Thelma Plum is a 24-year-old Gamilaraay woman, musician, and creator. She grew up in Brisbane and spent many of her childhood years on her grandparents’ farm in Delungra, a small country town in rural New South Wales. She has been making music for her whole life but hasn’t always been ready to share her story — until now.

Thelma Plum’s debut album, Better In Blak, is a story about culture, heritage, love, and pain. With incredible strength, courage, and heartbreaking tenderness, her debut captures so deftly what it’s like to be a young Aboriginal woman in Australia.

Since releasing her 2014 EP Monsters, Thelma has been through a lot.
“On this album, I speak about how it feels being an Aboriginal woman in this country. When I was younger, I wasn’t ready to share this side of me, but I’ve grown a lot in the past few years, and that’s changed,” says Thelma.