G Flip explains their love of drums, Chrishell Stause, and singing about the struggle with sexuality and gender identity

Melbourne-raised, LA-based drummer and singer G Flip’s latest single is a harrowing account of their struggle with sexuality and gender identity.

G Flip’s latest single, Waste Of Space, is a harrowing account of their struggle with sexuality and gender identity.

“I grew up uncomfortable, 11 years old and I wanted to die,” the song’s opening line says. “I don’t feel like I’m a girl, nor a boy, so where do I lie?”

The Melbourne-raised, LA-based drummer and singer, who is non-binary, says: “It’s very truthful. I hadn’t heard many songs about being non-binary. I felt it was really important to release a song like that, for anyone who’s felt that way. I had very dark times as a child, dealing with gender identity, my sexuality, feeling really lost and getting bullied,” G Flip says. “But I’m also grateful for the things in life that brought me joy. I had so much sadness and confusion as an 11-year-old, then I found the drums, and they became the first love of my life.”

G-Flip performing at Splendour In The Grass 2022. Picture: Tessa Flemming

G Flip rose to prominence as a Triple J Unearthed artist, and their songs, including Hyperfine, Drink Too Much and About You featured in the upper reaches of Triple J’s Hottest 100. Other singles include Gay 4 Me and Get Me Outta Here.

Another line in Wasted Space also alludes to their birth name, which is an issue for some in the trans and non-binary community.

“I don’t have anyone to cry to, even though I’d die to have you call my name,” the song says. G Flip explains: “With the non-binary and trans community, there’s a thing called dead names, and they’re names you actually prefer not to be called. You might not like that name, or the situation that happened when you were called that.

“I always hated being called Georgia, which is my name. It’s still on my Wikipedia page. My uncle was the first person who called me G. I was four years old, and I loved it.”

G Flip moved to LA to make music and connect with the city’s creativity. They also fell in love with US reality-TV star, Chrishell Stause, of the Netflix hit Selling Sunset.

G Flip with Chrishell Stause.

Do they get a different type of attention being in Stause’s spotlight? “I definitely have a lot more people sending weird messages to me or trolls asking, ‘What are you doing with Chrishell? But there are so many positives with our relationship. It’s so lovely being with her, and I love bringing her to Australia.”

G Flip says they love LA for its energy and connections.

“Everyone here is creative. Everyone’s a music producer, a movie star, a director, a musician,” G Flip says. “There are just so many people to work with over here. And I like to work all the time, so I really do love it.”

G Flip recently shot a collaboration with Uber Eats in Australia, and will return home this week to perform at the AFL Grand Final halftime entertainment show.

“I don’t cook, and every meal is basically Uber Eats,” G Flip says, laughing.

“That’s not a lie. When they approached me, I thought it was funny, because it was like, ‘Well, obviously.’

“I did food tech in high school, and I used to make a smashed avo and scrambled eggs vibe for breakfast. But I got too busy, and it takes too much time, then you’ve got to clean up.”

But G Flip is looking forward to coming home. “I miss going to Collingwood games,” the diehard Magpies supporter says.

“I miss the AFL, and AFLW. I miss my family and friends. And I would kill, or pay big money, to have Carlton Draught on tap in LA.”

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