Miss Kaninna (AUS) Debut New Zealand Tour Announced

A rising revolutionary voice on Australia's airwaves, Miss Kaninna (Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung, Kalkadoon, Yirendali) is heading our way this coming March for a debut tour of Aotearoa. Notably the first Independent Aboriginal woman to ever be nominated for a debut single at the ARIA Awards, the Naarm-based lutriwita Tasmania rapper commanded instant recognition and widespread Triple J airplay when 'Blak Britney' — "an anti-establishment anthem written to amplify the voices of Black women" — dropped with full force in mid-2023. Encapsulating her breakout era with 2024's KANINNA EP, the First Nations artist has forthcoming headline dates locked in for Pōneke, Tāmaki Makaurau and Heretaunga Hastings. Currently special guest for Amyl and The Sniffers' Cartoon Darkness tour across the ditch, don't get caught napping when local tickets go live for Miss Kaninna at 10am Wednesday, brought to you by the fine folk at 100% GOOD...

UnderTheRadar proudly presents...

Miss Kaninna (AUS)
with special guests

*Tickets on sale HERE via UTR

Watch Miss Kaninna playing 'Blak Britney' live with band at The Grove...

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Press release:

Miss Kaninna is stoked to announce their debut Aotearoa Tour in March 2025. The tour will see debut headline shows performing Tamaki/Auckland, Poneke/Wellington and Heretaunga/Hastings in late March.

A proud Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung, Kalkadoon and Yirendali woman, Miss Kaninna is a Naarm-based (Melbourne) First Nations artist, hailing from lutriwita/Tasmania. Making waves with her breakout debut single Blak Britney in May 2023, the rapper/singer/songwriter has been on a meteoric rise, emerging as a potent voice of punk and power in so-called Australia. Raised on the shores of Bruny Island, Miss Kaninna has been commanding stages from a young age, carrying forward the storytelling of her ancestors and fearlessly bringing them into the present. Her art serves as a powerful expression of her experiences as a young Black woman on stolen land, drawing from her rich cultural heritage and paths paved before her by her Matriarchs. Blak Britney arrived to critical acclaim, immediately captivating audiences with Miss Kaninna’s ferocious charisma. An anti-establishment anthem written to amplify the voices of Black women, the single garnered widespread acclaim, landing full rotation and within a fortnight was the #1 most-played song on triple j.

In the wake of its success, she commanded stages across the nation, her electrifying live performances spreading like wildfire. Securing coveted spots at premier festivals such as Meredith Music Festival, Haydays Music & Arts Festival, Beyond the Valley, Wildlands, Sun Cycle, and a spot on the national 2024 Laneway tour alongside Stormzy, Raye, and Steve Lacy, she solidified her status as a rising star. Her standout performances at the inaugural SXSW Sydney earned her the inaugural Justin Cosby Award for Best Emerging Artist, further cementing her as one to watch.

Showing no signs of slowing down, her follow-up single Pinnacle Bitch - co-produced by YAOB (Baker Boy/Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis/Jerome Farah) - arrived as a club-ready call-to-arms, celebrating subversion and the freedom to be your genuine self, adding to her discography of party music with fury and resistance at its core. Using the stage as a platform to shed light on the oppression faced by First Nations people globally, Miss Kaninna's ability to simultaneously engage and entertain captivated audiences far and wide, with Pinnacle Bitch featuring on Apple Music’s The Ebro Show and amassing 250,000 streams within months.

Recognised for her groundbreaking work, she was named the 2023 triple j Unearthed Artist of The Year and invited to perform on the international stage at SXSW, Texas, where her sets drew record crowds and garnered glowing reviews. Beyond the stage, airwaves and streaming platforms, her music infiltrated TV screens, with both Pinnacle Bitch and Blak Britney landing key placements on the Netflix hit series Heartbreak High for its second season, with Blak Britney selected for the show's trailer. In 2024, she made history as the first Indigenous woman to be nominated for an ARIA Award for a debut single, nabbing three nominations for Blak Britney, with nods for Best Independent Release, Best R&B Track and Best Video.

Defying the odds, Miss Kaninna's background in musical theatre and her genre-defying approach to performance provide a staunch foundation for a new artist with an urgency for change. Floating effortlessly between Hip Hop, Neo-soul, and R&B, Miss Kaninna arrives to claim BLACK POP in so-called Australia.