| Bobby Alu | |
| Birth Name: | Charles Robert Fa'agalu Wall |
| Landscape: | yes |
| Background: | person |
| Genre: | Tropical folk |
| Years Active: | 2010–present |
Bobby Alu is a Samoan-Australian musician and singer-songwriter.Alu's mother is from, Samoa, and his father is from Australia.He began learning ukelele at age six, and has played drums professionally with Xavier Rudd. Bobby Alu has released four studio albums since 2010.
Bobby Alu released his eponymous debut album in 2010, and his second album Take It Slow (produced by Paulie Bromley) in 2013.In 2019 Alu released his third album, Flow, which The Australian called "upbeat and uplifting", and which Australian radio station Double J included on their list of the 50 best albums of 2019.During the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020 Alu regularly sang with his mother Foloi. Together they recorded an EP of folk songs sung in Samoan, which was released as Samoa Silasila in 2022.
Keep It Tropical, Alu's fourth album, was released in May 2024. It was described by Songlines magazine as "nothing too demanding, just a finger-tapping sway in a sun-drenched musical hammock." The album charted at #3 on the ARIA Australian Albums Chart.
Bobby Alu was nominated for Best International Pacific Artist at the 2019 Pacific Music Awards. Flow was nominated for an Australian Independent Record Award in 2020.