Song · Illy
“Then What” by Illy
“Then What” by Illy appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2019. Its best result is #68 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2019. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #275 alternative song of 2019.
Australian rapper Illy put out "Then What" in May 2019 as the first single from The Space Between, his sixth album, which didn't arrive until 2021. The song takes stock of everything that shifted after his previous album, Two Degrees, took off in 2016, and it zeroes in on the fair-weather crowd: the people who turn up when things are going well and drift away as soon as he goes quiet to make new music. Talking to Ben & Liam on Triple J, he said he finds it more funny than depressing, a cliché that happens to be true.
It peaked at 33 on the ARIA chart and went platinum, and at the 2020 APRA Music Awards it was up for Most Performed Urban Work of the Year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 68 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2019 | 100 |
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