Radium Dolls Ignite A Reckoning With "Daddy"

Written By: Big C

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A river will churn, an engine will roar, but anger sharpens into clarity. Australia’s Radium Dolls channel unfiltered frustration into their latest single Daddy. This single is a blistering statement against entitlement, racism, and unchecked privilege. The song was sparked by frontman Will Perkins, who witnessed an anti-immigration protest while driving back into Brisbane. Lifted from their forthcoming sophomore album Wound Up, the track erupts with punchy guitars and pointed lyricism, transforming a real-life moment of fury into loud, confrontational, and impossible to ignore. Perkins had to say:

I was driving back into Brisbane and saw people on JetSkis parading around Australia flags in the river and being menacing to other people on the water. It turned out they were protesting some racist dumb shit and I was pissed off, so this song goes out to those clowns and the rich white guy who organised it.

It’s protest rock stripped of metaphor—direct, grounded, and deliberately uncomfortable. That confrontational energy carries into the official music video, directed by Hot Mess alongside Gabrielle Miller. Perkins plays Ray, the song’s antagonist, a caricature of casual cruelty who leaves destruction in his wake across suburban Australia. Absurd and punchy by design, the video weaponizes satire to expose how normalized this behavior has become. "Daddy" arrives as "Wound Up" lands January 30, setting the tone for an album defined by urgency and refusal to disengage. Watch the official video now as Radium Dolls press forward. Connect on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, and Bandcamp.

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