J-MILLA spoke to Kate from Big Brekky about what he is looking forward to on his return to Barunga Festival this year, back by popular demand with his brother YUNG-MILLA as Same Blood. They were also both invited by Balaga Aboriginal Corp (Barunga) to participate in a Project Design Conference in Darwin, collaborating on the development of an inaugural Community-led Men’s Wellness Centres program. The Milla brothers played a major role in designing the music coordination for the programas well as crafting a song between J-MILLA and men in the Barunga community, composed in response to the Barunga Statement, which will be performed live as part of the Barunga Festival.
Born and bred in the northern Australian city of Darwin, they are loud and proud members of the Indigenous Mak Mak Marranungu people, who are the traditional landowners of the Litchfield National Park of the Northern Territory. Barunga Festival runs from 6 – 9 June 2025.