Peach PRC: ‘I can’t even fathom this situation being a reality’

An iconic Australian singer and a TikTok-famous pop princess will headline the upcoming Sydney WorldPride show. See which stars will lead the event.

What a difference a year makes.

A year ago, Peach PRC was writing songs in her bedroom. Now, she is billed as a headline act at the upcoming WorldPride in Sydney alongside the likes of Kylie Minogue and G Flip.

“I can’t even fathom this situation being a reality,” Peach PRC, whose real name is Shayelee Curnow, told The Daily Telegraph. “It is so surreal to be honest. I don’t even know what is happening anymore … it is just crazy.”

While Minogue is slated to perform at the opening event, Peach PRC will join G Flip, MUNA, Keiynan Lonsdale, Alter Boy, Vetta Borne and BVT at Sydney WorldPride’s closing concert, Rainbow Republic, at The Domain on March 5.

It is a career highlight for the Aussie TikTok superstar who is signed to major US music label, Republic Records, alongside a roster of global artists that include Ariana Grande, Drake, Post Malone and Taylor Swift.

Peach PRC at The Domain in Sydney, where she will be performing at Sydney WorldPride closing event - Rainbow Republic - on March 5, 2023. Picture: Justin Lloyd

Flashback: Peach PRC in 2021. Picture: Supplied

“I just love the music that I make and I love singing so I just have fun with it and try not to take anything too seriously,” she said.

“I write songs all the time, almost every day I will write a song. It is kind of how I journal so it comes from whatever is going on in my life or has gone on in my life, my past and my present, anything and everything.”

Sydney WorldPride closing event will be a career highlight for the young pop princess. Picture: Justin Lloyd.

Peach took her stage name from Princess Peach in the Mario computer game franchise.

She has amassed millions of followers across social media thanks to her raw, honest and funny video content. The muso has also been open about her battles with mental illness and her four years working in the adult industry as a stripper.

“This feels full circle for me,” she said. “Only a year ago I hadn’t come out and hadn’t really accepted that identity in myself and to now be in WorldPride and performing with all of these people that inspire me, is a full circle wholesome moment for me.”

She continued: “It is important to show that you don’t always have to come from a place of getting over something or that you have recovered from it or have overcome it. You can still be in it and still be thriving and still be valid and important and all of those things. That is why I show myself at my worst.”