Sydnee Carter

Growing up in Perth’s Northern Suburbs, Sydnee’s grasp on performing was swift. Always wanting to be the centre of attention as a child, she would wield a black electric guitar everywhere she went, eventually learning how to play it when her parents observed her interest in music and enrolled her in guitar lessons while in primary school. At ten years old, she would watch YouTube tutorials of her favourite songs and attempt to create similar music of her own in her first experiences with songwriting, one that she cringes when looking back on. “All of the songs were about how being a tomboy, I just saw all the boys at school as friends, and how I got so frustrated when the girls started wanting all their attention,” she laughs. Her new single ‘Bruises’ is the first to come after her signing to TMRW Music sub-label Risque, and it feels as much of a testament to her long-winding journey thus far as it does the beginning of a new chapter, one that arms Sydnee Carter with a lot of excitement coming into 2021’s second-half. ‘Bruises’ marries her wide-ranging versatility in sound with the dynamic and personal storytelling that’s long defined her work thus far, channelling moments of pain and frustration into a cathartic, high-soaring pop single that showcases what feels like a renewed Sydnee Carter, one that’s able to take away learnings from her musical and personal life and translate them into potent bursts of music unlike anything else’s released so far.