Bedlam Wilhelm Rigney

Post Women Deliver + Blak Nite 6am woke up to pee core I am so tired and so fulfilled, things might finally be calming down a touch for a minute but rest assured things are only gonna get bigger from here 🫡🥰

In Naarm with @lakinyeri.band for #womendeliver2026 and holy shit am I exhausted. But we nailed our one song and have already gotten to connect with so many amazing folks and I’m looking forward to taking things more at my own pace and letting my body heal over the next few days, to then come back to my beloved Kaurna Yarta and go straight to @carclew for Blak Nite!!! What is my LIFE fuckin hashtag GRATEFUL

The Passenger last week was @cringetrender 🔥

 Siiick episode with Cringetrender - stoked for The Dream EP that was just released. Thanks for coming in Bedlam, was a pleasure to learn about you and nerd out about music. 

 Check out Cringetrender live at BLAK NITE May 1st at @carclew — joining other great Blak artists @barkaa__ , @nathanmaymusic @klaspelxo Sandy Abbott & @whoissvvlo 
📻 Listen back on the Three D Player app. ————————— Cringetrender is the musical project of Bedlam Rigney (it/its), a nonbinary artist from the western suburbs of Kaurna Yerta. With an eclectic, unapologetic style that’s equal parts raw and heartfelt, Bedlam creates music that challenges conventions while holding space for honesty, healing, and self-expression.
 Raised in a musical family, Bedlam learned harmony and songcraft alongside its siblings, writing its first song, Murra. Politics have always been intertwined—rooted in lived experience, community, and resilience. After leaving school at seventeen and navigating homelessness at twenty, Bedlam found chosen family among queer and disabled creatives who helped shape its voice as an artist and advocate.
 Bedlam also performs in Lakinyeri—named  after the clan groups of the Ngarrindjeri Nation—with its father Shane and sister Brooke Rigney, strengthening cultural and creative ties through music.
 Under the Cringetrender banner, Bedlam has released the EPs dads place and dissociation and distortion, and in 2024 recorded its debut album Take Your Meds through Carclew’s Emerging First Nations Creatives program. Another EP is in production through Space to Create at the ANU School of Music.
 The name Cringetrender reclaims the slur “transtrender,” embracing nonbinary identity and the beauty of being “cringe” in a world that demands conformity. Through its art, Bedlam celebrates imperfection, queerness, and survival with fearless vulnerability and a voice that refuses to be quiet. ————————— ✨ Every Friday from 4–5pm, The Passenger celebrates the voices that shape our creative community.
Each week, a new host curates an hour of music - tracing the threads of connection, influence, and inspiration that run through their world.

The Passenger this week is @cringetrender ‼️
 📅 Friday 4–5pm 📻 93.7FM / threedradio.com / Three D Player app ————————— Cringetrender is the musical project of Bedlam Rigney (it/its), a nonbinary artist from the western suburbs of Kaurna Yerta. With an eclectic, unapologetic style that’s equal parts raw and heartfelt, Bedlam creates music that challenges conventions while holding space for honesty, healing, and self-expression.
 Raised in a musical family, Bedlam learned harmony and songcraft alongside its siblings, writing its first song, Murra. Politics have always been intertwined—rooted in lived experience, community, and resilience. After leaving school at seventeen and navigating homelessness at twenty, Bedlam found chosen family among queer and disabled creatives who helped shape its voice as an artist and advocate.
 Bedlam also performs in Lakinyeri—named  after the clan groups of the Ngarrindjeri Nation—with its father Shane and sister Brooke Rigney, strengthening cultural and creative ties through music.
 Under the Cringetrender banner, Bedlam has released the EPs dads place and dissociation and distortion, and in 2024 recorded its debut album Take Your Meds through Carclew’s Emerging First Nations Creatives program. Another EP is in production through Space to Create at the ANU School of Music.
 The name Cringetrender reclaims the slur “transtrender,” embracing nonbinary identity and the beauty of being “cringe” in a world that demands conformity. Through its art, Bedlam celebrates imperfection, queerness, and survival with fearless vulnerability and a voice that refuses to be quiet. ————————— ✨ Every Friday from 4–5pm, The Passenger celebrates the voices that shape our creative community.
Each week, a new host curates an hour of music - tracing the threads of connection, influence, and inspiration that run through their world. 📻 Follow @thepassenger_threed for playlists and updates!

i refuse to give up. i deserve a home to live in that isn't full of cockroaches and mould. i can do this. we can do this.

I feel sick with dread having to ask about money again, but here we are. Thank you for your constant support #mutualaid

yall have been so good to me this year, and i havent updated you in a minute. but just know. things are happening.

We're hustling as much as we can to help @cringetrender meet an important goal: a replacement wheelchair. The gofundme is over halfway, and we're pushing the community to bridge the gap! Please buy some fundraiser items or merch from our store, put your spare change in the jar, or head straight to the gofundme page (check our stories)

Hey yall, I come crawling back to community with a request. Last time I asked for wheelchair repair money, it was to fix something rather immediate. My guy quoted me at the time for 1.5k for a full repair, and of course, I had a 10th of that. I am once again housebound and getting around is going to be quite the painful experience until I can get at the very least the batteries changed over, which in itself will be a whole thousand. I know yall are so good to me, so thank you in advance for any help yall can give, be it financially or social media-y.

Missed me, missed me, now you gotta… um, buy my merch? Come see me at @goodmusicmonth South Aus Music T-Shirt Market from 11-2 and THEN at @adelaide_emom at @arthur_artbar in the evening (watch this space for actual set time lmao) Both of these things are happening on the same day so get into the city on Thursday for a day of #cringetrender ehehehe I’ll be hanging out at @threeofcups.teahouse from 3-5 so come along, grab a bite, have a yarn while supporting your local business and your local freak (me)!

Thanks Canberra, it’s been fun! 💖

MEDIA RELEASE On October 28, Bedlam Rigney — known under the artist name Cringetrender — steps into Yil Lull Studio at the ANU School of Music, joined by father, songwriting partner, and resident guitarist Shane Rigney, to begin recording The Dream EP. This six-track project explores the surreal, tender, and chaotic worlds of sleep and dreaming. Blending hyperpop, soul/funk, and pub rock, The Dream EP will expand on Cringetrender’s genre-bending sound and emotionally charged storytelling. The EP will include the previously released track “Slumber Baby,” a teenpop-inspired banger that has already had an exceptional reception in live shows. Music video can be found here. The Dream EP is proudly supported by Space To Create, a First Nations music residency program led by Will Kepa, providing Indigenous artists with mentorship, studio access, and professional development to bring ambitious creative visions to life. The Dream EP is scheduled for release in January 2026.