REDD. Brings the Chaos With Debut Mixtape 'RAUNCH'

What is raunch? It’s a full body shudder. A cracked mirror held up to a world obsessed with polish. In the hands of 19 year old Melbourne phenom REDD., 'RAUNCH' is a manifesto. A sound. A sweaty, glitter smudged scream into the void. It’s also the name of their debut mixtape, a genre-less, fearless 9 track fire starter that bulldozes expectations and slaps a fresh coat of fluorescent paint on what it means to be a pop star in 2025.

'RAUNCH' is a sonic tantrum thrown by someone who’s spent too long watching other people pretend. 

“The lamest thing anyone can do is try and be someone else” 

'RAUNCH' is the product of years of quiet obsession, hours alone in front of a family piano, self taught drum riffs in the midst of lockdown, deep dives into Ableton and YouTube production tutorials while the rest of the world doomscrolled. Music wasn’t handed to REDD., they hunted it down, clawed it into existence. Every note on 'RAUNCH' drips with that same claw marked intensity.

First came the riotous warehouse sets and early drops like 'BRITNEY IN 03.' a bratty, sleaze drenched anthem that caught fire like kerosene on lip gloss. But 'RAUNCH', recorded across Melbourne, Sydney, LA, and New York, goes wider and weirder. It doesn’t make sense, until it does. Because the throughline here isn’t genre. It’s REDD.

Take “FUGH SHI.” for instance, a chaotic shot of punk aimed at musical mediocrity. REDD. shouts down the beige with lines like 

“I just wanna make noise, fuck the subtle shit” 

It's equal parts tantrum and truth bomb. That defiance carries into “JEANS SO BAGGY.” a weirdo electronica jam that stains, freaks, and giving zero damns.

But 'RAUNCH' isn’t one dimensional. “PUSH ME AWAY.” and “BAD DAYS.” show the bruised underbelly. These tracks tap into the aching emo core heartbeat beneath REDD.’s bravado, giving us moments of rawness that make the louder ones hit even harder. Especially “BAD DAYS.” which feels like the emotional axis of the whole thing, a song that doesn’t run from the dark, but embraces it.

Amid the album’s high octane moments, the slow burn of TWO YEARS.' is a punky ballad provides a striking emotional contrast. Stripped of urgency, the track leans into raw vulnerability. It’s a moment of quiet devastation that lingers longer than the louder peaks from the rest of 'RAUNCH.'.

REDD. is hitting the road in July to bring 'RAUNCH.' to a city near you alongside Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers

'RAUNCH' is a self made genre bending coming of age story, and a step in the right direction for REDD.

“I just wanted to do whatever the fuck I wanted to do” 

That’s raunch.