Thelma Plum, an Indigenous singer-songwriter-guitarist from Delungra, New South Wales, debut album, Better in Blak, was released in July 2019 and peaked at No. 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart. With some explicit lyrics that go to the heart of teenage angst and a keen wit to tell it as it is, Plum in her own words said: I wrote 'Bette [+]
Thelma Plum, an Indigenous singer-songwriter-guitarist from Delungra, New South Wales, debut album, Better in Blak, was released in July 2019 and peaked at No. 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart. With some explicit lyrics that go to the heart of teenage angst and a keen wit to tell it as it is, Plum in her own words said: I wrote 'Better in Blak' about my experiences with people trying to take the colour from the conversation. My colour is an important part of who I am, and over the last couple of years I've had people try and tell me 'it's not about colour' when obviously to me it is. Laura English from Music Feeds said 'The track is all about the frustrating experiences Plum faces as a Gamilaraay woman and musician' saying: it is an emotional, cathartic song that sees honest lyrics coupled with upbeat, danceable beats. [...]
