| Royel Otis | |
| Background: | group_or_band |
| Origin: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genre: | [1] |
| Years Active: | 2019–present |
| Label: | Ourness / House Anxiety |
| Current Members: |
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Royel Otis are an Australian guitar-pop duo from Sydney. The band was formed in 2019 by Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovic. They released three EPs, including Sofa Kings, before their debut studio album, Pratts & Pain, was released in February 2024.
Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovic had known of each other around the Byron Bay area before Pavlovic sent Maddell some demos in 2019, with Maddell claiming this was "the collaboration he'd been chasing his whole life".[2] The band's name is a combination of the first names of Maddell and Pavlovic, respectively.[3]
In October 2021, the duo released their debut EP Campus.[4] This was followed in August 2022, with Bar n Grill.[5] Their third EP Sofa Kings, released in March 2023, peaked at number 43 on the ARIA Charts following its physical release in July 2023.[6] Their song "Going Kokomo" was included in the EA Sports FC 24 soundtrack.[7]
Their debut studio album Pratts & Pain was released on 16 February 2024.[8] [9] In January 2024, their cover of Sophie Ellis-Bextor's song "Murder on the Dancefloor" was played on the Australian radio station Triple J,[10] which reached the ARIA Charts in February.[11] Their cover of The Cranberries' "Linger" reached the Billboard Hot 100 in August 2024.[12]
| Details | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [13] | UK Sales [14] | UK Indie | |||
| Pratts & Pain |
| 10 | 87 | 21 | |
| EP details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [15] | ||||||||||||||
| Campus |
| — | ||||||||||||
| Bar n Grill |
| — | ||||||||||||
| Sofa Kings |
| 43 | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [16] | CAN Rock [17] | IRE [18] | NZ Hot [19] | UK | UK Indie | US [20] | US Rock [21] | US Alt. [22] | |||||||
| "Only One"[23] | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Campus | ||||
| "Without U" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Oysters in My Pocket"[24] | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bar n Grill | ||||
| "Bull Breed"[26] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Motels"[27] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Kool Aid"[28] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sofa Kings | |||||
| "I Wanna Dance with You"[29] | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Sofa King"[30] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | ||||||
| "Going Kokomo"[31] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Adored"[32] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Pratts & Pain | |||||
| "Fried Rice"[33] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Heading for the Door"[34] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Velvet"[35] | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Murder on the Dancefloor" (Like a Version) | 35 | 29 | — | 14 | — | — | — | 41 | 2 |
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| "Foam"[36] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Pratts & Pain | |||||
| "Claw Foot"[37] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Linger" (SiriusXM Session) | 61 | — | 63 | 11 | 84 | 17 | 94 | 16 | 12 | rowspan="2" | |||||
| "Nack Nostalgia"[38] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Til the Morning"[39] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Pratts & Pain (extended) | |||||
| "If Our Love Is Dead"[40] | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | Pratts & Pain (deluxe) | |||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.! |-| rowspan="2"| 2024| Royel Otis| Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year| | rowspan="2"| [41] |-| Sofa Kings| Best Independent Rock Album or EP| |}
The APRA Awards are held in Australia and New Zealand by the Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually.
! |-! scope="row" rowspan="1"| 2024| rowspan="1"| Otis Pavlovic & Royel Maddell | Emerging Songwriter of the Year| |rowspan="1"| [42]
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual award ceremony event celebrating the Australian music industry.
! |-| 2023| Sofa Kings| Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist| | [43] |-| rowspan="8"| 2024| rowspan="4"| Pratts & Pain| Album of the Year| | rowspan="8"| [44] |-| Best Group| |-| Best Rock Album| |-| Best Independent Release| |-| "Murder on the Dance Floor" (Triple J Like a Version)| Song of the Year| |-| Pratts & Pain Tour| Australian Live Act| |-| rowspan="2"| Chris Collins for Royel Otis - Pratts & Pain| Best Produced Release| |-| Best Engineered Release| |}
The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. They commenced in 2005.! |-| 2023| "Kool Aid"| Australian Video of the Year| | [45] |-| 2024|Pratts & Pain| Australian Album of the Year| |[46]
The Rolling Stone Australia Awards are awarded annually by the Australian edition of Rolling Stone magazine for outstanding contributions to popular culture in the previous year.! |-|rowspan="1"| 2024| Royel Otis| Best New Artist| |rowspan="1"| [47] |}