British singer Ferdinand Rennie gives a theatre character's final bow the kind of emotional punch that feels ready for playlists and late-night replays. Some songs walk in wearing a tuxedo and still manage to look a little shaken. That is the pull of "Why Do We Try?", Ferdinand Rennie's 2026 pop ballad with its heart fixed on closing night, fading applause, and the awkward quiet...

Five songs. Seventeen minutes. A decade’s worth of emotional receipts. Vanessa Moussa’s self-titled debut EP finds the Sydney vocalist placing her own name on the cover after years of work alongside other artists. This compact indie folk and alternative blues release traces new love, heartbreak, hope, regret, then the choice to move on. Moussa enters this chapter with experience. ABC’s triple j Unearthed identifies her as...