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Kobie Dee to Open A-League Grand Final Weekend with ‘Aim For The Stars’
Indigenous MC Kobie Dee will open the Isuzu UTE A-League 2026 Grand Final weekend with his new single "Aim For The Stars," released days before the May 23/24 final. It’s his first national sporting-stage performance and a visible moment for Maroubra-origin storytelling.
There was an unmistakable frisson when organizers confirmed Kobie Dee as the headline performer for the Isuzu UTE A-League 2026 Grand Final weekend on May 23/24. For a young artist who grew up on Bidjigal Land in Maroubra, stepping onto a national sporting stage for the first time is more than a slot on a schedule; it feels like a community getting a moment on the broadcast.
The timing is tidy: Dee arrives at the final only days after releasing his new single “Aim For The Stars” on Bad Apples Music/Island Records Australia. The track was chosen as the official sync for the competition’s Finals campaign, and the ad cut is already running on Paramount+ — a deliberate pairing of anthem and atmosphere that promises to turn the stadium into something closer to a music video set.
“I want people to hear this song and feel like no dream is too big,” Kobie said in a recent statement. “Especially young people coming from the same streets I started in. I want them to believe that they can see themselves in these spaces too. For me, ‘Aiming For The Stars’ means taking Maroubra to the world, not leaving it and just telling stories about it.”
The record was cut with producer NERVE and collaborators WYES, GENE and SMAK. Dee recalls a session where “when NERVE started the beat, I just went straight in with the lyrics. It was one of those moments where everything flowed and I was able to get everything off my mind.” That sense of momentum is audible: the single wedges stadium-ready hooks into a hip-hop framework that still smells of Maroubra streets and late-night studio runs.
Fans who followed Dee through 2025 will recognise the arc. Last year he earned a nomination in the inaugural NSW Music Prize for “Chapter 26”, shared an ARIA Awards stage with Young Franco, Baker Boy, Anna Ryan and Touch Sensitive, and opened Twenny47 Studios — a local creative hub aimed at mentoring First Nations talent. Those moves felt less like celebrity milestones and more like scaffolding for a community-forward career.
His streams sit above 80 million and his live résumé includes Splendour in the Grass, Listen Out and Spilt Milk. He’s also crossed into fashion and lifestyle moments with collaborations with Lacoste and GQ — small signposts of a profile that has grown quickly but still wears its suburb of origin plainly.
The A-League final’s venue has not been announced yet. Tickets go on sale at 4pm AEST on Monday, May 18. Expect a crowd that treats the pre-match ceremony like a single event: families in team colours, die-hards who know every bar, and casual viewers who’ll be swept up when the beat drops on national television.
Dee’s official video for “Aim For The Stars” is due later this month. If the single is any guide, the performance at the Grand Final will aim at more than halftime entertainment — it’s a cultural handoff, a reminder that the artists who grew up around these places belong in these moments too.
