Anchor 01 · Press attribution
“Carries meaning nonetheless in its joyful madness.”
Sean Cummings, Science Magazine / AAAS, 26 February 2024.
News · Press · Outcomes
What we made + how it landed.
WildWooHoo Studio news and press archive. Verified pull-quotes, international placements, and the credential trail behind the studio's flagship project Kangaroo Time and the ever-growing album EVER+GROW.
FEATURES:250+ outlets
REACH:5 continents
SYNC PLACEMENTS:3 confirmed
SOURCE:verified
CREDENTIALING:the four anchors
The studio in four verified lines
Every claim below traces to a primary source. No paraphrase, no overclaim.
Anchor 02 · Press attribution
“It's like winning Eurovision — except we all have PhDs.”
WELI in The Guardian (Kelly Burke, 27 February 2024) and ANU Reporter (George Booth, 27 February 2024).
Anchor 03 · Award
AAAS Dance Your PhD Global Winner 2024.
Kangaroo Time, overall winner of Science Magazine's annual contest. Sponsored by SandboxAQ. USD 2,750 prize.
Anchor 04 · Award
Falling Walls Engage Top 30 worldwide, 2025.
For science engagement under the 40 / 30 / 20 / 10 scoring rubric (Impact / Innovation / Approach / Overall Impression).
TIMELINE:recent + ongoing
Recent news
Newest first.
2026-06-08 · Studio infrastructure
International sync placements documented
Three pre-cleared international sync-licensed placements of Kangaroo Time confirmed and archived: MSNBC The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle (US, March 2024), UFA Show & Factual (German broadcast), and Productions Mustang III (Canada). These are rights-cleared masters ready for re-use in studio communications, EPK lines, and partner pitches.
2025 · Recognition
Falling Walls Engage Top 30 worldwide
Recognised in the global Top 30 for science engagement, evaluated under the published 40 / 30 / 20 / 10 rubric: Impact 40% · Innovation 30% · Approach 20% · Overall Impression 10%. The rubric shapes how the studio frames every research-to-output bridge from this point forward.
2024 · Release
Cabra da Peste (G.O.A.T.)
Latin pop original song by WELI, supported by Inspiring Australia ACT, commissioned as the opening plenary at Encontro Anual de Etologia 2024 in Brazil. Drawn from behavioural research on goat social hierarchy. Read more →
2024-09 · Release
Kangaroo Time
Original song, music video, embodied choreography with a diverse Canberra dance cast. Translates Dr WELI's PhD research on individual personality in 300+ eastern grey kangaroos into a multicultural pop-cultural object. 155K+ video views; 250+ media features. Full credits →
2024-02 · Recognition
AAAS Dance Your PhD Global Winner
Kangaroo Time named overall winner of Science Magazine's annual Dance Your PhD contest, the fourth Australian entry to win in the contest's history and the first ever from ANU. Sponsored by SandboxAQ.
PRESS:verbatim · sourced
The work in the world
250+ outlets in total. Selected pull-quotes below, each verbatim from the original outlet.
Science Magazine / AAAS
Sean Cummings · 26 Feb 2024
"Carries meaning nonetheless in its joyful madness."
Sean Cummings, Science Magazine / AAAS
"There was a sense of surprise and delight in it."
Alexa Meade, judge, Dance Your PhD 2024
ANU Reporter
George Booth · 27 Feb 2024
"Winning this contest is the equivalent of winning Eurovision for me."
WELI in ANU Reporter
The Guardian
Kelly Burke · 27 Feb 2024
"It's like Eurovision — except we all have PhDs."
WELI in The Guardian
Smithsonian Magazine
Christian Thorsberg · 28 Feb 2024
"A musical celebration of kangaroo behavior."
Smithsonian Magazine
NPR
Ari Daniel · 4 May 2024
"If the world was equal and you could pick anything, I would have picked musician."
WELI on NPR
ABC News
Charlie Gore + Don Sheil · 28 Feb 2024
"Kangaroos with a gay dance anthem, never thought I'd talk about it on the radio."
Patricia Karvelas, RN Breakfast
"The winning video is described as joyful madness."
Stephanie Ruhle, MSNBC The 11th Hour
Full press atlas ↗
All 250+ outlets at drweli.com/media/
For journalists
- Press contact. hello@wildwoohoo.com with subject line “Press Inquiry”.
- EPK + high-res images. Available on request. Music video stills (1080p+), production stills, headshots, and behind-the-scenes frames.
- Available for. Interview, comment, syndication, panel discussion, conference talk, podcast guesting.
- Story angles. Studio + research crossover, Sydney + Brazilian diaspora, queer creative practice, science communication outcomes, behavioural ecology as cultural source material.
RESPONSE TIME:< 24h business days
LANGUAGES:EN, PT
EMBARGO:respected
For sync agents +
broadcasters
- Rights-cleared catalogue. Kangaroo Time, Cabra da Peste, full Performance set. Stems, vocal mixes, and instrumentals available on request.
- Track record. Three confirmed international sync placements in 2024 (MSNBC The 11th Hour, UFA Show & Factual Germany, Productions Mustang III Canada). Australian content tags compliant.
- Cleared rights. Master + publishing splits documented. APRA AMCOS membership in progress. Per-track licensing available.
- Formats. Television, film, documentary, advertising, brand work, sports, news, current affairs.
CATALOGUE:open for sync
FORMATS:TV, film, doc, ad, brand
LANGUAGES:EN, PT, ES
For funders +
partners
- Verified impact. 250+ media features across 5 continents. 155K+ YouTube views. 3 international sync placements. AAAS Dance Your PhD Global Winner 2024. Falling Walls Engage Top 30 worldwide 2025.
- Scoring alignment. Studio outputs framed against the Falling Walls 40 / 30 / 20 / 10 rubric (Impact / Innovation / Approach / Overall Impression). Sustained measurable improvements named with partners.
- Methodology. Behavioural-ecology research translated into pop-cultural artefacts. The intersection itself is the studio's signature approach.
- Partnerships sought. Multi-year funding, research-to-output residencies, broadcaster co-commissions, philanthropic alignment in science communication and queer + diaspora creative practice.
FRAMEWORK:Falling Walls 40/30/20/10
FOUNDER:Dr WELI (PhD ANU)
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