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Say Nothing (Flume song)

2022 single by Flume featuring May-a

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ110903927 ↗
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"Say Nothing" is a song by Australian electronic musician and producer Flume featuring Australian singer May-a, released through Future Classic on 2 February 2022 as the lead single from his third studio album Palaces (2022). The song was voted into first place on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2022.

At the 2022 ARIA Music Awards, the song was nominated for Best Pop Release, Best Video and Song of the Year.

At the 2022 J Awards, the song's video was nominated for Australian Video of the Year.

At the APRA Music Awards of 2023, the song won Song of the Year and was also nominated for Most Performed Dance/ Electronic Work of the Year.

At the AIR Awards of 2023, the song was nominated for Best Independent Dance, Electronica or Club Single.

Background

In early January 2022 Flume began teasing the release of new music. He shared a short clip titled "2022" on YouTube on 2 January, which featured a compilation of several forthcoming songs. On 28 January 2022 he announced on social media that he would release a collaboration with Australian indie pop singer May-a on 2 February 2022, alongside a snippet from an accompanying music video. Following the release, "Say Nothing" was confirmed as the lead single from his upcoming third studio album Palaces (2022).

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2022, 2023—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2022-02-02. For this dossier, Nothing, Flume and song is the immediate research focus.
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