Rock Pop from Bailey Perrie

Western Australia-based artist Bailey Perrie has spent the last several years making an impact in the overlap of pop appeal the punch and attitude of rock. Since making her debut in 2020, the singer-songwriter has expanded her catalogue and international reach, earning awards, Grammy consideration and a growing audience along the way. Driving her music is an abundance of memorable hooks and meaningful lyrics, pairing energetic arrangements with stories that feel at once highly personal and widely relatable.

Bailey’s progression has been marked by an ability to keep moving and ever since her debut single, “Surely,” introduced the beginning of her journey, she quickly develop through a succession of releases and alternate versions, eventually leading to her first full-length album, Emergence, in 2023. Eschewing a single formula, she’s continued to take her songwriting forward, with her subsequent records and singles reflecting an artist intent on expanding her sound while strengthening the connection with listeners around the world.

This year, that forward motion has continued with the release of You Know You Kinda Like It, an album that forms part of a catalogue built independently and supported by millions of Spotify spins. Its arrival was followed by “The Villain,” a single that brought a more playfully defiant streak to the forefront; driven by confidence and a taste for rebellion, the track explored the freedom of stepping outside impossible expectations and not letting other people’s opinions dictate how you live. It’s a perspective that fits perfectly within Bailey’s pop rock output, where energy and personal expression collide in spectacular fashion.

Now, her brand new single titled “How You Won Me Over” turns towards a different sort of revelation altogether and while “The Villain” embraced the liberation of challenging expectations, this new release finds its emotional context in discovering the person behind them. An upbeat pop rock track built around driving guitars and an infectious chorus, it examines the softer side of someone whose public image might suggest distance, indifference or a hesitation to let anyone close. The song frames the person who seems cool, guarded or nonchalant to everyone else can reveal an entirely different character in private, someone caring, dependable and unafraid to express love openly.

Through that shift in perspective, Bailey takes a familiar relationship experience and gives it the type of energetic, hook-focused treatment that her fans have come to love. Brought in by the bubble of synth and strums of acoustic guitar, Bailey’s fluttering voice glides above as the lively rattle of rustling drums injects a driving momentum. Swelling with surging instrumentation, the track erupts into an anthemic pop punk outing stacked with charing guitars, punching drums and impassioned vocals carrying infectious melodic leads, resulting in an epic, singalong musical moment that’s exhilarating, catchy and thematically engaging from start to finish.

The release follows “Better Off Alone,” continuing a run of guitar-driven singles that reflects the latest chapter of Bailey’s songwriting. Across her recent material, she moves between self-assertion, rebellion and the emotion that comes with allowing another person to be understood on their own terms. Those themes give her music an accessible thread while the pop punk influence keeps the arrangements lively and truly enthralling. With “How You Won Me Over,” Bailey Perrie continues to shine as one of Australia’s must watch musical exports.

Listen to How You Won Me Over below

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