Royel Otis Tickets

Royel Otis is a band made up of Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovic. Royel plays guitar. Otis sings.

The pair grew up around Bondi Beach, meeting while working odd jobs in the bars and cafés that line the area. They landed in the studio as almost strangers, quickly realising they shared a knack for bright melodies, razor-sharp hooks and songs that feel like a hit of nostalgia. Their sound channels the excitement of firsts: first gig, first crush, first hickey. It’s warm, addictive and instantly recognisable.

They broke through with their debut album PRATTS & PAIN, alongside their viral covers of The Cranberries’ Linger and Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Murder on the Dancefloor. Their version of Murder on the Dancefloor hit #1 on the US Alternative Airplay Chart, while their Linger cover collected more than 220 million global streams and earned the band their first Billboard Hot 100 entry. Original tracks like Oysters in My Pocket and Sofa King followed suit, picking up hundreds of millions of streams and constant momentum on TikTok. Critics took note too, with Zane Lowe calling them “nuts, just NUTS,” and outlets like Billboard, NME, Rolling Stone, NPR and Clash championing their rise.

Their live reputation keeps growing. Onstage, their dynamic feels effortless. They move like two friends with one shared pulse, locking in with the crowd until the whole room feels synced. “We just want to make people dance together,” says Otis. “Everyone’s invited.”

That energy shaped their new album 'hickey'. The record is a cleaner, sharper and more confident chapter. It’s romantic and a bit naughty, as Royel puts it, because “love bites harder than any other emotion.” Songs like moody hit #1 on both the US AAA Mediabase and Billboard charts for more than seven weeks, making them the first new act to reach #1 in 2025. The track also landed A-List rotation on BBC 6 Music, while car earned the BBC Radio 1 Hottest Record and weeks on the B-List. Across the board, they’ve scored more than a billion streams globally, 150 million of them in the UK alone. They now sit at 12.6 million monthly listeners on Spotify and more than half a million followers on the platform.