Ayesha Madon’s anticipated debut EP has arrived, The Unanticipated Prequel, out now via Future Classic. The release lands ahead of her first national tour, supporting G Flip across Aus in 2026. LISTEN HERE.

Expanding on the steady drip of singles ‘Eulogy’, ‘Blame Me’, both reaching the Top 5 Most Played on triple j, and ‘Michelle Obama’ reaching the coveted #1 placement, alongside ‘Jenga’ includes ‘Jonestown’, a charged and electric take on infamy and ‘Supervision’, a consistent live show favourite with crowds and self ascribed “Trojan horse” of the project. Madon‘s anarchic stamp on the synthetic genre of pop is most notable in her expectation twisting music videos and EP cover art, recalling the wit of Renee Rapp to Sabrina Carpenter. Best understood through Ayesha‘s own words, “Writing this EP taught me to prioritise authenticity and my own instincts over perfectionism, the expectations of culture and the opinions of others.” 

The clearest example of that thrown out the window approach comes with ‘Jonestown‘, oddball on the surface in structure, plays out an amusing set of interactions with characters met across a journey in Los Angeles – the clumsy fall out behind the veil of the world’s entertainment capital. “I wrote it so long ago that I had actually forgotten about the demo until one day the melody reappeared in my head,” Ayesha shares. “It’s a song loosely based on my social experiences in LA that year. Stepping into a character to write this track I gave myself permission to just have fun and be a little experimental rather than constantly trying to be John fucking Mayor. Such an odd little track lol I love it.”

Part earnest, part ‘IDGAF’ and part inside joke we’re in on with her, The Unanticipated Prequel is Madon’s interpretation of the adage, ‘it’s about the journey, not about the destination’. She continues, “What I hope people take from my music is that life is never going to line up neatly, and there’s so much unexpected magic to be found by embracing chaos. Over the past few years I’ve fallen in and out of love with the process but somewhere along the way I started seeing my chaos as a strength and then I let myself call all my exes, robbed a bank and went to Vegas. Making The Unanticipated Prequel turned out to be a necessary, totally unplanned journey in letting go… of perfectionism, of people and plans that didn’t stick, of poor self image that can come from identity politics, of comparison, and even of the ideal version of what I thought a debut EP needed to be.”

Championed by triple j, Elle Magazine (Trailblazer Award), Rolling Stone, Harper’s Bazaar, RUSSH Magazine, Frankie and rage with profiles amongst Numéro, Wonderland, SBS’ The Feed, Sydney Morning Herald and Daily Telegraph; Madon has graced covers for 10 Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Time Out, Gaytimes, Girlfriend, Sunday Life in the wake of her Logie Nominated breakout in Netflix’s Emmy and ACCTA Award winning series Heartbreak High. Her position as a voice and cultural leader has garnered partnerships with Fendi, Loewe, Prada, Balenciaga, Jean Paul Gaultier, Miu Miu, Coach, Maybelline, Adidas, Aus Music T-Shirt Day to performances supporting Alessia Cara, Meg Mac and Charley at Vivid Sydney, SXSW Sydney and others.

Ayesha Madon delivers her singular take on the pop genre on The Unanticipated Prequel. For the rising creative, music and songwriting has remained at the forefront of her creative output, pushing past the character that’s brought her worldwide recognition. Performance in all its forms has always been intrinsic in Ayesha’s life, learning drums and piano from her adolescence. Today she strives for humility in all aspects of her craft, reaching fruition on The Unanticipated Prequel, rife with her refreshing candor in the face of the glitz, still able to take life and herself not too seriously.