Question Script failing to play animation

Hello,

I'm trying to animate an object. It should, when a button on my controller is pressed, play said animation. When I press the button for

DecreaseChannel

it sends

Animate!

to the console, however, the animation does not run. I have also attached a screenshot of the animated object's properties.

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4. using UnityEngine.InputSystem;
5.  
6. public class WaveD : MonoBehaviour
7. {
8.     PlayerControls controls;
9.     private Animator animate;
10.  
11.     void Start()
12.     {
13.         animate = GetComponent<Animator>();
14.     }
15.  
16.     void Awake()
17.     {
18.         controls = new PlayerControls();
19.  
20.         controls.Gameplay.DecreaseChannel.performed += ctx => playAnim();
21.  
22.     }
23.  
24.     // Update is called once per frame
25.     void Update()
26.     {
27.      
28.     }
29.  
30.     void playAnim()
31.     {
32.         Debug.Log("Animate!");
33.         animate.Play("Waves");
34.     }
35.  
36.     void OnEnable()
37.     {
38.         controls.Gameplay.Enable();
39.     }
40.  
41.     void OnDisable()
42.     {
43.         controls.Gameplay.Disable();
44.     }
45. }
46.