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WHEN SOMEONE DISAPPEARS, IT CAN MAKE YOU QUESTION YOURSELF ⚡

The second October pairing moves from heartbreak into something a little different: absence, identity and what happens when we're left wondering where we stand.

In NiickC — “Where Have You Gone,” silence becomes its own kind of noise.
The calls aren't answered.
There’s no explanation.
And eventually the uncertainty starts turning inward.
That repeated “where have you gone?” becomes bigger than simply missing someone — it's the confusion and overthinking that can slowly close us off when we don't understand why somebody has disappeared.

Then LISA — “SaWaDiKa” crashes through the door with almost the complete opposite energy.
There’s no shrinking here.
Thai identity sits proudly alongside success, luxury and swagger. Bangkok isn't something left behind on the way to becoming a global artist — it's right there in the middle of the celebration.

And that's what makes these two such an interesting pairing.

One captures what can happen when somebody else's absence leaves us questioning ourselves.

The other is about being so firmly present in your own identity that there is absolutely no question who has arrived.

We can't always control who stays, who leaves, or whether they give us an explanation.
But we don't have to disappear with them 💙

Discover October on BTN!

SOMETIMES THE HARDEST PART OF GOODBYE IS NOT KNOWING WHY⚡

October on BTN begins with two songs caught in that horrible space between loving someone and accepting that they may no longer be yours.

In Tones and I — “Mercy,” the relationship is reaching its end, but there’s still something missing: honesty.
Don't soften it.
Don't leave me hanging somewhere between staying and leaving.
Just say it to my face.
There’s something painfully understandable about reaching the point where even hearing “I don't want you” would hurt less than continuing without an answer.

Ally Row — “Adeline” comes at that same loss from the other side.
Instead of asking them for answers, you start asking yourself.
What could I have done differently?
Could I have made this feel like home?
Could I have made them stay?
And maybe that's one of the cruellest things about losing a relationship — once someone is gone, we're left with enough empty space to invent a thousand different versions of how we might have saved it.

Together, these songs open October's theme of connection with something many of us eventually learn:

Sometimes love ends without giving us the answers we wanted.

We can ask them for the truth.

We can search ourselves for what went wrong.
But eventually, somehow, we still have to find our own way forward 💙

Discover October on www.BTN-music.club

OCTOBER ON BTN ⚡🎶

September was about remembering who you are.

October seems to have become about connection — the people we love, the people we lose, the people who drive us slightly insane, and the pieces of ourselves we discover through knowing them.

Across this month’s 12 featured tracks, connection takes a lot of different forms.

There’s the desperate need for honesty when love is ending in Tones and I — “Mercy”, and the regret of wondering whether things could have turned out differently in Ally Row — “Adeline.”

NiickC — “Where Have You Gone” sits inside the uncertainty of somebody suddenly feeling absent, while LISA — “SaWaDiKa” comes from almost the opposite direction — loudly owning identity, confidence and where you come from.

Then life changes shape. Drax Project — “DADA” finds a completely new sense of purpose through becoming a parent, while Corrella — “Not I” plants its feet and refuses to quietly surrender what matters.

October isn't all introspection either. VANITY — “LSD” dives headfirst into love, s*x, diamonds and delicious excess, while Victony — “SLICK” brings flirtation, swagger and a reminder that sometimes music can simply feel bloody good.

Closer to home, WA gets its moment too. Lachy Dods — “Cheesy” asks whether simply saying I love you has somehow become too much, while The Arcade Lights — “Miss Universe” takes a considerably less romantic look at attraction, appearances and the person behind the image.

And finally, two songs that bring the month back to what connection can mean across a lifetime.

Vika & Linda — “Little Baby” welcomes new life with love, culture, ancestry and belonging.

Mark Wilkinson — “Goodbye” stands at the other end — trying to understand how you let go when someone has been part of everything.

Twelve songs. Twelve very different stories.

But somewhere between hello and goodbye, falling in love and letting go, finding our people and finding ourselves, they all seem to return to the same thing:

We leave pieces of ourselves in the people we love.

And we carry pieces of them wherever we may go ❤️‍🔥

Welcome to October on BTN.

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🎵MUSICIANS—I NEED YOUR HELP⚡

A little reminder for all the musicians following BTN Music Club and Uncle Tatt...

Creating a musician profile on BTN is completely FREE.

No subscription. No listing fee. No pay-to-play.

And right now, joining genuinely means more to me than you probably realise.

I've been building BTN because I want it to become something that can support independent musicians without asking musicians to keep reaching into their own pockets.

Today BTN took another little step forward. I've been accepted into a business-support program and will soon be working with a business coach to figure out how I can make BTN financially sustainable — while keeping the core support for musicians FREE.

But to prove that something like BTN is worth investing in, supporting and helping grow...

I NEED YOU 🫵💙

If you're a musician and you've been following what I'm doing, please take a few minutes and create your free BTN musician profile.

Add your music. Tell people who you are.

Become part of the community - even if your not a musician you can still join and support BTN!

Even if you don't need anything from BTN today, your presence helps me demonstrate that musicians actually want a platform like this to exist.

The bigger this community becomes, the stronger my case becomes when I'm knocking on doors looking for funding, partnerships and support to turn BTN into what I know it could be - a place and a way to promote the hard work YOU do!

I'm trying to do my bit....

Now I need a little help from you 💙⚡

Join BTN Music Club.
Create your musician profile.
It's FREE.

And genuinely — thank you for helping me try to make this something. 🎶

⚡ A brief BTN transmission from somewhere beyond reliable internet…

Uncle Tatt has actually been busy — out at gigs, taking photos, listening to live music and generally collecting far more content than he’s managed to get online. 🎶📸

So yes… there’s plenty more coming.

Unfortunately, BTN HQ is currently operating on NBN satellite internet, which appears to be dependent on several highly technical factors — including cloud cover, planetary alignment and whether the donkey uphill has farted recently.... 🫏💨📡

At the moment, uploading anything larger than a strongly worded text message is proving ambitious.

But the gigs have been happening.
The camera has been busy.
The stories are coming.

As soon as the donkey cooperates and the satellite gods reconnect us to civilisation…

stay tuned. ⚡🎶

YOU ARE MORE THAN WHAT SOMEONE ELSE PUTS YOU THROUGH⚡

September's final pairing takes us from one of the month's most confronting songs to probably its most unapologetically fun.

“Receipts” — CYNTA challenges the questions so often directed at someone who's been harmed — what they wore, what they drank, what they did — when the question should always be about the actions of the person responsible. There are things we can learn from our experiences. But somebody else's decision to hurt us isn't something we should have to turn into a reason to blame ourselves.

And then comes “Fendi 2” — Rakhim, Khim & ayvo1o. No analysing. No searching for profound meaning. Just attitude, confidence, excess and a beat that gives us permission to turn everything else off for a minute.

It's an unusual pairing, but maybe there's something important in that contrast.

We can acknowledge what hurt us without allowing it to become everything we are.

We can demand accountability.
We can refuse to carry the blame.

And we can still laugh, dance, be ridiculous, feel confident and enjoy being alive.

Sometimes music helps us face the heavy stuff.

And sometimes it helps us put it down for a while ⚡

And that's where September's journey ends at BTN Music Club.