Georgia Flipo — G Flip — to perform at Sydney Opera House on New Year’s Eve
It’s been a rapid rise for young Melbourne musical sensation Georgia Flipo — better known as G Flip — and she’s showing no sign of slowing down. She’s set to share a stage with music heavyweights the Foo Fighters and Post Malone after ringing in the new year performing at the Sydney Opera House.
Inner South
Don't miss out on the headlines from Inner South . Followed categories will be added to My News.
It may seem like Georgia Flipo broke through into the mainstream music scene out of nowhere.
But her success has been far from a fluke.
Flipo, 25, — who performs under the stage name G Flip — became an overnight sensation in February this year after she uploaded song About You to Triple J’s digital channel Unearthed.
THE BEST AND WORST ALBUMS RELEASED IN 2018
SPOTIFY REVEALS THE TOP MUSIC PICKS FOR MELBOURNE SUBURBS
YOUTUBE’S NEIGHBOURHOOD SOUNDS CAPTURE SUBURB’S SOUND
Musicians can often wait a while for their music to be played on Unearthed — if at all — but About You was played the day it was shared.
Unearthed has long been the first step for fledgling Aussie musicians who want wider exposure to their work.
The list of artists to come through the platform include Grinspoon, Missy Higgins and Flume.
And now G Flip.
What may seem like overnight success has taken 16 years to achieve.
“I grew up with my dad listening to music all the time in the lounge room,” she said.
“I remember always singing to myself as a kid so when dad asked me what I wanted to be when I was older, I said a singer.”
Flipo’s thirst for music went into overdrive when her uncle bought her a drum kit for her ninth birthday.
“It was love at first sight, I wanted to be a drummer,” Flipo said.
“Growing up, I played in many bands as a drummer but then I started getting more confident to sing and share the music I had written in my bedroom.
“Now I have combined my two little dreams.”
Flipo, a self-confessed “massive perfectionist” admits her path from dream to success was “unique”.
“Not every musician uploads a song on the internet and it goes viral within hours so it was definitely a shock,” she said.
“But I had that song for a whole year before I uploaded it because I had spent so much time tweaking it and getting it perfect before I showed anyone.
“I feel like everything I have learned in life was building up to me doing this as a career in the end.”
SUBURB ADDS $500K TO MEDIAN HOUSE PRICE IN 12 MONTHS
LATE FOOTY LEGEND’S BRIGHTON HOME FINDS NEW OWNER
THE MODEST STARS OF THE 2018 GLEN EIRA PROPERTY MARKET
The past 10 months since her breakthrough have been a whirlwind for Flipo.
She made her live solo performance debut at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas — one of America’s biggest festivals.
Flipo then backed that up with a set back home in Australia at Splendour in the Grass.
Performing in front of thousands so early in a professional career may lead to a bit of complacency but Flipo is taking nothing for granted.
She is in the recording studio working on her first album but is still enjoying herself despite the busy schedule.
“I love being able to call this my job because I really don’t like doing anything else,” Flipo said.
“I love performing but I also love coming up with hooks and my favourite moments are in my bedroom studio or writing and producing in other studios.
“I love walking into a studio and seeing a drum kit because so many studios just don’t have real kits anymore, it’s all processed beats.”
Flipo recently got a major boost to her career after she won ARIA’s Emerging Artist Scholarship.
She scored $30,000 worth of flights from Virgin Australia to use domestically and internationally in 2019.
“It’s such a massive help,” Flipo said.
“When you’re in the music industry touring costs so much money, when you have to fly around Australia and overseas.
“I’m a solo artist but I travel with my two best mates as my band members so the bills rack up.”
Her only regret it’s that she had to give up her job as a drum teacher.
She began teaching to “make ends meet” but also because she wanted to follow in the footsteps of former drum teacher and idol, Jenny Rose Morrish.
“(Morrish) will always be my biggest inspiration and idol,” Flipo said.
“She taught me drums from the ground up and I wanted to be an awesome chick drummer like she was.”
Nobody would argue that Flipo wasn’t well on her way to be becoming one, with an already jam-packed 2019 calendar.
She will tour with Courtney Barnett and Gang of Youths on the 2019 Laneway Festival circuit through January and February.
Flipo is then straight onto the line-up alongside Lily Allen and the Presets at Party in the Paddock later in February.
In August, Flipo will jet off to the UK for the Reading and Leeds Festival.
“Being named on the Readings and Leeds Festival line-up alongside names like the Foo Fighters, Billy Eilish, Post Malone and the 1975 will be a massive career highlight for me,” she said.
But before all that Flipo will be performing at the Sydney Opera House on New Year’s Eve.
“If you switch your TV to ABC you’ll see myself and a bunch of other great artists playing various classic party songs to bring in the New Year,” she said.
Flipo has only set herself a few but ambitious goals she hopes to achieve in her career.
She wants to play California’s big festival Coachella but number one would be to work with the artists who inspire her the most.
“The ultimate thing I want to do is to play with Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters front man and drummer),” she said.
“I would also love to play with (Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer) Chad Smith and work with producers Pharrell and Mark Ronson.
“It’s going to be a rollercoaster of highs and lows but the adventure of a lifetime.”
MORE NEWS
OUTRAGE OVER MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT MALVERN STATION
‘White Australia’ fundraiser raises $27k in just eight days
A crowd-funding page created by a controversial neo-Nazi figure has raised more than $27,000 to help “create a home for white people in Australia”.
Pictures: Victorian preppies start their first day of school
About 70,000 Victorian grade prep students have started their first year of school this week. Check back to see all the photos from primary schools across the state.