Good morning, welcome.
I'm Gannon Waye
I'm a singer songwriter from Melbourne, Australia. Thank you for being here. I'm really excited you're visiting, and I hope you enjoy spending a little time with my music and the stories behind it.
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My storyNew Single · Out Now
Gannon Waye · Released 25 September 2026
I'm really proud to have released my third single, Set Free. Written from the depths of everything I survived, this pop single is about reclaiming your voice, protecting your peace and choosing what happens next. Have a listen here.
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Welcome
This is more than music.
This is choosing yourself.
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About
The Story
I was born and raised in Adelaide and now call Melbourne home. We did not have the money for formal music lessons, no matter how often I asked, cried or begged, but that never weakened the drive. I learned by taking every chance available: leading school choirs, singing in church and eventually serving as a worship minister.
I think deeply, feel deeply, and notice what others often miss. I'm obsessed with travel and culture. I care about people's wellbeing, sometimes more than they even realise about themselves. That perspective finds its way into everything I write.
I've been misunderstood and mislabelled more times than I can count. But I've learned that being misunderstood doesn't mean you're wrong. It often means you're seeing something others aren't ready for yet.
I didn't truly love myself
until I was 33.
Before that, I woke up
every day wishing
I could be someone else.
That fear of abandonment
ran my life.
Then something shifted
and for the first time,
I didn't want to be
anyone else.
Gannon Waye
My journey has not been simple. Childhood was shaped by family violence, an abusive father and a mother who struggled to regulate overwhelming emotion. In adulthood I survived abusive relationships, coercive control, addiction, PTSD and the loss of Mum. Each time life knocked me down, music gave me a way to stand again.
The stages kept coming: I twice reached the grand final of Adelaide's Search for a Star, reached the Top 100 of Australian Idol, performed as a drag artist and opened Feast Festival in 2012. But the purpose is not trophies or fame. It is finding the voice I was denied and using it to reach someone else.
I'm Still Here brings that purpose together. It is for the person searching for a song that can say what they cannot yet say, and for anyone who needs proof that being knocked down is not the end of the story.
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For all of your support. It’s been such an honour to gift you with this music.
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Music
Thank you. Without you here, I’m set free. But will you even listen?
“Will You Even Listen?” is an upcoming single.
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Mission
To reach people who need a voice or a song for what they cannot yet say through independent, emotionally honest music and storytelling.
Biography
Gannon Waye is an Adelaide-born, Melbourne-based independent singer songwriter. Raised without access to formal music lessons, he built his voice through school choirs, church, worship ministry, drag performance and community stages. His contemporary pop work transforms grief, family violence, abusive relationships, addiction, PTSD and rebuilding into honest music for people who need to feel less alone.
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