Oni Kidman Releases her New Candid EP If These Walls Could Talk
Oni Kidman Releases her New Candid EP If These Walls Could Talk
August 24th, 2026
Following the July 31st release of her prizewinning song ‘Fragile Little Egos‘, rising singer-songwriter Oni Kidman has now released her candid new 5-track EP If These Walls Could Talk.
Kidman says, “If These Walls Could Talk is a collection of songs about the people, feelings, and experiences that have occupied my mind over the last few years. From heartbreak and rejection to celebrity crushes and insecurity, these songs are a glimpse into a world that, for the most part, only my bedroom walls have known.”
The beauty of this collection is that, while the songs share Kidman’s own private reflections, they also convey feelings – and experences – that are completely relateable to young people the world over.
This relateability is seen in the international acclaim of ‘Fragile Little Egos’, which placed third in the Unpublished category of the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) 2025, making Kidman the most successful Aotearoa New Zealand songwriter of the 2025 competition, as noted by NZ Musician. The same song also saw Kidman getting as far as the ISC semi-finals in the Pop/Top 40 category.
Kidman says, “‘Fragile Little Egos’ is an unapologetic response to the culture of online hate. It explores the battle between self-doubt and self-acceptance, navigating your way through ridicule and judgement from strangers online, and realising they’re not worth your time and energy in the first place.”
“They wake up in their lonely beds and start their lonely lives
Then they jump onto the internet and tear people down online
To feed their fragile little egos…”
Kidman’s Dad, renowned songwriter/musician/producer Rikki Morris, secretly entered ‘Fragile Little Egos’ into the 2025 International Songwriting Competition – so its success came as a huge surprise to her.
Morris is no stranger to quality songwriting (among many things, he wrote the massive 1988 hit ‘Nobody Else’), and says, “‘Fragile Little Egos’ is SUCH a great song. That’s why I (secretly) entered it in the International Songwriting Competition. I KNEW it would do well.”
Kidman teamed up with her cousin Maude Minnie Morris to record the EP If These Walls Could Talk; Morris was the resident engineer at renowned Tamaki Makaurau studio Big Pop for 8 years.
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Rising singer-songwriter Oni Kidman is making waves in New Zealand’s pop scene with her emotionally charged songwriting and sharp lyrical wit. At just 22, the Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland-based artist is turning emotional chaos into catchy, cathartic songs, blending sarcasm with raw vulnerability, to craft music that resonates deeply with listeners.
At 19 Kidman released her debut EP Screw Society. The EP included ‘Living Without You’ – which also made the International Songwriting Competition semi-finals – while the title track, ‘Screw Society’, is an energetic, highly infectious, country pop song, written with wisdom beyond the years of its teenage writer.
Last year Kidman released the single ‘House To Myself’, the first track from her forthcoming EP If The Walls Could Talk to a great reception.
With her signature mix of honest lyricism, infectious melodies, and a touch of dark humor, Oni Kidman is carving out a unique space in the pop world.