Confidence Man are an Australian

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band formed in 2016 in

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. They released their debut album '' Confident Music for Confident People'' in April 2018. The front-duo and their band members have been a part of many festivals across Australia, most notably

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Background

2016-2022: Formation, ''Confident Music for Confident People'' and ''Tilt''

The band was formed in 2016. The members had met on the

music scene, and had been in other bands including: The Belligerents, Moses Gunn Collective and

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, and use pseudonyms in Confidence Man. They started writing dance songs together, initially as a "kind of joke", but eventually realised the material was worth pursuing. Planet and Bones provide vocals and dancing while Goodchild and McGuffie, who appear as masked figures, play keyboards and drums. The band signed to UK label

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and released their debut UK single, "Bubblegum", in March 2017. Confidence Man released their debut album, '' Confident Music for Confident People'', on 13 April 2018. They toured Europe extensively in the middle of the same year, with festival slots and a sell-out at London's Scala before returning to Australia for dates in September. The band released a Christmas single, "Santa's Coming Down the Chimney", in December 2018. On 17 November 2019, Janet Planet and Sugar Bones were guests on

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's '2019' programme on

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to premiere their new single "Does It Make You Feel Good?" During the interview, they revealed they have made celebrity friends with U2 and had been partying with them and

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while in Melbourne. They continued to explain their plans to feature

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playing

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on a future recording. On 21 August 2020, Confidence Man released the single, "First Class Bitch." On 10 November 2021, the band announce the forthcoming release of their second studio album, ''

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'' and released "Holiday" as its lead single. ''Tilt'' was released on 1 April 2022 and peaked at number 7 on the ARIA charts. In September 2022, the band released a remix EP, titled ''Re-Tilt'', featuring remixes and reworkings of tracks from ''Tilt''.

2023: "On & On (Again)" with Polydor Records

In April 2023, Confidence Man released "On & On (Again)" with Daniel Avery. The single marked the beginning of a more club-focused chapter for the electro-pop duo at their new label home at Polydor.

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Singles

Notes

Awards and nominations

AIR Awards

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, "Bubblegum" , Best Independent Dance/Electronic Club Song or EP , , , - , rowspan="2",

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, themselves , Best Breakthrough Act , , rowspan="2", , - , ''Confident Music for Confident People'' , Best Independent Dance/Electronica Album , , - ,

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

, "Does It Make You Feel Good?" , Best Independent Dance or Electronica Single , , , - ,

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, "Holiday" , Best Independent Dance, Electronica or Club Single , , , - , rowspan="3",

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ARIA Music Awards

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, rowspan="1", ''Tilt'' , Best Dance/Electronic Release , , , -

J Awards

The

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's youth-focused radio station

. They commenced in 2005. ! , - ,

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, themselves , Unearthed Artist of the Year , , , - ,

, "Holiday" by Confidence Man (directed by W.A.M. Bleakley) , Australian Video of the Year , ,

Music Victoria Awards

The

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are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2006. ! , - ,

, Confidence Man , Best Pop Work , , , -

National Live Music Awards

The

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Queensland Music Awards

The

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(previously known as Q Song Awards) are annual awards celebrating

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's brightest emerging artists and established legends. They commenced in 2006. , - ,

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Performances and appearances

Headline tours

* The Boyfriend (repeat) Tour (2016) * The Hard Candy Tour (2017) * The Ring'A Ding Ding Tour (2017) * Confident Music for Confident People World Tour (2018) * Tilt Tour (2022)

Support tours

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- Australian support act

In popular culture

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'' - "Out the Window" *'' To All the Boys I've Loved Before'' * Television commercial for iPhone XS, released 2018 - "Catch my Breath"

References

External links

* {{authority control Australian musicians Musical groups from Brisbane Musical groups established in 2016 Musicians from Brisbane Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Heavenly Recordings artists 2016 establishments in Australia