LØLØ To Make Her Australian Tour Debut At Good Things Festival

LØLØ is gearing up for her long‑awaited Australian debut, joining the stacked Good Things Festival line-up after years of seeing Aussie listeners dominate her streaming stats. Fresh off a new album, a standout collaboration with Plain White T’s, and a whirlwind run of international touring, she arrives with momentum, honesty, and the kind of chaotic charm fans have come to love. Rob Lyon talks to LØLØ about what it means to be playing at Good Things Festival this December.

Congratulations on being added to Good Things. What a way to come out to Australia for your first tour?
Yeah, I’m so excited. I’ve been wanting to go to Australia for literally years, so I’m so happy that it’s finally working out.

It doesn’t get any bigger than this. It’s pretty much Australia’s biggest music festival, so it is going to be a pretty good introduction to Australian fans.
I’ve always on my Spotify listeners, I always see my top listeners are always from Australia and I’m like, I need to get there. So I’m happy that it’s finally happening.

So how did the opportunity come up? Was it just right time, right place, all those kinds of things?
Yeah, I’m going to Asia with Simple Plan right before this and they’re going straight to Australia and I guess somebody was like, should LØLØ just come too? And they were like, yeah, let’s have her. So I think we’ve also been trying, I almost did a headline tour last year in Australia, and then I also almost opened for somebody. But the timing, it just, you know, things just weren’t lining up properly. But now it has lined up.

Does that mean a hell of a lot to you playing on a festival like this?
It’s crazy. Honestly, these rock festivals are always very intimidating for me, especially when they have the bands that I grew up listening to. So that adds a whole other level of it. But I definitely get intimidated by these kinds of things, but then once I’m on stage, I have the best time.

Well, I know you’ve already mentioned Simple Plan, but are there any other bands on that line-up that really excite you as well?
It’s funny, they just sent me the line-up and I barely got to look at it before this interview, but definitely Simple Plan. Oh yeah, love All American Rejects. I actually just saw them in Toronto. Neck Deep, I’ve toured with them before and they’re awesome. The Devil Wears Prada, I’m on one of their songs, one of their remixes. So yeah, there’s so many people that I’m looking forward to.

It almost seems like more of a catch‑up and hang out with friends and a bit of work on the side?
Honestly, festivals are kind of always like that and I also love discovering new, or not new, even just people that I haven’t seen necessarily, and watching them for the first time. Like Bilmuri for instance, I know them, but I’ve never seen them live, but I’ve seen them online and they always seem really cool. So I’m excited to see them and meet them.

For Australian fans that are new to your music, what can they expect when they see you at Good Things?
I feel like I will bring the energy, but I think with my music it’s brutally honest and sometimes a little bit of an unhinged, psychotic way, but definitely brutally honest and talking about things that maybe normal people wouldn’t necessarily talk about. I also try to bring a lot of humour and fun to my set, so it will definitely be a good time.

Just recently the collaboration with Plain White T’s was released, Hey Delilah, which is a massive song in its own right. How did that collaboration come about?
So it’s so crazy. Six years ago during COVID lockdown, it started trending on TikTok and people were doing different point of views from Hey Delilah, and I was like, oh, I could do this. And at the time, I wasn’t even singing on TikTok, I was just dancing and I’m a terrible dancer, so thank God for this trend because after I did this, it blew up on TikTok and I was like, oh, maybe I should be singing on here, not dancing. When it happened, Plain White T’s followed me on Instagram and messaged me and they were like, we love yours. They really liked the one that I did, and I didn’t really think anything of it. I was so happy. I was very star struck that they were even talking to me. It kind of started my career, I guess, in terms of people knowing who I was a little bit more. Then six years later they reached out because the song was trending again and they decided they wanted to do a remix of like a duet. They asked me to do it, and I was in shock. I was like, wait, who me? And it was a very, very fast and hard yes.

Is that the fun part of what you do now, working with other artists like that?
Yeah, I mean, I never thought that I would get to work with the artists that I idolised growing up. Between them and Simple Plan, it’s just very hard to wrap my head around it. I’m always like, what? I just think young LØLØ would shit herself. She’d be like, what? It would be crazy. So I’m very, very thankful and I don’t really know how it’s all happened.

I guess sometimes the best things are best left to not overanalyse, but do you have a dream collaboration in mind of who you’d like to work with? Is it something you want to do more of in the future?
My dream collaboration would be Green Day for sure. They’re my favorite band. So I guess I’ll manifest that and put that out into the world. But yeah, I love doing collaborations. I think it’s so cool. I would also love to do more collaborations with some newer artists as well. I always find it really cool just mixing the fan bases and doing something different maybe that I wouldn’t necessarily be doing on my own.

Are there any Australian acts that you might want to work with?
Oh, I’ve actually always wanted to do something with Stand Atlantic. They were on Hopeless and I was on Hopeless too, and they were always my favorite Australians.

The response to the new album, you’ve got to be pretty stoked with how that’s going. Have you been pleased with how fans have embraced it?
Yeah, I mean, writing a new album is always so nerve‑wracking, especially after you already have other music out, because it’s always going to be compared to the one before. So I was a little bit nervous because it is slightly more, I don’t wanna say softer, but it’s not as heavy, I guess, as the first album. Not that my first album was so heavy, but I was a little bit worried to see how people would react. I’m also just very paranoid. I’m an overthinker. But everyone’s really loved it, so it’s put me at ease.

I know people label you within that pop‑punk space. How does that label fit with you? Do you see yourself as being far broader than that musically?
I mean, yeah. I feel like I’m more pop rock than pop punk, but genres these days are so weird. I think maybe my lyrics, because when I hear the word punk, I’m like, I’m not… I don’t feel like a punk. I feel very emotional. But I think sometimes the things that I say in my lyrics could be considered punk because I say crazy things that someone wouldn’t necessarily say. So that could be punk for sure. I don’t really care at the end of the day what anyone labels me. I’m just happy anyone’s listening to my music.

Three albums in three years, that’s pretty good going in anyone’s language. Is there more to come?
I’m working on a deluxe album actually. So it’ll just be a few more songs than my album now because I didn’t get a chance to fully finish my album. I had a vocal injury right before my album was finished, so I have a little bit of unfinished business with that album. But after that, of course, I’m always writing, so always be expecting new music.

A vocal injury? That must create a whole other layer of stress and pressure.
Yeah. That was so brutal. I couldn’t talk for a month. I couldn’t sing for six months. It was very scary. I had to have surgery. It was a hard time for sure, but I’m so happy I’m on the other side of it and I’m talking and I’m singing, and now I really don’t take that for granted.

Especially if things are really looking up, that would’ve been really disappointing when you’ve put so much into getting where you are, just to have that setback. But it sounds like you’re bouncing back even stronger than ever?
Thank you. Yeah, it was a really hard setback, especially because it was right before a tour that I had to cancel, and I had never cancelled any show before, let alone an entire tour. So it was very upsetting. But hopefully I’m going to get a chance to go back to all the cities that I cancelled, and I’m already going back to tons of them on my North American headline tour and now I’m going to Australia.

Does Australia finish the year out for you touring‑wise?
Yeah, that will be my last shows, my last shows will be in Australia and I’m definitely going to extend my trip and explore a bit.

Is there anywhere in particular you want to go? Or a unique Australian experiences… koalas, kangaroos…
Literally you took the words out of my mouth. I was going to say I would like to see a kangaroo and I would like to hug a koala bear. I feel like I need to do all that stuff, like drink from a shoe and all this.

Oh no, you don’t need to drink from a shoe. That’s gross. We can get you plenty of Tim Tams, Vegemite…
Tim Tams, all of that stuff. Honestly, I haven’t seen any of Australia, so I’m going to be happy with whatever I see. But I’m going to have to put a note out to my fans for them to give me all the best recommendations.

What is next for you heading into next year? More touring again, catching up on dates missed, and maybe even another album at some stage?
I’m going to be touring North America through the fall and then I go to Asia with Simple Plan, and then I have Australia. So a lot of touring. Then in the little off time that I have, I will be trying to finish my deluxe album so that could hopefully come out next year.

Is it hard for you to stop and just do anything else but music?
It is hard and it’s also so easy. It depends. I mean, it’s definitely hard because I feel like when I’m relaxing I am kind of beating myself up about it and telling myself I should be working. But I do really appreciate the off days that I can just not connect at all on social media and just watch a movie or go on a walk outside. What a concept!

Interview By Rob Lyon

Catch LØLØ on the following dates at Good Things, tickets HERE…