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The Paper Kites

Data updated on 2025-04-25 09:28:58 UTC
Few bands are capable of aiming for as many stand out cultural moments as The Paper Kites. Even fewer are able to meaningfully connect every single time, but that’s the humble and surprising achievement of a band innovating and energizing with each release. Six albums deep, their music has been streamed over a billion times, with more than eight million monthly listeners on Spotify. Audiences globally have fallen in love with, and to, their blend of folk/rock/Americana, with the band’s artistry both on record and the stage developing a dedicated community of Paper Kites devotees.

With a decade of global touring under their hats, playing at iconic venues, The Paper Kites tug on the heartstrings like few other acts whenever they perform live, compelling audiences to feel every single note.

Their live reputation is only matched by the strength of their discography — one cannot thrive without the other. Perennial fan-favourite ‘Bloom’, off the Woodland EP, has been certified platinum in the Netherlands, Canada, Italy, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as in the US. The RIAA platinum certification saw them enter rarified air as one of the few Australian artists to receive such an honour. Closer to home, and At The Roadhouse was nominated for an ARIA Award in 2024 for Best Blues & Roots Album, while 2018’s On The Corner Where You Live was nominated for Best Adult Contemporary Album at the 2019 ARIA Awards.

Genres

: indie folk

Total plays

1.9 billion
Updated on 2025-04-25

Country

Australia

Monthly listeners

6,553,483

Followers

859,223

Top Cities

  1. Australia
    119,611 listeners
  2. United Kingdom
    81,072 listeners
  3. Australia
    87,643 listeners
  4. Netherlands
    71,398 listeners
  5. United States
    69,954 listeners

Most popular tracks

Track Plays Duration Release date
Bloom - Bonus Track
Bloom - Bonus Track
723,716,541 3:30 2011-07-01
Paint
Paint
251,835,091 3:12 2012-09-07
Arms
Arms
108,038,042 3:24 2018-04-18
Featherstone
Featherstone
100,765,377 3:50 2011-07-01
For All You Give
For All You Give
87,771,632 3:11 2020-08-21
Woodland
Woodland
81,593,092 3:52 2011-07-01
On the Train Ride Home
On the Train Ride Home
50,382,936 3:47 2018-04-18
Electric Indigo
Electric Indigo
34,518,193 3:44 2015-07-03
Willow Tree March
Willow Tree March
34,506,691 4:37 2011-07-01
Tin Lover
Tin Lover
28,822,308 3:20 2013-09-02
Tenenbaum
Tenenbaum
28,183,682 3:39 2013-09-02
Walk Above the City
Walk Above the City
27,594,145 4:00 2021-02-05
Nothing More Than That
Nothing More Than That
25,368,295 3:02 2018-04-18
Halcyon
Halcyon
24,574,486 3:59 2011-07-01
Without Your Love
Without Your Love
21,313,332 3:31 2020-11-13
St Clarity
St Clarity
16,248,962 3:48 2013-06-24
Standing in the Rain
Standing in the Rain
13,447,271 3:42 2018-04-18
Never Heard a Sound
Never Heard a Sound
13,299,345 2:55 2013-09-02
By My Side
By My Side
12,918,253 4:16 2020-09-25
Revelator Eyes
Revelator Eyes
12,179,987 4:22 2015-08-21
Take Me Home
Take Me Home
10,154,596 4:54 2021-03-12
Deep Burn Blue
Deep Burn Blue
8,313,606 4:39 2018-09-21
Till the Flame Turns Blue
Till the Flame Turns Blue
8,116,511 4:05 2023-04-07
The Sweet Sound of You
The Sweet Sound of You
7,468,979 4:58 2023-02-24
It’s Not Like You
It’s Not Like You
7,436,697 3:59 2018-04-18
Give Me Your Fire, Give Me Your Rain
Give Me Your Fire, Give Me Your Rain
7,156,130 3:32 2018-09-21
Don't Keep Driving
Don't Keep Driving
7,009,780 5:21 2018-09-21
Too Late
Too Late
6,830,695 6:14 2015-08-21
The Mortal Boy King
The Mortal Boy King
6,814,635 5:06 2011-07-01
Holes - twelvefour outtake
Holes - twelvefour outtake
6,744,681 4:29 2017-01-13
Climb on Your Tears
Climb on Your Tears
6,303,035 6:04 2020-12-18
A Maker Of My Time
A Maker Of My Time
6,178,892 3:36 2012-09-07
Malleable Beings
Malleable Beings
5,850,056 5:05 2013-09-02
Leopold Street
Leopold Street
5,725,910 3:27 2012-09-07
A Silent Cause
A Silent Cause
5,651,542 4:24 2015-08-21
Turns Within Me, Turns Without Me
Turns Within Me, Turns Without Me
4,892,792 3:54 2015-08-21
Hurts so Good
Hurts so Good
4,841,177 4:56 2023-05-19
Black & Thunder
Black & Thunder
4,566,586 5:01 2023-06-30
A Gathering on 57th
A Gathering on 57th
4,446,913 1:31 2018-09-21
Only One
Only One
4,439,354 4:12 2018-04-18
Kiss The Grass
Kiss The Grass
4,335,016 4:05 2012-09-07
Renegade
Renegade
4,199,175 3:55 2015-08-21
Young
Young
4,149,433 3:42 2013-09-02
Does It Ever Cross Your Mind
Does It Ever Cross Your Mind
3,929,147 2:44 2018-09-21
Bleed Confusion
Bleed Confusion
3,455,294 4:21 2015-08-21
Flashes
Flashes
3,192,580 4:05 2018-09-21
When It Hurts You
When It Hurts You
3,102,699 4:53 2018-09-21
Neon Crimson
Neon Crimson
3,041,740 4:23 2015-08-21
I'm Lying To You Cause I'm Lost
I'm Lying To You Cause I'm Lost
2,783,905 3:33 2015-08-21
On the Corner Where You Live
On the Corner Where You Live
2,690,005 4:36 2018-09-21
Between the Houses
Between the Houses
2,635,888 4:45 2018-04-18
Dearest
Dearest
2,547,862 3:15 2021-03-12
When Our Legs Grew Tall
When Our Legs Grew Tall
2,521,302 3:28 2012-09-07
Woke Up From A Dream
Woke Up From A Dream
2,336,661 4:45 2015-08-21
How Long
How Long
2,249,029 3:37 2018-04-18
I Don't Want to Go That Way
I Don't Want to Go That Way
2,097,607 5:24 2023-08-04
Pocket Full of Rain
Pocket Full of Rain
2,056,527 3:51 2023-09-01
St. Clarity (Mahogany Sessions)
St. Clarity (Mahogany Sessions)
1,930,965 2:32 2018-02-09
Midtown Waitress
Midtown Waitress
1,915,342 5:19 2018-09-21
Gates
Gates
1,867,908 4:41 2013-09-02
Mess We Made
Mess We Made
1,844,892 5:13 2018-09-21
Steal My Heart Away
Steal My Heart Away
1,808,079 5:48 2021-03-12
Red Light
Red Light
1,671,132 5:25 2018-09-21
Crossfire
Crossfire
1,554,729 5:18 2021-03-12
Tenenbaum - Mahogany Sessions
Tenenbaum - Mahogany Sessions
1,516,504 3:33 2018-04-06
I Done You so Wrong
I Done You so Wrong
1,488,761 7:13 2013-09-02
Living Colour
Living Colour
1,479,934 4:24 2013-09-02
Portrait 19
Portrait 19
1,392,869 4:47 2013-09-02
Midnight Moon
Midnight Moon
1,345,153 3:44 2023-09-01
Breathing Fighting Love - twelvefour outtake
Breathing Fighting Love - twelvefour outtake
1,342,580 3:21 2017-01-13
A Lesson From Mr. Gray
A Lesson From Mr. Gray
1,301,742 4:37 2013-09-02
Cold Kind Hand
Cold Kind Hand
1,256,840 4:02 2013-09-02
In Reverie
In Reverie
1,164,756 3:50 2013-09-02
Lonely
Lonely
1,130,123 3:42 2021-03-12
June's Stolen Car
June's Stolen Car
892,165 5:29 2023-08-25
Marietta
Marietta
617,983 5:25 2023-09-01
Good Nights Gone
Good Nights Gone
601,771 6:20 2023-09-01
Rolling on Easy
Rolling on Easy
562,871 5:09 2023-09-01
Green Valleys
Green Valleys
477,207 4:26 2023-09-01
Burn the Night Away
Burn the Night Away
428,582 5:28 2023-09-01
Maria, It's Time
Maria, It's Time
374,078 4:24 2023-09-01
Mercy
Mercy
334,060 5:28 2023-09-01
Darkness at My Door
Darkness at My Door
317,151 5:20 2023-09-01

New releases

At the Roadhouse
At the Roadhouse
2023-09-01
[Sony Music Entertainment]
At the Roadhouse
At the Roadhouse
2023-09-01
[Nettwerk Music Group]
June's Stolen Car
June's Stolen Car
2023-08-25
[Nettwerk Music Group]
I Don't Want to Go That Way
I Don't Want to Go That Way
2023-08-04
[Nettwerk Music Group]
Black & Thunder
Black & Thunder
2023-06-30
[Nettwerk Music Group]
Hurts so Good
Hurts so Good
2023-05-19
[Nettwerk Music Group]
Till the Flame Turns Blue
Till the Flame Turns Blue
2023-04-07
[Nettwerk Music Group]
The Sweet Sound of You
The Sweet Sound of You
2023-02-24
[Nettwerk Music Group]
Roses
Roses
2021-03-12
[Nettwerk Music Group]
Roses
Roses
2021-03-12
[Wonderlick]
Walk Above the City
Walk Above the City
2021-02-05
[Nettwerk Music Group]
Climb on Your Tears
Climb on Your Tears
2020-12-18
[Nettwerk Music Group]
Without Your Love
Without Your Love
2020-11-13
[Nettwerk Music Group]
By My Side
By My Side
2020-09-25
[Nettwerk Music Group]
For All You Give
For All You Give
2020-08-21
[Nettwerk Music Group]
On the Corner Where You Live
On the Corner Where You Live
2018-09-21
[Wonderlick]
On the Corner Where You Live
On the Corner Where You Live
2018-09-21
[Nettwerk Music Group]
On the Train Ride Home
On the Train Ride Home
2018-04-18
[Wonderlick]
On the Train Ride Home
On the Train Ride Home
2018-04-18
[Nettwerk Music Group]
Tenenbaum (Mahogany Sessions)
Tenenbaum (Mahogany Sessions)
2018-04-06
[Nettwerk Music Group]
St. Clarity (Mahogany Sessions)
St. Clarity (Mahogany Sessions)
2018-02-09
[Mahogany Sessions]
twelvefour: outtakes
twelvefour: outtakes
2017-01-13
[Wonderlick]
twelvefour: outtakes
twelvefour: outtakes
2017-01-13
[Nettwerk Music Group]
Turns Within Me, Turns Without Me
Turns Within Me, Turns Without Me
2015-09-03
[Wonderlick Entertainment]
twelvefour
twelvefour
2015-08-28
[Nettwerk Music Group]
twelvefour
twelvefour
2015-08-21
[Wonderlick]
Electric Indigo
Electric Indigo
2015-07-03
[Wonderlick]
States
States
2013-09-30
[Nettwerk Music Group]
States
States
2013-09-02
[Wonderlick]
St Clarity
St Clarity
2013-06-24
[Wonderlick]
Woodland
Woodland
2013-03-05
[Nettwerk Music Group]
Young North
Young North
2013-03-05
[Nettwerk Music Group]
Young North
Young North
2012-09-07
[The Paper Kites]
Woodland
Woodland
2011-07-01
[The Paper Kites]