AOTEAROA MUSIC AWARDS 2026

Le Vā

Nominated for 3 major category awards at this year's prestigious national award ceremony for Aotearoa Music

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Le Vā

SINGLE OF THE YEAR

LightBulb

BEST SOLO ARTIST

Ladi6

MUSIC NZ REVIEW:

A good example of this, in execution, is the dancefloor magnet Fractions. It offers a groove-laden flatbed to ride on, before letting slices of citrus brightness filter in to deliriously disorientate you; like you’re taking a ride through tall trees in summer, the light flashing on and off your face, causing delicious dissociation with earthbound concerns. Or as BBZ, puts it – “Free and loose, nothing to lose…”

Read the full article from Bee Trudgeon here:

JD Sports Tā te Iwi People’s Choice Tūī

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LightBulb Ladi6

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SINGLE OF THE YEAR 2026

~ LightBulb ~

The second single release from the newly released album

"Le Vā"

Review:
"Untethered from the mid-tempo drums that have underscored much of her catalogue, Ladi6 sings with a graceful melancholy over a rich bed of bubbling lead synths, woozy pads, triumphant stabs, and a g-funk indebted whistle. Sitting between the ‘60s/’70s modular synthesiser experimentation of Wendy Carlos and Mort Garson and the modern ambient/electronic R&B sound of Kelela, FKA Twigs, Solange and their peers, ‘Lightbulb’ feels like a needed moment of pause, a stylistic reset, and a glorious portent of things yet to come."

- Martyn Pepperell