Named among Rolling Stone AU/NZ’s Future of Music list earlier this year, Ninajirachi has officially gone from underground trailblazer to ARIA frontrunner.
The electronic artist is ending a milestone year with a bang, leading the 2025 ARIA Awards with a record eight nominations on her first-ever appearance, off the back of her debut album I Love My Computer.
Sure to make waves at the ceremony on November 19th, her nominations include Album of the Year, Best Solo Artist, Best Dance/Electronic Release, and Best Produced Release.
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“It’s actually pretty overwhelming but it’s awesome,” she tells Rolling Stone AU/NZ from New York, where she’s mid-tour. “I have a pretty small team and they’re all my friends, and they broke the news to me. I’ve never released an album and I’ve never even been to the ARIAs, so it’s cool to go from that to just… this, all of a sudden.”
25-year-old Ninajirachi, real name Nina Wilson, has built her career on collaboration and community. Much of I Love My Computer was made alongside longtime friends like Wave Racer (real name Thomas Purcell), John You, and Aria Zarzycki. That collective spirit, she said, makes the nominations feel even more special.
The album looks back on her experiences growing up during the early days of the internet, and features a string of previously released singles including “All I Am” (her first ARIA-charting song), “Fuck My Computer”, and “It’s You”. It followed her 2022 mixtape Second Nature and builds on her reputation for crafting intricate, otherworldly EDM.
“It feels really good to have done this all together, and I love being able to share this success with them too,” she says.
For an artist who never set out with awards in mind, Ninajirachi sees the moment as an unexpected crossover between the underground electronic world she comes from and the mainstream spotlight.
“I do think I made a good album, and it’s worthy of this. But I’m really happily surprised, I’m really grateful and happy that other people also seem to think so. Me and my friends, we’re just making music for the fun of it, and for this to happen, it’s a really crazy crossover. It really means a lot.”
That crossover is already resonating beyond Australia. Since 2023, she has been steadily breaking into the US market. She signed with Nine Las Vegas’ label NLV records, has played the likes of Lollapalooza and EDC Las Vegas, and has been selling out her debut album tour across New York, Los Angeles, and beyond. The electronic artist was also one of four Australian acts recently named on the Coachella 2026 lineup.
“It’s expensive and hard to make it happen, to leave Australia and tour, but when people show up, know the songs, and even think it’s cool that I’m Australian, it feels amazing,” she says of her time in the States.
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Despite a career-defining year, she insisted there’s no pressure to “top” it.
“A lot of this is new to me, but I’ve been making and releasing music for a long time without any of this success, and I was having a great time doing that as well. So if it doesn’t keep going this way, or if it doesn’t top that, I’m still going to keep having a good time too,” she says.
“If anything, I just feel more freedom and have more resources now, which is really cool.”
For Ninajirachi, the nominations are not just a personal win, but a testament to what happens when underground passion projects break through to the surface. “This wasn’t a goal I had. It’s just a super awesome bonus. I’m really grateful.”
The 2025 ARIA Awards will take place at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on November 19th. Other nominated artists include Dom Dolla, Amyl and the Sniffers, Royel Otis, and Hilltop Hoods.
