Bigpop Studios has been awarded the prestigious Regional AUNZ Music and Sound Company of the Year by London International Awards (LIA) 2025 for our sound design and mix work on The New Zealand Herpes ‘Make New Zealand The Best Place In The World To Have Herpes’ for Motion Sickness and Finch! The campaign - aiming to lower the stigma around the virus - features local Kiwi personalities Sir Ashley Bloomfield, Sir Graham Henry and Mea Motu as celebrity presenters in the ‘Herpes Destigmatisation...

Bigpop was thrilled to facilitate the sync license of local kindie folk-band Little Ripples’ song ‘Kindness Grows’ in the US-based KIND Snacks campaign; ‘A Kinder World Starts with Being Kind to Yourself. CHOOSE KIND’. With the ad racking up nearly 9 million views in 2 days on YouTube, we can’t think of a better song match than this!

In November, new signees Dropper released their debut album, Be a Little Kinder, via Bigpop Records’ boutique imprint label, Particle Recordings. Already awarded bFM’s Album of the Week, Be a Little Kinder draws on the feelings of hopelessness, confusion, and being stuck in unhealthy thought patterns. The album is available on all streaming platforms , and physical CDs can be purchased from the band's Bandcamp page now.