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El artista barranquillero Altafulla presenta “Hellokity”, un sencillo que explora la atracción, el deseo y la complicidad entre dos personas a través de una propuesta urbana con elementos de la identidad caribeña que caracteriza su música.
La canción parte de la intensidad de una conexión particular y de esa sensación de encontrar en alguien una energía que no se repite con otras personas. Con una letra directa y espontánea, el artista construye una historia en la que los sentimientos y la sensualidad ocupan un lugar central.
Musicalmente, “Hellokity” apuesta por una melodía diseñada para moverse y un hook envolvente. La producción busca reivindicar el romanticismo desde una perspectiva fresca y descomplicada, mientras incorpora recursos propios de los sonidos urbanos contemporáneos.
El resultado es una canción que lleva las experiencias relacionadas con el amor y la atracción a un formato pensado para distintas audiencias. Su propuesta combina emoción y ritmo sin apartarse de las influencias caribeñas presentes en el trabajo de Altafulla.
Un lanzamiento acompañado por la danza
La propuesta de “Hellokity” también se extiende a su videoclip oficial, en el que la danza tiene un papel protagonista.
El movimiento y la expresión corporal son los principales recursos de la producción audiovisual, que utiliza la coreografía para acompañar el ritmo de la canción. De esta manera, el video traslada a la pantalla uno de los componentes centrales del sencillo: su carácter dinámico y bailable.
Los nombres detrás de la canción
La producción musical estuvo a cargo de Maria Paula Penagos Jaramillo “Emme” y David Robledo Rivera “Davo”. Ambos participaron en la construcción de una propuesta sonora que conserva el carácter urbano del sencillo y su relación con las raíces musicales del artista.
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La composición fue realizada por Altafulla y Jend, mientras que la mezcla y masterización estuvieron a cargo de Alejandro Patiño “Mosty”.
La identidad musical de Altafulla
Andrés David Altafulla Blanco, conocido artísticamente como Altafulla, nació en Barranquilla y ha construido una propuesta que combina la esencia del Caribe con sonidos urbanos contemporáneos.
Su identidad artística se apoya en la autenticidad, la versatilidad y la conexión con la cultura popular. En sus canciones transforma experiencias cotidianas en historias y reúne influencias urbanas, tropicales y populares dentro de una propuesta vinculada con la música latina actual.
Esa mezcla de referencias le permite mantener presentes sus raíces mientras desarrolla un sonido propio. Su estilo también se caracteriza por la energía, el carisma y una interpretación genuina.
Con “Hellokity”, Altafulla suma un nuevo lanzamiento a ese recorrido y presenta una historia centrada en la atracción y la conexión entre dos personas, acompañada por una producción urbana y un videoclip construido alrededor de la danza.
Hamilton y Zaider vuelven a trabajar juntos con “Quién Me Mandó?”, un lanzamiento que retoma la conexión que ambos artistas cartageneros habían mostrado anteriormente en “Madrid”.
La nueva canción reúne nuevamente sus propuestas musicales y parte de una historia relacionada con las relaciones que enfrentan cambios cuando uno de sus integrantes decide migrar. A través de esta temática, el tema plantea cómo una distancia geográfica puede terminar evidenciando diferencias en las decisiones y en el rumbo que cada persona quiere tomar.
La producción llega desde Cartagena y mantiene el vínculo de ambos artistas con los sonidos del Caribe colombiano, una identidad que han incorporado a sus respectivas propuestas mientras buscan ampliar su presencia en otros públicos.
Una colaboración que retoma una historia compartida
“Quién Me Mandó?” representa un nuevo encuentro entre dos artistas que ya habían coincidido en “Madrid”. En esta oportunidad, la colaboración vuelve a poner en común sus estilos y da continuidad a una relación musical que comenzó con aquel lanzamiento.
La canción aborda una situación marcada por la migración y las relaciones sentimentales. La historia parte de una pareja que enfrenta la posibilidad de separarse cuando uno de sus integrantes encuentra nuevas oportunidades lejos de su lugar de origen.
Más allá del desplazamiento físico, la composición se concentra en las decisiones que aparecen en medio de ese proceso: mientras una persona está dispuesta a cruzar fronteras para mantener la relación, la otra puede optar por comenzar una nueva etapa y dejar atrás ese vínculo.
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Con este lanzamiento, Hamilton y Zaider vuelven a llevar una colaboración surgida en Cartagena hacia una audiencia más amplia, mientras mantienen presentes elementos relacionados con la identidad musical del Caribe.
Hamilton atraviesa un momento clave de su carrera
El lanzamiento también coincide con una etapa de crecimiento para Hamilton, quien recientemente fue incluido en la selección 30 Under 30 2026 de Forbes Colombia, publicación en la que además protagonizó la portada.
A esto se suma su participación como el único colombiano seleccionado para YouTube Foundry 2026, iniciativa con la que la plataforma reúne a artistas en desarrollo.
El artista cartagenero también fue elegido como invitado especial para acompañar la gira por Estados Unidos de Ryan Castro. De acuerdo con la información entregada sobre el proyecto, Hamilton participará como opening act en 16 ciudades estadounidenses.
Su propuesta artística, bajo el concepto de AfroRockStar, combina sonidos afrocaribeños con elementos de la música urbana y tiene como uno de sus referentes la identidad cultural de Cartagena.
A lo largo de su carrera, Hamilton también ha trabajado con diferentes artistas de la escena urbana y ha ampliado progresivamente su presencia fuera de Colombia.
Para “Quién Me Mandó?”, la producción estuvo a cargo de Golden, productor colombiano nominado a un Grammy Anglo que también ha trabajado con artistas como Myke Towers y ha participado en proyectos relacionados con otras figuras, entre ellas Ronaldinho.
El lanzamiento suma así un nuevo capítulo a la colaboración entre dos artistas de Cartagena que ya habían compartido música y que ahora regresan con una canción construida alrededor de una historia de distancia, decisiones y cambios dentro de una relación.
BLACKPINK‘s Lisa comes out swinging on her hard-charging single “SaWaDiKa.” And if you’re not convinced that her return to rap is complete, just check out the first, shouted lines of the song whose title translates into “hello” in Thai, because Lisa is cordially inviting you to bask in her badness.
“Hello Sawadika/ Yeah you know my wrist is cold/ Got this timepiece from Geneva/ If you know it then you know,” she raps at the top of the high-fashion, action-heavy video for the song, which dropped on Friday (Sept. 4) and was shot in the singer’s native Bangkok, Thailand. And, just in case you missed the ice-cold message, there’s one more thing on her mind: “I’m that b–ch on your TV/ And my Ferrari indigo/ La la lisa la diva/ Sawadika there she go.”
The video for the spare, bass-heavy song produced by Thom Bridges (KATSEYE, John Summit) is like an entire Paris fashion week in three minutes, from the black feathered catsuit in the first shot to a spangly, space-age burgundy two-piece with matching, jewel-dripping headphones the K-pop superstar sports as she slinks sideways down a street at night amid her crew of black-clad dancers in the clip directed by Bang Jae Yeob (Stray Kids, Aespa).
She’s in full Las Vegas showgirl mode with a towering black feather headdress soon enough for a rooftop dance shot, then glowing like a futuristic TRON character in a neon blue bikini with matching hair in an underground tunnel and action-ready in a red leather bodysuit with boxing shorts that feature the song’s title in rhinestones across the waist in a bit inspired by Muay Thai boxing.
The punchy song is the first taste of Lisa’s upcoming Press Play EP, which will drop on Oct. 23.
According to Lifestyle Asia, the visual is a tour of Thai landmarks, including stops at the Hua Lamphong railway station, the former central passenger terminal in Bangkok, the Soi Charoen Khet 1 neighborhood and Dib Bangkok, the sleek, contemporary art museum that opened last year.
The single is the first solo effort from the singer/rapper/actress this year, following on the heels of her FIFA World Cup 2026 anthem “Goals” with Anitta and Rema. In addition to an upcoming documentary, Always Lalisa (Oct. 12), Lisa is gearing up for her Viva La Lisa Residency in Las Vegas at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Nov. 13, 14, 27 and 28.
Check out the “SaWaDiKa” video below.
And with a click, JISOO is back.
The BLACKPINK star launches the next chapter of her solo career with “CLICK,” a tasty pop treat that’s accompanied with a futuristic music video.
Joseph Kahn (Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, Eminem) directs the cinematic clip, which follows the eternal existence of a cyborg JISOO, left behind in a deserted old theme park. There’s no life to be found in this forsaken place. Not in the human form, anyway.
Our lonely hero brightens her endless day when she activates some robot buddies, including some characters who could’ve lived a past life at a Chuck E Cheese restaurant. A twinkle toed humanoid suitor shows up, dressed to impressed. They were made to click.
Kahn and JISOO take this barren sad world, and convert it to light, with life, movement and friendship, its storytelling recalling Wall-E, Stephen Spielberg’s AI and J.F. Sebastian’s workshop in Blade Runner. At its heart is the CLICK Bear, who represents the presence of JISOO’s fans who come from different countries, speak different languages and live different lives.
It’s been non-stop for the South Korean pop superstar, who teased her new solo chapter last year with “EYES CLOSED,” a collaboration with ex-One Direction star Zayn. The single reached No. 72 on the Billboard Hot 100. With that feat, BLACKPINK became the first girl group to have every member enter the Hot 100 as a solo artist.
BLACKPINK released the DEADLINE EP in February of this year, after completing the group’s Deadline World Tour. DEADLINE opened at No. 8 on the Billboard 200, and marked their first major music release since they hit No. 1 on the all-genres albums tally in 2022 with Born Pink.
“CLICK” follows JISOO’s 2025 debut mini album, AMORTAGE, which included “earthquake” and “Your Love.”
JISOO began her solo journey two years earlier, in 2023, with the release of her debut EP, ME, which became the first album by a female solo artist in South Korea to surpass one million sales. Its single, “꽃(FLOWER),” powered to No. 2 on the Billboard Global 200 in April of that year, and No. 1 on the Global Excl. US chart.
Watch the music video for “CLICK” below.
Alex Warren‘s Wildchild is a menace on the Australian albums chart, where it opens its account at No. 1.
The week’s best-seller on vinyl, Wildchild is the followup to Warren’s debut collection You’ll Be Alright, Kid, which peaked at No. 2 last year and lifts 11-5 on the latest ARIA Chart, published late Friday, Sept. 4.
You’ll Be Alright, Kid housed Warren’s hit “Ordinary,” which led the ARIA Top 100 Singles Chart for the year 2025. “Ordinary” currently sits at No. 4 on the national singles survey. The Californian singer and songwriter is currently in these parts for the Australasian leg of his Finding Family on the Road World Tour 2026, presented by Frontier Touring.
Venerated Australian songsmith Paul Kelly returns to the ARIA Chart with Seventy, which bounces to No. 2 off the back of a deluxe edition. The album opened and peaked at No. 2 last November, becoming Kelly’s 14th top 10 album. The winner of 16 career ARIA Awards, Kelly was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1997; received the prestigious Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music at the 2011 APRA Music Awards; and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2017 Australia Day Honours. Kelly was a keynote speaker Tuesday (Sept. 1) at the 2026 BIGSOUND conference in Brisbane.
Veteran U.S. heavyweights Mastodon roar onto the ARIA Chart with Marrow Deep, their ninth studio album. It’s new at No. 6, for the rockers’ third top 10 appearance after Once More ‘Round The Sun (No. 3 in 2014) and Emperor Of Sand (No. 7 in 2017).
Close behind is Victorian metalcore band Ocean Sleeper with Peace When I’m Dead, their second studio album. It’s new at No. 7 for their first ARIA Chart appearance.
Homegrown country sweethearts Brooke McClymont and Adam Eckersley make a show at No. 12 with Souls On Show, their third album together. The happy couple reached No. 16 with Adam & Brooke (2018) and No. 26 with Up, Down & Sideways (from 2023). As a member of the McClymonts, Brooke won two ARIA Awards and bagged six top 40 albums, according to ARIA.
Meanwhile, Brisbane-born artist Jem Cassar-Daley cracks the top 20 with her debut studio album, Tattoos Used To Come Off In The Pool. It’s new at No. 18. Cassar-Daley, the daughter of Aussie country great Troy Cassar-Daley and local TV personality Laurel Edwards, performed several showcases this week during the BIGSOUND nighttime program.
Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, Ella Langley lassos her 12th non-consecutive week at No. 1 with “Choosin’ Texas.”
Finally, the late Queen of Country, Dolly Parton, completes a rare podium sweep on ARIA’s On Replay Singles Chart, which ranks tracks that were released two or more years ago. Parton is at No. 1 with “9 to 5,” at No. 2 with “Jolene,” and her Kenny Rogers duet “Islands In The Stream,” written by ARIA Hall of Fame inductees Bee Gees, is at No. 3.
Australia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese was one of the many fans who paid tribute to Dolly, who died Aug. 25 at the age of 80.
Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to New Music Friday’s most essential releases each week — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.
Last week, we featured Olivia Rodrigo, Alex Warren, JENNIE and more.
This week, Miley begins her new era as a mononym with the lead single of her forthcoming album; Beyoncé celebrates the 20th anniversary of B’Day with an expanded 27-track edition (plus B-sides and Spanish-language versions of her songs); and ADÉLA shares her debut album PRIMA… plus much more. Check out all of this week’s picks below:
Miley, “Bass Persuades”
Days after announcing her 10th studio album (and first on new label home Atlantic), Miley — yes, just Miley now — dropped its title track and lead single, “Bass Persuades.” The synthy bass-bumping track is a hypnotic dance-pop song about how “the kids don’t wanna dance” while simultaneously showing them how it’s done. Here, Miley is not only sharing wisdom like the icon she is (“Glued your eyes to the telephone screen…Just look out the window and what do you see?”) but she’s also subtly nodding to that icon status by referencing, well, herself with the line “chaos is king, but you know that you can’t stop, won’t stop.” If a song this catchy (paired with a video that is arguably inspired by Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” dance sequence) doesn’t make the kids wanna dance… well, then that’s on them. — LYNDSEY HAVENS
Beyoncé, “CAN I WATCH YOU (feat. Pharrell)”
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of her knockout second album, B’Day, Beyoncé treated fans to an expanded edition that includes previously-unreleased bonus tracks, and also tacks on “Morning Dew (Donk)” that she surprise dropped on July 4. Of the new material, there’s only two features: Jay-Z on “Welcome to Hollywood” and Pharrell on “Can I Watch You.” The latter is a sultry, R&B-infused indie-rock song on which the question posed in its title is repeatedly answered with a whispered “yes.” — L.H.
ADÉLA, PRIMA
Fast-rising pop artist ADÉLA drops her debut album PRIMA, led by focus single “Nicole Kidman.” The downtempo song opens with a beat that resembles “Bound 2” by Ye, and it lingers in the background until the outro gives it some shine back. Previously-released singles include “KGB,” “Red Bottoms” and “Ain’t In LA,” which earned the Slovakia-born artist her first Billboard Hot 100 entry in August. Read Billboard‘s tracks ranked here, in which Kyle Denis calls PRIMA “one of the most concise, clear-eyed debut pop albums in recent memory.” — L.H.
Medium Build, “It’s Not Easy (Falling In Love)”
On his new album, King Of Having Fun, Medium Build digs deep for what is his sharpest album to date; He really had no choice, after hitting rock bottom following the release of his 2024 album Country. Now in a much better headspace, the artist tells Billboard his latest full-length was made “after getting all the dreams, realizing they don’t satisfy, and then burning out, taking a break, getting sober, getting on meds, changing my life, deciding I do want to live, and I don’t care if music is my life.” Turns out, caring less sounds really great. — L.H.
Ellie Goulding, “For You Entertainment”
“For Your Entertainment” is perhaps the song that best proves the title of Ellie Goulding’s sixth album, I Know Too Much, to be true. Having released her debut single 17 years ago, Goulding has surely learned a lot over the years — and “Entertainment” is her own version of a song like Taylor Swift’s “Mirrorball.” While differently sonically, the two songs tread similar lyrical ground, pulling inspiration from the toll of performing. As Goulding sings with stark honesty: “I’ll be posing all and smiling/ My eyes are like a waterfall, whеn you look away/ Can you see how hard I’m trying just to give it all?” — L.H.
Mau P, “Just A Little Bit More”
Mau P’s second track of 2026 is the slinky “Just A Little Bit More.” A staple of his sets over the last few months, the house production is essentially the Mau P take on ’90s R&B, with the soulful vocals — crisply recorded and deployed — giving the song a throwback feel while the rest of the production keeps it fresh and festive. (The whistles!) “Just A Little Bit More” is out on Interscope Records and drops just ahead of the Dutch producer’s set at ARC Music Festival in Chicago this weekend. — KATIE BAIN
Amelie Lens, Aura
A decade after her first official release, Amelie Lens releases her debut album, Aura. The 13-track project contains the same kind of sharp, throttling and often quite cerebral techno that’s made Lens one of the genre’s leading names, with highlights including the previously release Angèle collab “run” and the relentless “the energy is us.” Lens calls Aura “a moment I’ve been waiting for my whole career,” with the project landing before a set in her native Belgium this weekend and shows in Washington D.C., Denver and Los Angeles later this month. These shows precede another major project from Lens, with the artist due to give birth to her second child this winter. — K.B.
Malie Donn, The Golden Child
Malie Donn’s debut studio album is finally here. Billboard’s Caribbean Up-And-Comer of the Month for August first broke through with 2023’s “V6,” and now he’s dropped a sprawling 20-track set featuring contributions from fellow dancehall stars Byron Messia, Javo Donn, DJ Frass and Squash. From the inspirational, autobiographical title track to the sultry, aptly titled “Rated R,” The Golden Child spans the gamut of all the different sounds and themes Malie Donn does best. — KYLE DENIS
Johnny Venus, “Nightmares”
Johnny Venus, one-half of Grammy-nominated rap duo EARTHGANG, has shared the latest preview of his forthcoming debut solo studio album. Co-produced by Courtlin Jabrae and Poplord, “Nightmares” finds Venus delivering his signature disarming songwriting, zeroing in on the specific anxiety of dreading the loss of a cherished love. The 11th Hour can’t come soon enough! — K.D.
A one-off concert celebrating the remarkable career of John Farnham will get the big screen treatment.
As previously reported, Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena will host The Songs Of John Farnham: A Living Legend The Celebration on Sunday, Sept. 20, featuring 120 artists and musicians, and raising funds for Head and Neck Cancer Australia.
The show was a rapid sell-out, organizers say. Now, show producers Cochrane Entertainment and TEG Dainty have struck a deal to broadcast the concert live into HOYTS’ national network of cinemas.
“This is an extraordinary event for Australian music, and the opportunity to take it beyond Rod Laver Arena and into cinemas across the country is unprecedented and incredibly exciting,” comments Paul Dainty, the legendary concert promoter who leads TEG Dainty.
Performers on the night will include Keith Urban, Tina Arena, Jimmy Barnes, Kate Ceberano, Ross Wilson, Human Nature, Richard Marx, Jessica Mauboy and Jon Stevens, with Farnham’s longtime musical director Chong Lim handling musical direction and arrangements. Celine Dion and Hugh Jackman will join in via a satellite feed.
Farnham personally invited each artist appearing at the show, and he has a record-breaking connection with the 15,000-capacity Rod Laver Arena. The veteran singer has performed at the Olympic Park venue on 94 occasions, doing so to more than 1 million total fans.
“The extraordinary response to this concert has shown just how deeply John Farnham’s music continues to resonate with Australians,” adds Cochrane Entertainment founder Tony Cochrane. “We wanted this celebration to be something truly special, and now, through HOYTS, we have the opportunity to share that experience with John’s fans right across Australia.”
With 1986’s Whispering Jack, Farnham engineered one of the all-time great comebacks, Released through Sony Music, the album spent 25 weeks at No. 1, en route to shifting more than one million copies, becoming the first domestic LP to do so. It remains the highest-selling album ever in Australia by a local talent.
Whispering Jack houses Farnham’s signature song, “You’re The Voice,” a top 10 hit in the United Kingdom, and, four decades on, the beloved unofficial anthem of Australia.
The legendary, ARIA Hall of Fame-inducted artist faced his toughest challenge yet in August 2022, when he underwent major surgery to remove a cancerous growth from his mouth. Since then, he has made only a handful of rare public appearances, and in 2024 October was heard for the first time in more than two years by way of an audiobook excerpt for his memoir.
Whispering Jack this year enjoys its 40th anniversary with an expanded edition pairing the original LP with the live recording, Whispering Jack Live In Concert, along with new, numbered vinyl and range of merchandise to mark the special occasion.
ADÉLA’s debut album, PRIMA, has officially arrived — and it’s one of the sleekest pop albums of the year.
Born and raised in Bratislava, the capital (and largest) city of Slovakia, ADÉLA entered the pop scene’s radar in 2023 when she participated in Dream Academy, HYBE and Geffen Records’ joint “global girl group” reality competition show. Though she moved to the United States the year prior, bringing along laser-focused pop ambition and dance training from both the Vienna State Ballet and the English National Ballet School, ADÉLA was one of the first contestants eliminated from what would eventually become KATSEYE.
In 2024, less than a month after the Billboard 200-topping group’s docuseries debuted on Netflix, ADÉLA made her debut with “Homewrecked,” a fiery dance-pop single that presented a gripping affair narrative and laid the foundation for her singular, outsider-breaking-in approach to pop self-mythology. “Superscar,” another early fan-favorite, followed soon after, with the announcement of her signing to Capitol Records and the release of her The Provocateur debut EP landing in 2025.
This year, ADÉLA has released a steady stream of conversation-building singles, while honing her bombastic, dance-driven stage show on the festival circuit and as a support act for Demi Lovato’s arena-filling It’s Not That Deep Tour. During her support set on Lovato’s trek, ADÉLA performed several songs that would eventually end up on PRIMA, including “Ain’t in LA,” the song that made her the first Slovak artist to reach the Billboard Hot 100 (No. 61). ADÉLA co-wrote each of PRIMA’s 11 tracks — alongside contributions from songwriters like Julia Michaels and Theron Thomas, and producers such as Blake Slatkin, Dylan Brady and The Dare — resulting in one of the most concise, clear-eyed debut pop albums in recent memory.
From the second “KGB” raucously kicks off the LP, ADÉLA announces herself as a hungry, at times headstrong and hedonistic pop star who revels in both cynicism and her innate underdog status. She’s a 22-year-old Slovak girl trying to make her American dream — global pop superstardom — a reality while holding on to the idiosyncrasies of her own culture in the face of one of the most domineering and pervasive aesthetics in the world. When she sings of “working the night shift to learn English” on “KGB,” she’s cultivating a touchpoint that connects virtually all immigrants (and their children), leaning into an approach to pop music that invites the listener to participate in her tireless grind, as opposed to forcing them to gawk from the very bottom of the ladder.
That style of pop songwriting is precisely why “Ain’t In LA” has become her ADÉLA’s breakthrough hit — and why the sparse, confessional, early Billie Eilish-esque “Therapy” is the LP’s most arresting track. As her Auto-Tune-drenched voice whisper-sings. “I wanna move my mom out her, but I don’t have that kinda money, so I/ Have to talk to the people that I have to talk to/ They are old white men, and they’re so annoying/ But they hold the keys to my future,” across a despondent piano line, ADÉLA taps into a level of frankness about navigating the music industry that only someone whose journey unfolded on a reality show can. Prima is a brisk listen that leaves quite a bit on the table — it is a debut effort, after all — but it breezes through a slew of vignettes that find her navigating the bitter, lonely end of romantic relationship (“Hitachi”), the fallout of her father’s extramarital affair (“Red Bottoms”) and maintaing control as a young woman in a business dominated by sleazy older men (“I’m the Man”).
Prima certainly houses songs that fail to elevate intriguing individual compositional elements into a complete, memorable record (“Fantasize”) and tracks that offer stale perspective on tried-and-true topics (“Boys”), but those relatively low points barely cast a shadow over the LP. In an era rife with pop singers who don’t really know exactly what they want to say or why they want to make music, ADÉLA has put the entire scene on notice with PRIMA. Vision is everything, and she has one of the most consistent, unique and enthralling ones in the game right now.
Here’s how Billboard ranks every track on PRIMA, ADÉLA’s debut studio album, from worst to best.
SYDNEY, Australia — Pill testing spaces will be a permanent fixture at music festivals in New South Wales, the most populated state in Australia, after a trial was found to reduce drug‑related harm.
The NSW government this week confirmed festival-goers would have access to free, anonymous drug testing services, which would roll out at up to 15 events statewide each year.
The Australian Festival Association welcomed the development, which follows a year-long trial. The AFA “has consistently advocated for better tools to reduce drug-related harm,” reads a statement, “and we’re proud to see years of advocacy result in meaningful change.”
This breakthrough for drugs testing on site is “a strong example of what can be achieved when government, industry and health experts work together with safety as the shared goal,” the AFA statement continues.
Through the initiative, trained forensic chemists will be on hand to test samples of pills, capsules, powders, crystals and liquids intended for consumption. The drugs will be analyzed right there, and the party-goer will be informed on the results, including the main components identified and, where possible, an indication of potency.
These are “life-saving services equipping festival goers with crucial information to make safer choices,” the AFA statement continues.
For those who want to dump their gear, amnesty bins will be made available.
Illicit drugs remain illegal in NSW, the state government insists, though personal details won’t be linked to samples, and phones or cameras are not used within the drug checking space to protect privacy.
The Minns Labor Government began music festival-based pill testing trial in early 2025, to clinically gauge its impact on risks and harms associated with the consumption of blackmarket drugs. Officials contracted the University of Sydney to independently evaluate the trial.
According to a statement, NSW Health will prioritize those trial-supporting fests where the service is “likely to have the greatest harm reduction impact.”
The rules only apply to NSW, but other states, territories and promoters across the country will watch this situation with interest.
Mobile drug checking was trialed in the Australian Capital Territory at Groovin’ the Moo festivals in 2018 and 2019. Then, Queensland’s drug checking services kicked in at selected festivals and two fixed sites from 2024, but were subsequently shut down when the incoming conversative government discontinued funding. A privately funded drug checking service was planned in Queensland but government legislation in September 2025 blocked it. Victoria’s first drug checking service started in December 2024 at key festivals, with an additional fixed-site service which opened in 2025.
Read more here.