The Bold & the Bluey-ful - Jazz D'Arcy Shines on New Bluey Album & Music Video

Apr 9, 2023

Jazz D'Arcy, composer and vocalist on Bluey known for scoring episodes like Rain, talks about composing for short-film stories and expanding those themes into a full album. She discusses the Dance Mode album, turning the Rain score into a vocal track and shooting Bluey’s first music video in a community-filled Queenslander. Short, musical, and full of behind-the-scenes studio stories.

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ANECDOTE

Lin‑Manuel Visit Left Team Fangirling

Lin‑Manuel Miranda visited Ludo's studio and met the Bluey team, prompting fangirling among staff.
Jazz missed the visit because she was in Melbourne, but found it surreal knowing her voice might be on people’s radar.

INSIGHT

Album Time Lets Music Breathe

The album process gave the team breathing room compared with five‑week episode turnarounds, letting music be prioritized.
That gap allowed detailed mixes, new collaborators and emotional dynamics not possible under episode deadlines.

INSIGHT

Compose Uniquely For Each Episode

Bluey's episode music is bespoke for each short-film style episode rather than a repeating theme.
That approach forces composers to explore many genres and emotions, making the show's music varied and cinematic.

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It's almost peak Bluey season at the moment, with new episodes starting to air in Australia, a new album only days away, and the release of Bluey's first ever music video.

Jazz D'Arcy is a member of the Bluey music team who has worked on the music for episodes like Born Yesterday, Family Meeting, Pass the Parcel and Copycat.

But it's on the episode Rain that Jazz's work really shines, composing the score for the almost dialogue free episode, as well as a vocal version - Rain (Boldly in the Pretend).

The vocal version has just been released as Bluey's first ever music video ahead of the brand's second album Dance Mode, which releases on April 21st.

To celebrate all the things Justin sat down with Jazz in the Bluey music studio to chat Dance Mode, the music video, new Bluey episodes and more.

Bluey: Dance Mode is available on April 21, with first single Dance Mode and latest single Rain (Boldly in the Pretend) both available to stream now.

If you’re a vinyl lover, a special edition of the new Bluey album will be available exclusively for Record Store Day 2023 (April 22) as a zoetrope vinyl picture disc.

The zoetrope effect will be featured on side A of the vinyl and will show the Heeler family dancing along to brand new tracks such as “The BeeeeeOOP Walk“, “Chatterbox” and “Lollipop Yum Yum Yum!“, when viewed via a stroboscope app.

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BLUEY: DANCE MODE TRACK LISTING (with corresponding episode)

Bluey Theme Tune (Dance Remix)
Dance Mode (Dance Mode, S2 E1)
Doo-ba-Zoo (Housework, S3 E13)
The BeeeeeOOP Walk (Housework, S3 E13)
Chattermax (Hide & Seek, S1 E42)
Copycat (Copycat, S1 E38)
Lollipop Yum Yum Yum (Bad Mood, S2 E40)
Cat Squad! (Library, S2 E30)
Omelette (Omelette, S3 E5)
Sticky Gecko (Sticky Gecko, S2 E12)
The Gnome Song – Feat. Meg Washington (Calypso, S1 E17)
Army (Army, S2 E12)
Grandad (Grandad, S2 E42)
It Was Yesterday (Grandad, S2 E42)
Rain (Instrumental) (Rain, S3 E18)
Rainbow (Rain, S3 E18)
Rain (Boldly in the Pretend) – Feat. Jazz D’Arcy (Rain, S3 E18)