Emily Wurramara

Adore Me

An important voice in Australia’s musical landscape, multi-award-winning singer-songwriter Emily Wurramara has amassed over 30-million streams, and counting, on Spotify alone. A Warnindhilyagwa woman from Groote Eylandt, Emily writes and sings in both English and Anindilyakwa language. She’s a powerful storyteller and performer, regularly sharing stages with renowned artists including the late uncle Archie Roach, Michael Franti, Mavis Staples, Midnight Oil, Missy Higgins and Thelma Plum. When Emily’s universally acclaimed second album NARA (meaning “nothing” in Anindilyakwa language) won Best Adult Contemporary Album at the 2024 ARIA Awards, she became the first Indigenous woman to take out this category since the award’s inception in 1987. Previously, the Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore-directed film clip for Lordy Lordy (feat. Tasman Keith) – NARA’s third single release – was announced as the 2024 J Award winner for Australian Music Video of the Year.

Her debut studio album, 2018’s Milyakburra – named after her grandparents' island of birth – won the AIR Award for Best Independent Blues And Roots Album. A six-time Queensland Music Award winner, Emily is also a passionate advocate for environmental issues, mental health awareness and youth suicide prevention. Songwriting helps Emily make sense of the world. Through music, she discovered her life’s purpose. “To me, songwriting is like a ceremony, it’s sacred,” Emily shares. “It allows connection to happen; not to the physical, but to the soul, to the spirit.”

In the wake of her sold-out headlining show at Sydney Opera House for VIVID 2025, this lutruwita/Tasmania-based artist, activist and author is perfectly poised for her next musical chapter.

Adore Me, Emily’s first taste of new music since NARA, is a love song with a twist

Emily Wurramara

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