A key part of being Australian is taking ownership of the world’s idea of us. Whether a tourist needs to know about Vegemite, or we are trying to convince a Taxi driver in NYC that we do, in fact, ride our pet kangaroo to work (true story), we are obsessed with taking ownership of every good thing our far and away continent has to offer. Naturally when it comes to music, we take this up a notch.
Let’s be real: Keith Urban is our chief musical export. Once, I even ‘had’ to argue with an American about the musician’s nationality. However I do promise you, he is Australian. And therefore, even though he now lives in Nashville and sounds more like one of your swish country music stars, Aussie’s hold him up and say, “Yes, we have contributed something