Bindi Irwin for Best Urban Release At The 2008 ARIAs

The other day, Defamer Australia’s Editor and Associate Editor were thrilled to open our mail and discover a copy of the Bindi Irwin single ‘Trouble In The Jungle’.

“Ah ha!” we though to ourselves, “just what every pop culture obsessed Australian in their mid-twenties could ever want – a bouncing musical number about conservation!”

We popped it on, ad lo and behold… we discovered something we were NOT expecting. Bitch can rhyme in a phat manner, yo. Seriously. Before we received a copy of her new rap single, we had simply filed Bindi Irwin away in the Things We Don’t Really Understand section of our brain, alongside “Sneaky Sound System’s Continuing Career Success” and “Why Our Boy Puppy Pees Like A Girl”.

But now? It’s all hideously clear. Bindi was born to deliver the flow. The beginning of the track sounds like something the Hilltop Hoods could have released, but when Bindi unleashes her panda-related tirade (”Mr Panda, whatchoo gonna do? Cos as man expands there’s no bamboo for you to chew through…“) it suddenly hits you – she was put on this earth to rap.

Give her twenty years, a break down, a possible drug habit, and some time with Dr Dre, and we’ve no doubt we’ll see Bindi’s full Compton-esque potential fulfilled. In the meantime, could she please re-record Trouble In The Jungle with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra? IT WOULD BE AMAZING!

Here’s a clip of Bindi delivering the goods LIVE on the Today show, with thanks to Jezebel. REPRESENT!

If she doesn’t win the Best Urban Release award at next year’s ARIAs, we’re gonna choke a bitch.

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