Key Facts:
- Australian actor Jordie Tomas is launching his music career in 2026 with his debut EP via Community Music, featuring self-produced pop tracks including Catching Feelings and I Hope You're Watching
- His musical journey began at age four with a toy keyboard, progressing to songwriting by nine and self-taught music production by fourteen
- Tomas previously starred in the BAFTA and International Emmy Award-winning series Nowhere Boys, where he also recorded original music
- His latest single Catching Feelings blends 70s-inspired warmth with modern production, exploring queer relationships and emotional vulnerability
- His music production style draws influence from Prince and Ariana Grande, with his work focusing on authentic storytelling and shared musical experiences
ACTOR TURNED POP POWERHOUSE: JORDIE TOMAS IS AN ARTIST TO WATCH
AS HE STEPS INTO THE MUSIC SPOTLIGHT IN 2026
Australian actor Jordie Tomas is officially entering the music arena. Writing and producing his own material, Jordie arrives as a fully formed pop artist with infectious energy, undeniable stage presence and a catalogue of music he's been quietly perfecting behind the scenes.
Jordie's first offering for the year, Catching Feelings is an uplifting pop track blending 70s warmth with modern gloss to explore the tension and heartbreak of a queer connection where emotions arrive too late. Cinematic, sultry, and deeply relatable, the single is the second release from his upcoming debut EP, due in 2026 via Community Music.
"Catching Feelings lives in that alternate world where everything you're thinking gets said out loud. Growing up queer, I've experienced connections where curiosity didn't always come with care — and this song captures the tension, the vulnerability, and the inevitable fallout when feelings go deeper than they were meant to. I kept the production warm and intimate so the story could breathe, before the chorus opens into this overwhelming, dreamlike release — that fleeting moment where everything feels okay." Said, Jordie Tomas.
Jordie has also recently released a defiant pop anthem I Hope You're Watching which was entirely self-produced, taking influence from the sparse and metallic bite of Prince and the luscious vocal production of Ariana Grande. It rejects the performance of pain for someone else's pleasure and highlights the disillusionment of relationships that require you to be low for them to be high.
Music has been embedded in Jordie's DNA from the very beginning. At just four years old, he received a small keyboard complete with microphone and drum machine for Christmas — along with a blow-up bouncy house "stage" that quickly became his first performance arena. By nine, he was writing songs. At fourteen, he