Annie-Rose Maloney
Gaga is proud to welcome Annie-Rose Maloney to the Gaga Publising stable. We're overjoyed to be working with her incredible songs, and we can't wait to see what's ahead.
Annie-Rose Maloney writes country-ish music about the deep kernels of pain we all carry around in our pockets.
Fast becoming a favourite in the alt-folk worlds, Annie-Rose has already supported the likes of Andy Shauf, Angel Olsen, Hurray for the Riff Raff, and Angie McMahon, despite only releasing her debut album Circle Walking in February 2025.
Her recent single A Bit of Love gained acclaim from NME - who added it to their global New Bangers playlist - as well as from Rolling Stone, who described it as a "delicate, introspective opener," and The AU Review, who called it "a beautiful, idiosyncratic, and quietly devastating slice of alt-folk that really hits you in the feels." It has received airplay on Double J, ABC Country, Triple R, PBS FM, and a slew of glowing reviews on Unearthed, including a 5-star review from Tommy Faith, who wrote: “This might be my favourite single so far from 2025. Special, special song.”
Raised on Wadawurrung Country with a piano in the house and a granny who yodelled at bedtime, Annie-Rose grew up immersed in the sounds of K.D. Lang’s Hymns of the 49th Parallel, The Be Good Tanyas, and The Waifs. After playing a One Day International (ODI) for the Australian women’s cricket team against India in 2011, she started (and ended) her first award-winning band, Murdena, before spending the next decade honing her solo project — now fully realised.
Annie-Rose has a simple ethos when it comes to writing songs: they must have a pulse, feel good to sing, and bear a truthfulness about the human experience. Her assured presence holds audiences gently as she leads them through moments of heartbreak, loneliness, and elation.
Circle Walking was recorded in a living room in Heidelberg, in Naarm/Melbourne’s northeast, with co-producer Tim Harvey (Aldous Harding, Jade Imagine, Lisa Mitchell). The record also features Jess Ellwood on guitar, backing vocals from Angie McMahon, Ruby Gill, and Olivia Hally (Oh Pep!), with McMahon and Gill also contributing keys on Time For Gladys and A Bit of Love respectively.
