Australian singer-songwriter aleksiah today unveils her latest anthem ‘Punch Drunk Love’, landing ahead of her ‘cry about it’ tour in the UK and EU this November and December. LISTEN HERE + BUY TICKETS HERE.

‘Punch Drunk Love’ takes place on a night out where the club is the last place you want to be. Combining her trademark honest pop with 80’s synths, aleksiah finds the strength to keep on dancing while the world falls apart around her. Touching on the importance of mental health and queer spaces, ‘Punch Drunk Love’ is comforting yet invigorating, with a healthy dose of self-deprecation.

“Punch Drunk Love came out of an interaction I had with a friend, it was their birthday and they wanted to go dancing to celebrate at a really popular queer club in my hometown” aleksiah shares. “A week earlier I had just gotten diagnosed with depression, so a lot was happening and as much as I loved my friend, I didn’t really feel like dancing.”

She continues, “The song is about trying to be happy and perhaps even find love when you just feel like the world is crumbling under your feet. When my producer Chris and I came to recording it, we wanted to make it really lighthearted and silly, and the 80s aerobics movement immediately came to mind, because you see one of those Jane Fonda workout tapes and it just makes you want to move. It might be a pretty niche experience, but I know everyone’s felt uncomfortable in the club before, so I want people to listen to this song and find comfort in this shared feeling we all have.” 

After wrapping up her Australian headline run in August, aleksiah is bringing the ‘cry about it’ tour to the UK and Europe this November and December. Hitting England, Germany, the Netherlands, France and Belgium, aleksiah is bringing her latest EP to the far corners of the globe. Continuing to gain global recognition, aleksiah was recently announced as the opening act for US singer Kelsea Ballerini’s Australian tour as well as Brighton-based Fickle Friend’s UK tour taking place later this year.

aleksiah also wrapped up a mammoth run of UK/EU shows earlier this year including Beth McCarthy support, a sold-out London headline show and a set at the renowned Primavera Pro in Barcelona, Spain. She recently shared the stage with WA indie rock duo Old Mervs, playing to a stadium of thousands at Perth HPC.

Fans and industry alike have been all about aleksiah since her debut single ‘Fern‘, with triple j adding follow up singles ‘Ant Song‘, ‘24‘, ‘Getting Older’, ‘Batsh*t’, ‘Clothes Off‘ and ‘The Hit’ to full rotation. Released in July, aleksiah’s sophomore EP cry about it brought us viral hits ‘Clothes Off’  and ‘The Hit’, quickly earning spots amongst aleksiah’s top singles. Recently featured in Rolling Stone Australia’s ‘Females in Focus’ and ’Up-And-Coming Australian Artists’ lists, along with support from Vogue, aleksiah has gone from turning heads to well and truly in the spotlight. Adding to the love, aleksiah was named triple j Unearthed’s 10th most played artist of 2024 and was nominated for Unearthed Artist of the Year at the J Awards.

Acknowledged for her successes to date, aleksiah took out four awards at the 2024 South Australian Music Awards for Best New Artist, Best Solo Artist, Most Popular Pop Artist and the APRA AMCOS Emily Burrows Award. With Australian artist management company Chugg Music (Lime Cordiale, Teenage Dads) and Copenhagen-based Stellar Music (James Blake, Maximillian), aleksiah’s story is just beginning.