# Meg Washington Announces New Album ‘Gem’

**New Music** — On Your Markus  
**Published:** 5 June 2025  
**Author:** Markus Hamence  
**Source:** https://onyourmarkus.au/new-music-releases/meg-washington-announces-new-album-gem/

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**SET FOR RELEASE ON AUGUST 8 **  
**+ DROPS NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO “KIDDING”**

***Meg Washington is a 4 x ARIA Award winner and 12 x nominee. ***

***Her song “******[Fine](https://trenttitmarshmediaprservices.cmail19.com/t/t-l-gydhiik-tiuijyekh-i/)******” won the 2025 AACTA Award for “Best Original Song” for the movie ‘******[How To Make Gravy’](https://trenttitmarshmediaprservices.cmail19.com/t/t-l-gydhiik-tiuijyekh-d/)*** **which she wrote and produced.**

***Voice of ‘Calypso’ in ******[Bluey](https://trenttitmarshmediaprservices.cmail19.com/t/t-l-gydhiik-tiuijyekh-h/)******.***

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***Meg’s song ‘******[Lazarus Drug’](https://trenttitmarshmediaprservices.cmail19.com/t/t-l-gydhiik-tiuijyekh-k/)****** featured in the Bluey episode ‘The Sign’ (aka ‘the long one’ – it was a 28 min episode, they are normally 7 mins long) last April, the song was Shazamed over 20k that day alone. See live performance ******[HERE](https://trenttitmarshmediaprservices.cmail19.com/t/t-l-gydhiik-tiuijyekh-u/)***

Award-winning Australian artist **Meg Washington** has today announced that her highly anticipated fifth studio album titled “**GEM**” will be released on Friday, August 8 through Meg’s label Batflower Records via ORiGiN Recordings. You can pre-order now **[Here](https://trenttitmarshmediaprservices.cmail19.com/t/t-l-gydhiik-tiuijyekh-o/)**! In addition, the second single to be lifted from the album has just dropped, titled “**[Kidding](https://trenttitmarshmediaprservices.cmail19.com/t/t-l-gydhiik-tiuijyekh-b/)**”, which follows the first album teaser “**[Shangri-La](https://trenttitmarshmediaprservices.cmail19.com/t/t-l-gydhiik-tiuijyekh-p/)**”.

“**Kidding**” was co-written with **Ben Edgar **(Dope Lemon, Matt Corby, Angus & Julia Stone) and mastered by **Lachlan Carrick **(King Gizzard, Doja Cat, Paul Kelly). It arrives with an accompanying powerful video filmed on Minjerribah in Queensland which is a must watch **[Here](https://trenttitmarshmediaprservices.cmail19.com/t/t-l-gydhiik-tiuijyekh-x/)**!

Meg openly shares about the track, “*Kidding is about deciding to reframe your own story. It’s about letting go of a common ideal and creating your own context, the masterful feeling of being yourself on purpose. It’s the first song I’ve ever written with stuttering in the lyrics*.”

On the upcoming new album Meg says, “*This album is a message in a bottle; a record detailing the years I spent alone on a deserted tropical island. Or was that a dream? It’s about finding something very precious within yourself and refusing to give it up. Insisting on art. Insisting on beauty. I’ve called it ‘****GEM’****, which is my name in reverse*.”

In celebration Meg has announced an extensive East Coast Australian tour which includes 17 x Live show dates starting on July 4 through to August 30. Dates and Tickets available now **[Here](https://trenttitmarshmediaprservices.cmail19.com/t/t-l-gydhiik-tiuijyekh-m/)**!

**‘GEM’ ALBUM TRACK LISTING:**

1.      GEM  
2.      THE SOUND OF THE FEELING  
3.      SHANGRI-LA  
4.      KIDDING  
5.      GOLDEN ORB BLUES (Ft. Kevin Morby)  
6.      NATURAL BEAUTY  
7.      STARLIFE  
8.      HONEYSUCKLE ISLAND  
9.      FINE (Ft. Paul Kelly)

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