Brisbane’s rising voice Massy debuts with “Jet 5,” his fast-rolling, bedroom-built debut that is deeply informed by a youthful hunger and possesses an unexpected heartfelt warmth of emotional depth. Recorded in his last year of high school, it also moves with the rush of someone eager to enter the world and start establishing himself under his own rules. It’s lo-fi, unvarnished, and creatively uncorked the kind of debut that documents an artist in progress, juggling self-belief and vulnerability and fast-hit bursts of energy.
“Whiteboyfriend” set the album’s tone with the looseness of something recorded where real life takes place, in a bedroom, between school days and late-night ideas. The beat is playful but earthly, and Massy’s delivery slides between assurance and bared emotion. He weaves his surroundings, persona, and inspirations in a manner that feels youthful but not shallow, using the track as a portal into the headspace he was in while making "Jet 5." It’s the perfect opener to a project that is built on identity and self-discovery.
That honesty extends to “IRL,” as the tone sharpens and the production turns darker and more introspective. The track plays like the pull and push of online identity and the real world, a theme that fits someone who came up while both worlds crashed into each other regularly. Massy’s voice is less wild here, more reflective, measured, and surprisingly mature-sounding. The spare beat provides room for his thoughts to gasp, and it’s one of the loosest moments on the album, but also one of its most grounded, a down-to-earth follow-up to the story he started in track 1.
“The New Market” reverses the pace with a driving clip and beat that seems on edge, almost jittery, reflecting the culture shock Massy felt when he moved from rural towns to city sidewalks. The production buzzes and hums with youthful ambition, keen and fast-paced and in motion; his flow rides the rhythm like a practiced maneuver by muscle memory. It’s one of the album’s clearer hits, a scene setter for joining a new place and getting accustomed quickly. The leap from “IRL” to the mountaintop on this track is a jump shot out of IRL and into the world at full speed.
“Jet 5” is an anchor for the project, a mission statement, and an homage to the community around him. The production combines warmth and bounce, which makes it feel like a grounded anthem for optimism, evidence that mirrors the song’s message: equality, loyalty, and standing strong against pressure. Massy seems most comfortable here, rapping with the self-assurance that comes from someone who is deciding exactly what kind of world he wants to create. The track is a thread that binds the album’s themes and acts as the crystallization of the movement from which its name derives, whether personal or communal.
“Mula” is bolder; it’s a victory lap of youth powered by adrenaline and self-made swagger. It’s got a lively, mischievous beat to it, the kind of thing that buries the grin behind every line. Massy goes all in on the fun here, toasting success and ambition, reveling in the thrill of his swift rise. “Mula” closes out the setlist with a jolt of electricity, proving just how young, hungry, and ambitious he is.
In “Jet 5,” Massy sets a confident first flag in the Australian rap landscape, and he delivers it on a debut that’s fast and instinctual, full of potential waiting to explode forward. Over the course of 14 short-but-tight tracks, he folds bedroom-made grit with considerate storytelling, proving his precocious understanding of who he is and where he’s headed. This project may be him introducing himself, but it has the momentum of an artist picking up speed.