Ninajirachi Teams Up With Porter Robinson for New Single “WannaCry”

Skip to main contentNewsletterNewsReviewsBest New MusicFeaturesListsColumnsVideoThe Australian producer and DJ reunites with her teenage idol on her first original track of 2026Photo by Kurt JohnsonIn one of those team-ups so obvious it feels like it already happened, EDM Power Rangers Ninajirachi and Porter Robinson have collaborated on a new joint single. Titled after a global cyberattack that took place in 2017, “WannaCry” has been, according to press materials, many years in the making; the first concert Ninajirachi ever attended as a teenager was a Porter Robinson show at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre.Robinson’s last album, Smile! :D, came out in 2024, while Ninajirachi shared her debut full-length, I Love My Computer, last year. Beginning in September, she’ll wind down a packed year with a select few North American headlining shows.Read about Porter Robinson’s “Cheerleader” at No. 95 in The 100 Best Songs of 2024.Walden Green is a music writer and cultural critic who joined Pitchfork in 2024. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, his work has appeared in Dirt, The Fader, and Philadelphia. He lives in New York. ... Read More