Georgia Claire Flipo, known professionally as G Flip, is an Australian singer, songwriter, producer, drummer, and musician from

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. They released their debut studio album, '' About Us'', on 30 August 2019.

Early life and education

Flipo attended primary school at Our Lady of the Assumption Primary School (OLA) in

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and secondary school at Star of the Sea College in

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, Victoria, graduating in 2011.

Musical career

Flipo has been playing drums since the age of nine, and percussion still forms a big part of their songwriting process despite now being a multi-instrumentalist. They said that they "spent most of 2017 holed up in their bedroom writing and recording", having previously performed in various different Melbourne music acts as a session drummer and occasional backup vocalist. In February 2018, they uploaded their debut single "About You" to

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and that same day their track was premiered on

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. The song was officially released on 2 March 2018.

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named it "Best New Track" and the music video, filmed on their iPhone, was featured in

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's New Music Playlist. Pining international interest in their project, Flipo was subsequently invited to play their first ever solo show at

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the following month. Flipo's follow up track "Killing My Time" was released in May 2018. In November 2018, Flipo was nominated for a

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as Unearthed Artist of the Year and was the inaugural winner of the

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Emerging Artist Scholarship. In December 2018, Flipo performed "Proud Mary" and "

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" at the

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's "The Night is Yours" New Year's Eve Celebration 2018 at the

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, and their song "About You" was featured in Season 2, Episode 10 of ''

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''. In January 2019, "About You" polled at number 38 and "Killing My Time" at number 62 in the

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. In July 2019, G Flip won Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year at the

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(AIR) Awards. Their debut studio album was released on 30 August 2019. Flipo worked with

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on their track "I Am Not Afraid". Rechtshaid noted to ''

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'' that "G Flip is a phenomenal musician... hey'rea strong songwriter and

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a very authentic voice, and

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are a badass producer.” In January 2020, "Drink Too Much" polled at number 6, "Lover" at number 58, "Stupid" at number 66, "I Am Not Afraid" at number 77 in the

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. In 2021, Flipo performed in

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’s live version of the song "In a Dream" playing drums in the video. They released a new single about non-binary gender identity "Waste of Space", on

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, 14 July 2022.

Other activities

Flipo designed and released two sell-out collaborations with

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shoe manufacturers in 2020 and 2021. The shoe ranges included custom-designed "Jibbitz™ charms that adorn each pair were designed to represent little pieces of G Flip's life". Both ranges sold out in minutes.

Personal life

Flipo is openly

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. On 13 June 2021, Flipo came out as

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. They use singular

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pronouns. Flipo has been an avid

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supporter since birth and is an

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advocate. They performed at the MCG for the 2021 NAB AFLW Grand Final. In May 2022, American actress

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revealed that she was in a relationship with Flipo.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Promotional singles

Notes

Other certified songs

Notes

Awards and nominations

AIR Awards

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ARIA Music Awards

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J Award

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's youth-focused radio station

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MTV Europe Music Awards

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is an award presented by

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to honour artists and music in

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Music Victoria Awards

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National Live Music Awards

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Flip, G 1994 births Australian singer-songwriters Australian pop singers Future Classic artists Lesbian musicians LGBT singers from Australia LGBT songwriters Living people Non-binary musicians Singers from Melbourne 20th-century LGBT people 21st-century LGBT people People from St Kilda, Victoria People educated at Star of the Sea College, Melbourne