When I first saw the Spilt Milk line-up at face value, I only knew about four of the acts โ some international, others Australian.
But once I started listening to the Spilt Milk 2025 playlist on Spotify, I realised there were more artists and songs I actually knew.
The line-up is a mixed bag of music genres with something for everyone, from hip hop and rap to rock, pop, techno, folkโฆ and everything else in between.
I decided to dissect the line-up for those of you like me who arenโt familiar with many of the artists on the bill.
While Kendrick Lamar is HUGE, I never sat down to listen to his music but know quite a few of his songs from hearing them on the radio or through Spotify playlists.
With many would-be punters saying โfrom the Super Bowl Halftime Show to Canberra,โ it is EPIC to even have Lamar venturing to the nationโs capital โ we should not take for granted he has agreed to play at the festival.
The West Coast rapper, and headline act has gone from strength to strength, with a US Pulitzer Music Prize under his belt which he received in 2018 for his 2017 studio album DAMN, a GRAMMY Awards sweep for his 2024 track Not Like Us and his โtriumphantโ Super Bowl performance.
If youโve been on TikTok lately, itโs more than likely youโve heard American rapper Doechiiโs Anxiety, which, in fact, samples an iconic Australian song, Gotyeโs Somebody That I Used to Know.
Iโm sure it will be a popular song that will get the crowd singing along after popping up relentlessly on social media.
While Anxiety was the only track of the 2025 Met Gala attendee I had heard before, and Iโm not much of a fan of modern rap, Iโm digging her tracks Nissan Altima and Denial is a River โ theyโre great to bop along to.
The self-proclaimed swamp princess and 2025 Billboard Woman of the Year won the 2024 GRAMMY Best Rap Album for Alligator Bites Never Heal.
The only other international artist I had heard of was Rebecca Black, yep, the one who released Friday in 2011 when she was just 13 years old, which received a whooping 175 million views on YouTube! That same year she appeared in Katy Perry’s Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F) film clip,ย which was streamed on YouTube 1.8 million times.
While Blackโs song was heavily autotuned in Friday, her vocals have improved a lot since.
Weโre also getting not one but TWO acts coming to Canberra (Gold Coast, Ballarat and Perth) that played at Coachella this year: US-based artist d4vd will feature his moody, DIY indie-pop sound, and heavyweight American DJ, producer and record label head, Sara Landry who creates transcendent experiences with the hard techno sounds and boundary-breaking vision that have shaped her global cult following.
I had heard of a few of the Australian acts, and I think Iโve even seen Mia Wray perform live at a festival at some point.
Some of the artists Iโm new to but am keen to see are singer/songwriter, rapper and actor Dominic Fike, who some people might recognise as the actor who plays Elliot in the HBO series Euphoria. Iโd heard his track 3 Nights before but didnโt know who the artist was that sang it; the sultry tones of Texan artist and producer Chance Peรฑa, Don West and more!
Tickets for the festival in Canberra are officially sold out. A ticket waitlist has been set up at spilt-milk.com.au.
What do you think of the line-up? Who are the artists youโre excited to watch at Spilt Milk 2025?
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