Karise Eden and Greg Gould are both powerhouse vocalists, songwriters and performers in their own right, but have come together on this heart-wrenching and grief-stricken new single ‘All That Glitters’ (Out Friday 20th March). With ARIA-recognised success, award-winning viral videos and major television acclaim between them, Karise Eden and Greg Gould unite on a new collaboration that captures the powerful chemistry and emotional fire of their voices.  

Written by Karise Eden with Andrew Lowden, ‘All That Glitters’ is a deeply personal anthem shaped by hard lessons and lived experience. Through reflective lyrics, the song explores survival, resilience, and the difficult road toward forgiveness after life’s darker chapters. It’s a story about protecting yourself, the people you love and confronting the illusion that fame and success are worth the cost.

Eden later sent the demo to Gouldwhile they were on tour together late last year. Gould immediately connected to the track, recognising parts of his own story within the lyrics, being told that they are not enough, too much, or too different. The song evolved into a duet, combining their immense vocal prowess into a sparkling song of emotional redemption and allowing all the hard and painful feelings in.

Drawing from personal experiences, the song reflects healing, forgiveness, and the process of breaking cycles while reclaiming creative independence after trauma, grief, and intense industry expectations. 

For Eden, the song confronts the aftermath of sudden fame following her historic win as the first-ever winner of The Voice Australia, and the strength she found in becoming a mother, learning to protect her child, her life, and the future she was determined to build beyond the expectations placed upon her at that time. 

For Gould, it revisits early experiences navigating the industry as a gay artist, reflecting on moments where his sexuality overshadowed his talent. Together, the song becomes a powerful statement about autonomy, resilience, and refusing to be defined by other people’s fears.

“After albums, touring and building my independence, I went through a period where life caught up with me and writing felt out of reach. ‘All That Glitters’ became the song that brought me back,” Eden shares.

“When Greg came into the picture, the story opened up, bringing two perspectives together, two artists, two stories carrying different experiences, but finding common ground in resilience and honesty.”

Produced by Stuart Stuart (The Veronicas, Sheppard), the slick production never overshadows the important lyrical content in the track, instead creating a smooth carriageway to carry the song, leaving room to really hear what is being said.

The music video is equally crushing and exposing. Directed by Australian film icon Chris Sun (Boar, Charlie’s Farm), the visuals draw directly from real moments in both artists’ lives. Eden’s storyline opens in a cinematic shot of a gravestone reading “Here Lies The Voice Of Australia”. Rising from the grave, she stands in the night holding her baby, symbolising the aftermath of sudden fame and the struggle to reclaim autonomy while navigating motherhood under the pressure of industry expectations and control. As shadowy “men in suits” close in, her story becomes one of protection and survival, running through the darkness to safeguard what matters most.

Gould’s real-life experiences and trauma are laid bare as he is seen breaking down, then breaking through a graffitied closet with taunts he has heard throughout his career, including “too gay”, “coming out”, and the particularly cruel “career suicide”. His storyline revisits early experiences navigating the industry as an artist who happens to be gay. This includes his teenage appearance on Australian Idol, where producers cautioned him not to be “too gay” minutes before his audition, only for judges to question his sexuality more than his talent and a camera was pushed into Gould’s mother’s face with the question, “How does it feel your son has come out on national television?”. His powerful final act sees him light a match and burn the closet to the ground, symbolising a refusal to be boxed in by other people’s fears.  

The two stories ultimately converge as both artists break free from their restraints and run into the night, reclaiming their independence and rewriting the narratives that once tried to define them.

‘All That Glitters’ is the lead single from Greg Gould’s deluxe album ‘Strings Attached’ (out Friday, April 10). The deluxe edition reimagines the original tracks of his 2024 ARIA charting topping album through a series of exciting international collaborations including 4 brand new songs, expanding the world of the album into a new chapter. Gould will celebrate the launch of the record on April 11 at Memo Music Hall in St Kilda, Melbourne.  

Full of bravery, courage and strong vulnerability, Karise Eden and Greg Gould have bared all on their collaborative single ‘All That Glitters’, out Friday, March 20.