July 9, 2026 • 10 mins
NZ band Corrella is made up of eight-members, formed in 2017 at the Devonport Navy base.
Since their debut Corrella has had a number of charting hits including Blue Eyed Māori.
Lead singer Pipi Campbell told Andrew Dickens that their music spans genres, "I wouldn't like to put us into one box, but we do reggae, we do some country, we do a bit of pop."
Their newest single 'NOT I’ is coming out Friday, July 17th ahead of a line-up of summer festivals.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:25):
Hen me say time time, This good morning to you.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
By the way, welcome to matoriki. And this that you're
listening to. This music right now is a song called
not I. It's a brand new single that's coming out
on Friday from a New Zealand band called Corilla. They've
been around since twenty seventeen. They are eight people in
the band. They're reggae inspired band. They're a big deal.
They formed at the Devenport Naval Base and they've been
on a roll ever since. They decided to try the
(01:04):
professional music thing. Their breakout hit was called Blue Eyed
Malri and became one of the biggest songs in the country,
spending more than fifty weeks at number one and breaking
chart records along the way. They've picked up multiple arteil
Ro Music awards and now they're back with that new
single not I that you just heard the thirty seconds
that we're allowed to play you can't play the whole
thing until Friday. And they also have a spot on
(01:25):
a brand new festival. It's coming to Rotorua but also
coming to Brisbane and it's called the Eighth Wonder Festival.
So let's meet Corrella and their lead singer, Peppy Campbell
joins in now.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
Kyoder, Kyoder, Keylder, thanks for having me.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
Hey first up meeting at the Devenport Naval Base. The
obvious question is were you all on the service then.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Yes, at the time, every member of Crabb was in
the Navy. We actually started out as just like a
they're called cocktail parties that they throw in the navy,
little shindig, so we used to be like a band
that'd play at those and just play at the local
navy bars, et cetera, et cetera, just covers.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
Did you play in the naval band because the naval
band's very good doing the marching and all that.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
Yeah, no Navy bands, but we never actually played with them.
We were like the unprofessional musicians. Well they were the professionals,
very cool and how are you serving? I was a
I was in the electronic engineering brunch and I spent
about twelve years in there. Wow. Yeah, a lot of time,
it's see.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
And what else?
Speaker 3 (02:24):
What else was everybody else doing? You know, able seaman
left and an able sea person right, and.
Speaker 4 (02:28):
Yeah, I think actually one of them was a musician,
a drummer in the band and a couple of officers
and yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
Who abandoned the navy for a life in rock and roll.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
Yeah, I know, I know.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
So that's the reason for the name Corrella, yes, which
I didn't quite understand because the basis called filammel yep.
So where does a corrella come from?
Speaker 4 (02:52):
Navy housing was down a street called Corrella Road, and
so you know, I think inspired like six sixty or
we were just too lazy to figure out the name,
so we just called ourselves Corrella.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
That's so cool.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
That's so cool.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
So eventually you thought, actually, we're quite good. Let's let's
try this instead of going to see and being seasick
and all that sort of think. So I thought, for
those people just meeting you for the first time, describe
your music. I mean, the basis is obviously reggae yep
and lovers, rock and roots and soul and funk and
gospel and pop and country, and it's about Maldi show
bandy as well.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
Yeah no, I don't know. I wouldn't like to put
us into one box. But yeah, we do reggae, we
do some country, we do a bit of pop, and
I guess our real unique flavors I reckon a bit
of funk reggae funk pop.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Yeah, oh no, I totally agree. I think your real
strength is your horn section, to be honest. I mean
you go to rock, solid base and drums, that's great,
you know, all great, but then you suddenly go noodling
off into some jazz directions the horns do they always play.
Speaker 4 (03:52):
With you yep, yep. So we've got the only and
the Bunny on the trumpet in saxophone. Amazing players, and
I guess you know, it is a big band to travel,
but just the flavor that they bring to live shows
is amazing.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
It's what fair Freddy is to do as well. So
you may not like Fat Freddie's, but when the horns
start doing their thing, it's down to jazz noodling really yeah.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Yeah, I don't know. There's something about a good sexophone
there is.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
And the other thing is the harmonies, yep, which you
know it is a stereotype. It's to say, oh, Mari
are great at harmonies? Are you naturally great at harmonies?
Or is this something you've worked out very hard?
Speaker 4 (04:30):
I think you're right. It's a little bit of Kaba
Hokka has helped us with our harmonizing, and I just
think we gelled together so mean to know, we've been
good friends. We started the band way back in twenty seventeen,
and we started originals in twenty twenty. And my sister
actually joined the band a bit later on, and she
brings her own flavor. But I think we just jelled
together really well.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Is she the woman who sings? And how will I know? Yes,
she's great? She is?
Speaker 4 (04:54):
She is.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
I like to is she the most talented Campbell?
Speaker 4 (04:58):
I like to call her the third best singer in carella?
You know, but.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Yeah, no, no, she really is excellent. And your two voices,
actually your voice and her voice comb up. That makes
it's it's very it's very finn brothers grow up doing
this stuff.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
Yep. Now she used to be an annoying little sister
growing up, but now she's pretty cool.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Very cool. Okay, it's muta riki today. Yes, and your
band is essentially Mary. I mean, you've got Mardy songs.
You know, you've got a hit called chur Malori. You
know you you've definitely got the towel in you. So
what does my Friki mean for you? I know, you
know it's time to reflect and remember and celebrate and
(05:38):
plan for the year ahead and maybe plant some crops
and all that. What does it mean for you?
Speaker 4 (05:42):
Just a time of celebration for me. And it's just
so cool that you know, it's become a public holiday.
You know, I grew up full immersing to mali enjoining
the Navy, and but it's just really cool to see
how far we've come. And it's just I guess free
public holiday is a bonus. But it's always good to
see everyone celebrating for this.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
And that whole thing about the Navy and Too Mari
is interesting because there was a bit of a controversy
earlier this year and that if you wanted to be
a commanding for so you had to know it in depth.
You had to do courses and all that sort of stuff.
And there were some people saying you do not. People
say to be a soldier, you don't need to know
how to do coppa haker, But but the copa hacker
and the whole Mali. That's very important in the basis
(06:21):
of the Navy, isn't it.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
Yeah. Yeah, you know, as I was leaving the Navy,
the Navy did a real considered effort to I guess
normalize Tael Mauldi, and I guess that was just part
of it. And because there's a lot of moments where
you're out there speaking, or you know, you're representing the
ship or something like that, we have to actually speak
a bit of Malti says. You know, it pays to
be able to pronounce some things.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
Right, Not only that if you're actually in an international
peacekeeping force or whatever. Everyone always knows who the New
Zealanders are.
Speaker 4 (06:49):
Yeah. Yeah, they love to watch the couple groups when
I was in ships.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
You have a new album out next Friday, so tell
me about it.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
Not quite an album yet, but we do have a
new single outcoming.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Okay, but the album is coming.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
The album is coming. We're hard at work at it, man,
and you know, I think we've got a few good
hits coming. But the latest singer that we've got coming
out is not I. My sister is the lead vocalist
on this one, and.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
The best campbell.
Speaker 4 (07:17):
Yeah, yeah, the best Campbell and number three singer in Corella.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
But yeah, yeah, okay, okay, so not I tell me
about it. We're going to hear it, But tell me
what you think of it.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
Yeah, I think it's just it touches on. You know,
some of the rich history in New zeal New Zealand
has not conforming to certain things, and you know, I
guess it's just you know, a little bit of pushing
against the man or you know, just not conforming or
not not being told what to do.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
The X Navy guy, I know, I know, controversial years
being told what to do. But that's okay. Is it
purposeful that it's coming out.
Speaker 4 (07:55):
During much Yeah, I think so, And I guess it's
just a good time. I guess politically anyway, you know
that people are might be a bit divided on things,
but sometimes there's some things that we can agree on,
and I guess you're sticking up for what you believe in.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
I always think that everybody. There'll be some complaints about
white Tongui da, there'll be some complaints about mataliki. But
then the day comes around and you go to your
local square, go to your local field, and there's a
whole lot of people getting together having fun.
Speaker 4 (08:22):
Yeah. Yeah, well you can't please everyone.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
No, and we're being us so not I is out
very shortly. You're also doing a festival this coming summer
and it's called Eighth Wonder and it's next January at
the Village Green and Rotorua and there's you and Lab
and Dave Dobbin and Aladna and you know, it's a
big old Kiwi week. It's fantastic. But the next week
you're doing it again in Brisbane and Brisbane. So is
(08:45):
this a Kiwi invasion of Australia?
Speaker 4 (08:48):
I think so. You know, we did a bit of
touring with Lab and Aradna and Tikitana over there, so
I guess it's it's pretty cool that we get to
take a whole big bunch of us over to Australia.
And I mean the lineup is so stacked with Kiwi legends.
You know. I got to meet Dave Dobbin the other
week and I think it was X Wing's he gonna
hang it up and his own words, he said, not
(09:10):
until he cocks it.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
That's right, You're going to carry that man out in
the box. Yeah, yeah, absolutely right. So that's amazing and
all power to you. It'll be great for the experts,
but we hope that the Aussies will also be convinced
by the summer South Pacific grooves that come out of
this country.
Speaker 4 (09:24):
Yeah. And I guess one other thing, Ed, it's just
you know it is there is a family friendly part
to it. So there's an area if you want to
do have a couple of drinks and have fun. But
it's also family friendly and it's cool to be able
to perform from some kids. Because you talked about Blue
Eyed MOULDI earlier. I mean I think it was the kids.
It was thanks to the kids. What it's been so
long at number one.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Yeah, well that's true, that's true. And then the parents
and people like me go what's this all about? And
then you go, oh, I see it's beautifully made, beautifully recorded,
sounds great and look at you. It must be better
than the Navy. And that's a big thing, because I
love the Navy. Peepe, thank you so much. Happy matariki
to you, and thank you for so much for coming
in today. And let's have a little taste of your
(10:02):
new single, not I or the Best Bud.
Speaker 4 (10:04):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
We will play that later actually running out of time. Yes,
it is nice and easy. Thank you, pp Off you
go mate.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
For more from Used Talk sed B, listen live on
air or online, and keep our shows with you wherever
you go with our podcasts on iHeartRadio
You're listening to a podcast from News Talk saied B.
Follow this and our wide range of podcasts now on iHeartRadio.
Andrew has you covered this Matriki with all the big
stories of the day. Holiday Breakfast with Andrew Dickens News
Talk saed B.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Hen me say time time, This good morning to you.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
By the way, welcome to matoriki. And this that you're
listening to. This music right now is a song called
not I. It's a brand new single that's coming out
on Friday from a New Zealand band called Corilla. They've
been around since twenty seventeen. They are eight people in
the band. They're reggae inspired band. They're a big deal.
They formed at the Devenport Naval Base and they've been
on a roll ever since. They decided to try the
(01:04):
professional music thing. Their breakout hit was called Blue Eyed
Malri and became one of the biggest songs in the country,
spending more than fifty weeks at number one and breaking
chart records along the way. They've picked up multiple arteil
Ro Music awards and now they're back with that new
single not I that you just heard the thirty seconds
that we're allowed to play you can't play the whole
thing until Friday. And they also have a spot on
(01:25):
a brand new festival. It's coming to Rotorua but also
coming to Brisbane and it's called the Eighth Wonder Festival.
So let's meet Corrella and their lead singer, Peppy Campbell
joins in now.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
Kyoder, Kyoder, Keylder, thanks for having me.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
Hey first up meeting at the Devenport Naval Base. The
obvious question is were you all on the service then.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Yes, at the time, every member of Crabb was in
the Navy. We actually started out as just like a
they're called cocktail parties that they throw in the navy,
little shindig, so we used to be like a band
that'd play at those and just play at the local
navy bars, et cetera, et cetera, just covers.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
Did you play in the naval band because the naval
band's very good doing the marching and all that.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
Yeah, no Navy bands, but we never actually played with them.
We were like the unprofessional musicians. Well they were the professionals,
very cool and how are you serving? I was a
I was in the electronic engineering brunch and I spent
about twelve years in there. Wow. Yeah, a lot of time,
it's see.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
And what else?
Speaker 3 (02:24):
What else was everybody else doing? You know, able seaman
left and an able sea person right, and.
Speaker 4 (02:28):
Yeah, I think actually one of them was a musician,
a drummer in the band and a couple of officers
and yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
Who abandoned the navy for a life in rock and roll.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
Yeah, I know, I know.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
So that's the reason for the name Corrella, yes, which
I didn't quite understand because the basis called filammel yep.
So where does a corrella come from?
Speaker 4 (02:52):
Navy housing was down a street called Corrella Road, and
so you know, I think inspired like six sixty or
we were just too lazy to figure out the name,
so we just called ourselves Corrella.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
That's so cool.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
That's so cool.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
So eventually you thought, actually, we're quite good. Let's let's
try this instead of going to see and being seasick
and all that sort of think. So I thought, for
those people just meeting you for the first time, describe
your music. I mean, the basis is obviously reggae yep
and lovers, rock and roots and soul and funk and
gospel and pop and country, and it's about Maldi show
bandy as well.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
Yeah no, I don't know. I wouldn't like to put
us into one box. But yeah, we do reggae, we
do some country, we do a bit of pop, and
I guess our real unique flavors I reckon a bit
of funk reggae funk pop.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Yeah, oh no, I totally agree. I think your real
strength is your horn section, to be honest. I mean
you go to rock, solid base and drums, that's great,
you know, all great, but then you suddenly go noodling
off into some jazz directions the horns do they always play.
Speaker 4 (03:52):
With you yep, yep. So we've got the only and
the Bunny on the trumpet in saxophone. Amazing players, and
I guess you know, it is a big band to travel,
but just the flavor that they bring to live shows
is amazing.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
It's what fair Freddy is to do as well. So
you may not like Fat Freddie's, but when the horns
start doing their thing, it's down to jazz noodling really yeah.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Yeah, I don't know. There's something about a good sexophone
there is.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
And the other thing is the harmonies, yep, which you
know it is a stereotype. It's to say, oh, Mari
are great at harmonies? Are you naturally great at harmonies?
Or is this something you've worked out very hard?
Speaker 4 (04:30):
I think you're right. It's a little bit of Kaba
Hokka has helped us with our harmonizing, and I just
think we gelled together so mean to know, we've been
good friends. We started the band way back in twenty seventeen,
and we started originals in twenty twenty. And my sister
actually joined the band a bit later on, and she
brings her own flavor. But I think we just jelled
together really well.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Is she the woman who sings? And how will I know? Yes,
she's great? She is?
Speaker 4 (04:54):
She is.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
I like to is she the most talented Campbell?
Speaker 4 (04:58):
I like to call her the third best singer in carella?
You know, but.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Yeah, no, no, she really is excellent. And your two voices,
actually your voice and her voice comb up. That makes
it's it's very it's very finn brothers grow up doing
this stuff.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
Yep. Now she used to be an annoying little sister
growing up, but now she's pretty cool.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Very cool. Okay, it's muta riki today. Yes, and your
band is essentially Mary. I mean, you've got Mardy songs.
You know, you've got a hit called chur Malori. You
know you you've definitely got the towel in you. So
what does my Friki mean for you? I know, you
know it's time to reflect and remember and celebrate and
(05:38):
plan for the year ahead and maybe plant some crops
and all that. What does it mean for you?
Speaker 4 (05:42):
Just a time of celebration for me. And it's just
so cool that you know, it's become a public holiday.
You know, I grew up full immersing to mali enjoining
the Navy, and but it's just really cool to see
how far we've come. And it's just I guess free
public holiday is a bonus. But it's always good to
see everyone celebrating for this.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
And that whole thing about the Navy and Too Mari
is interesting because there was a bit of a controversy
earlier this year and that if you wanted to be
a commanding for so you had to know it in depth.
You had to do courses and all that sort of stuff.
And there were some people saying you do not. People
say to be a soldier, you don't need to know
how to do coppa haker, But but the copa hacker
and the whole Mali. That's very important in the basis
(06:21):
of the Navy, isn't it.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
Yeah. Yeah, you know, as I was leaving the Navy,
the Navy did a real considered effort to I guess
normalize Tael Mauldi, and I guess that was just part
of it. And because there's a lot of moments where
you're out there speaking, or you know, you're representing the
ship or something like that, we have to actually speak
a bit of Malti says. You know, it pays to
be able to pronounce some things.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
Right, Not only that if you're actually in an international
peacekeeping force or whatever. Everyone always knows who the New
Zealanders are.
Speaker 4 (06:49):
Yeah. Yeah, they love to watch the couple groups when
I was in ships.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
You have a new album out next Friday, so tell
me about it.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
Not quite an album yet, but we do have a
new single outcoming.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Okay, but the album is coming.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
The album is coming. We're hard at work at it, man,
and you know, I think we've got a few good
hits coming. But the latest singer that we've got coming
out is not I. My sister is the lead vocalist
on this one, and.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
The best campbell.
Speaker 4 (07:17):
Yeah, yeah, the best Campbell and number three singer in Corella.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
But yeah, yeah, okay, okay, so not I tell me
about it. We're going to hear it, But tell me
what you think of it.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
Yeah, I think it's just it touches on. You know,
some of the rich history in New zeal New Zealand
has not conforming to certain things, and you know, I
guess it's just you know, a little bit of pushing
against the man or you know, just not conforming or
not not being told what to do.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
The X Navy guy, I know, I know, controversial years
being told what to do. But that's okay. Is it
purposeful that it's coming out.
Speaker 4 (07:55):
During much Yeah, I think so, And I guess it's
just a good time. I guess politically anyway, you know
that people are might be a bit divided on things,
but sometimes there's some things that we can agree on,
and I guess you're sticking up for what you believe in.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
I always think that everybody. There'll be some complaints about
white Tongui da, there'll be some complaints about mataliki. But
then the day comes around and you go to your
local square, go to your local field, and there's a
whole lot of people getting together having fun.
Speaker 4 (08:22):
Yeah. Yeah, well you can't please everyone.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
No, and we're being us so not I is out
very shortly. You're also doing a festival this coming summer
and it's called Eighth Wonder and it's next January at
the Village Green and Rotorua and there's you and Lab
and Dave Dobbin and Aladna and you know, it's a
big old Kiwi week. It's fantastic. But the next week
you're doing it again in Brisbane and Brisbane. So is
(08:45):
this a Kiwi invasion of Australia?
Speaker 4 (08:48):
I think so. You know, we did a bit of
touring with Lab and Aradna and Tikitana over there, so
I guess it's it's pretty cool that we get to
take a whole big bunch of us over to Australia.
And I mean the lineup is so stacked with Kiwi legends.
You know. I got to meet Dave Dobbin the other
week and I think it was X Wing's he gonna
hang it up and his own words, he said, not
(09:10):
until he cocks it.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
That's right, You're going to carry that man out in
the box. Yeah, yeah, absolutely right. So that's amazing and
all power to you. It'll be great for the experts,
but we hope that the Aussies will also be convinced
by the summer South Pacific grooves that come out of
this country.
Speaker 4 (09:24):
Yeah. And I guess one other thing, Ed, it's just
you know it is there is a family friendly part
to it. So there's an area if you want to
do have a couple of drinks and have fun. But
it's also family friendly and it's cool to be able
to perform from some kids. Because you talked about Blue
Eyed MOULDI earlier. I mean I think it was the kids.
It was thanks to the kids. What it's been so
long at number one.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Yeah, well that's true, that's true. And then the parents
and people like me go what's this all about? And
then you go, oh, I see it's beautifully made, beautifully recorded,
sounds great and look at you. It must be better
than the Navy. And that's a big thing, because I
love the Navy. Peepe, thank you so much. Happy matariki
to you, and thank you for so much for coming
in today. And let's have a little taste of your
(10:02):
new single, not I or the Best Bud.
Speaker 4 (10:04):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
We will play that later actually running out of time. Yes,
it is nice and easy. Thank you, pp Off you
go mate.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
For more from Used Talk sed B, listen live on
air or online, and keep our shows with you wherever
you go with our podcasts on iHeartRadio
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