Radium Dolls Share New Single ‘Daddy’
The track is taken from the lad’s upcoming sophomore album, Wound Up.
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Less than two weeks out from the release of Radium Dolls sohopmore album Wound Up, which arrives Friday 30 January (pre-order here), the Brisbane/Meanjin rockers have shared new single ‘Daddy’.
The track finds frontman Will Perkins letting loose his frustrations on the hateful displays of racism and entitlement he witnessed while passing by an anti-immigration protest.
“I was driving back into Brisbane and saw people on jet skis parading around Australia flags in the river and being menacing to other people on the water,” explains Perkins. “It turned out they were protesting some racist dumb shit and I was pissed off, so this song goes out to those clowns and the rich white guy who organised it.”
The accompanying music video features the pernicious protagonist of the song Ray, who is played by Perkins, mindlessly antagonising everyone he encounters.
“The ideas for the Daddy video came flooding in. We all know a ‘Ray’ – we’ve seen them in the streets, on their jet skis, on the news, sitting in parliament. We wanted to parody Ray, putting him in situations where he ‘obliviously’ leaves a trail of destruction on his walk through the suburbs his daddy owns. The boys in the band each got a character that comes into contact with Ray on his journey,” explains Sophie Taylor of Hot Mess Creative, who directed the video along with Gabrielle Miller. “The couch from the Daddy scenes became a centre point of the narrative, reigned over and claimed by Daddy and Ray with no space for others, that eventually is won over by the characters he’d wronged. We wanted the clip to be ridiculous and punchy.”
Perkins adds, “We have Hot Mess and Goliath studios to thank for this one. The creative direction was all theirs and we had fun acting out their visions. I played the brat, so I got to eat heaps of donuts and lamingtons and whinge on camera. Thanks to them for hearing the song and making some funny visuals, no thanks to the entitled and dreary wankers who inspired it. Sovereignty never ceded, always was, always will be Aboriginal Land.”
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To coincide with the release of Wound Up, Radium Dolls are touring Australia in February.
The lads begin their Wound Up Tour in Lutruwita/Tasmania at Party in the Paddock on Thursday 5 February. Radium Dolls then head back to the mainland for gigs at The Triffid in Meanjin/Brisbane on Friday 13 February, the Milk Bar in Boorloo/Perth on Friday 20 February, Jive in Kaurna/Adelaide on Saturday 21 February, the Lansdowne Hotel in Eora/Sydney on Friday 27 February and Howler in Naarm/Melbourne on Saturday 28 February.
Tickets for all shows are on sale now via radiumdolls.org.
Once they’ve finished up their Australian shows, Radium Dolls are heading to North America for an extended run of concerts, including performing at SXSW.
‘Daddy’ by Radium Dolls is out now. Listen here. Wound Up arrives Friday 30 January. Pre-order here. Catch Radium Dolls performing at Jive on Saturday 22 February. Tickets on sale now at radiumdolls.org.
Radium Dolls Wound Up Australian Tour Dates 2026
Thursday 5 February – Party In The Paddock, Lutruwita/Tasmania, TAS
Friday 13 February – The Triffid, Meanjin/Brisbane, QLD
Friday 20 February – Milk Bar, Boorloo/Perth, WA
Saturday 21 February – Jive, Kaurna/Adelaide, SA
Friday 27 February – Lansdowne Hotel, Eora/Sydney, NSW
Saturday 28 February – Howler, Naarm/Melbourne, VIC
