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triple j audience
goes nuts for first ever
‘Requestival’

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With more than 73,000 song requests and counting, the triple j audience has gone absolutely nuts for the first ever Requestival!

After handing over the aux cord to listeners on Monday morning, triple j’s Requestival has grown into a wild beast. The radio sounds like nothing you’ve heard before, the textline is going off and triple j’s app is being inundated with emoji reactions with every new song that’s spun.

We’ve played triple j faves, classic tracks that we’ve never played before, one hit wonders, love song dedications, theme songs and much more.

triple j listeners have also requested a ton of their favourite local artists, with some artists getting their first triple j play during Requestival.

Yesterday on triple j’s Good Nights, Bridget Hustwaite played ‘Break the Rules’ by Melbourne artist IJALE for the first time on triple j. This morning on Breakfast, upcoming female NZ rapper JessB received her first play during triple j Breakfast when Sally & Erica played her single ‘Mood’, and many more!

Things have gotten really weird, like when people requested Beethoven’s ‘Fifth Symphony’ and John Cena’s entrance music.

But things have also been very moving, like when triple j Mornings host Lucy Smith noticed that two listeners from Armadale had both requested ‘Fuck Em Only We Know’ by BANKS, because it had played when they first met their partners. Both of them had separately and unknowingly requested it about one another… Cute!

And if there’s one thing that Requestival proves it’s that guilty pleasures are no longer a thing according to Millennials and Zoomers, as 71% of requestors so far have been under 30, with almost half (48%) aged under 24.

We want to say a big thank you to all triple j’s requestors so far… Keep those weird and wonderful requests coming.

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