Song · Royel Otis
“Car” by Royel Otis
From the album hickey (2025)
“Car” by Royel Otis appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2025. It was first released in 2025 on the album hickey. Its best result is #21 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2025. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #175 alternative song of 2025.
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"Car" rides along on hickey, the second album from Australian guitar-pop duo Royel Otis, which arrived in August 2025 through Ourness and Capitol, a record the pair named for the way love bites harder than anything else you can feel. Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovic wrote it with producers Omer Fedi and Blake Slatkin and share the vocals; Maddell and Fedi trade guitar and bass, Fedi and Slatkin lay on the synthesizers, Joey Waronker sits behind the kit, and Ben Baptie mixed.
It's glossy and bruised at once, which is the whole album's trick: critics heard heartbreak and messy breakups all over hickey, and one called it the duo's most emotionally charged work yet. Jamieson Kerr's video for "Car" earned a Best Video nomination at the 2025 ARIA Music Awards.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2025 | 100 |
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