Tiana Speter, Journalist

"It was so different because we had to put so much creativity and thought into how to film it and make it interesting... it was kind of cool because we were 'curating' it, and could put our personality into it."

"The reality is, we don't really have that longevity left in us anymore, until some serious income starts circulating through the industry again."

With NSW's roadmap to freedom for fully vaccinated residents revealed yesterday, what exactly does it all mean for the music industry when NSW passes the 70% double vaxxed target?

"Tatiana embodies what we needed for this track perfectly so asking her to feature on it was a no brainer."

"It's been an interesting time of having a lot of the external pressures...but then also energies are kind of being stripped away, then looking at 'who am I as an artist?' and 'who are we and what do we want?'."

The revered actor best known for 'The Wire' and more recently 'Boardwalk Empire' and 'Lovecraft Country' also leaves his legacy on the dance world in his wake after being found dead in his Brooklyn apartment.

"We feel like today summed up what we know and love about this city: unwavering support, a rich arts scene, musical hits and a touch of glitz.”

"I'm not a born public speaker...there's a lot of people who just are the 'born to entertain' types, they love that. I still have trouble now sometimes going on - it's quite a surreal, weird thing to be doing, just talking and people sit there listening. Sometimes laughing, sometimes not!"

Right now it feels like many of us are living on entirely different planets with the varying state COVID-19 restrictions around Australia - and the information about what you currently can and can't do can be a bit tricky to decipher - especially when it comes to live music in your state. Here's a round up of each state's present restrictions so you can live your best life (as much as your state will allow).