5 for another week with drop dead.
G Flip isn’t the only Australian act to top the Radio Monitor Hot 100 this year, with Josh Fawaz’s controversial rework of Madonna’s Like A Prayer having previously done so for two weeks back in June.
However, this milestone also saw the track receiving plenty of attention and accusations that it was created with AI, a fact which Fawaz ostensibly admitted to when AI credits were added to the track on Spotify in July. Prior to Fawaz, it was Sonny Fodera who brought local pride to the top, becoming the first Australian act to do so since 2024 when Think About Us hit No. 1 in February.
This week sees Fawaz’s track at No. 14, while last week's Power Pick – Sonny Fodera and Becky Hill's Say Something – jumps ten spots to No. 19. CYRIL's Breathless debuts at No. 25, while Tame Impala's Loser drops six spots to No. 29, and Fodera's Let Be In Your Arms falls 12 positions to No. 30.
Meanwhile, Tame Impala holds steady at No. 33 with Dracula, while Troye Sivan's She's The Best gains one spot at No. 39. Closing out the top 50, it's Fodera once more with Think About Us at No. 44, followed by Baker Boy's Yolngu Fever, which jumps 14 spots to No. 45.
While G Flip’s Bed On Fire has previously peaked at No. 28 on the ARIA chart, it’s currently found at No. 68 on the national chart, while the only local cuts in the top 50 belong to Tame Impala, with Loser at No. 8, and Dracula at No. 20.
