“Milkumana” by King Stingray

"Milkumana" was the third single from King Stingray's self-titled debut album, which arrived in 2022, and the Australian band took its title from Yolŋu Matha, where the word means showing, sharing and handing down knowledge through story and song. They framed it as a song about leadership: everyone under the same sun and in the same boat, heading somewhere brighter, with role models setting a good example for the generation coming up.

Jerome Gotjirringu Yunupingu sings lead and Dimathaya Burarrwanga adds backing vocals; Yunupingu wrote it with Roy Kellaway, who produced, and Justin Stanley added production and mixed it. The prizes piled up: Song of the Year at the 2022 National Indigenous Music Awards, first place in that year's Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition, and APRA nods in 2022 and 2023.

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