G Flip

“My birth name is Georgia Flipo, and my whole life everyone has called me G Flip so that was always gonna be what I released my music under.”

“I wanted to make the album that my kid self dreamed of, a hybrid of pop/rock but with drums out the front.”

“Australia will always be my home, but I definitely want to explore places.”

“It's really great to just live your authentic truth.”

“While I was sitting back on drums for years, I was watching how the lead singer interacts with the crowd, how the bass guitarist moves, and I was piecing together what my show would be like in my head.”

“I think when you go into a room and you're fresh in the songwriting, producing world or going into sessions, no idea is a bad idea. When I've worked with younger artists, there's like this little bit of nervous or, they're shy to say the ideas. But no idea is a bad idea.”

“It's a pop album from a drummer's perspective but more importantly, 'Drummer' is the album I always wanted to hear growing up.”

“Well, I always had thoughts. But when I really knew I was in trouble - or, not in trouble, but I really was like, 'Oh my God, you are so gay,' was when I saw The Pussycat Dolls' music video for 'Don't Cha,' and I was like, 'Gay!'”

“I got my first drumkit when I was 9 years old, my uncle bought me a little blue drumkit... I remember trying to be tough and not cry but I was so happy I got a drumkit that I went to the toilet by myself and cried a little bit.”

“There's a lot of femininity in the pop world if you're a girl. I aligned more with Travis Barker, like taking my T-shirt off and smacking drums.”

“My drum teacher was my absolute idol, I bought the same drumkit as her, the same sticks as her... she became one of my absolute best friends.”

“I think my genre is in the pop world because I love catchy melodies, but it's a rough kind of pop.”

“I was on a soul music journey and I thought it was so great that the Teskey Brothers were bringing that classic sound back and modernising it.”

“I gave myself a year to write as many songs as I could, and then I made a shortlist of about 10, and on that list was nearly all the songs on my first album.”

“I feel like I've always been pretty grounded in knowing who I am. After coming out... I was even more settled in my own skin, I knew myself even more than I thought I could know myself. I love myself more.”

“When I was growing up, I liked to dress in the way that I dressed and that really helped me with my sexual identity and who I am as a person.”

“A drummer's playing with all their limbs, you're playing polyrhythms with each part of your body. Every part of the drumkit is a separate instrument and you're playing it as one.”

“With drumming, I've done so many hours on stage in past bands and have been playing in bands for my whole life so I'm not nervous on drums.”

“Knowing that I help the younger generation maybe discover their gender identity or start the conversations within the households, is really important to me.”

“I knew from a very young age that I had crushes on girls. But in that Catholic-school environment, any older girls who came out as queer were whispered about or pointed at. I didn't want that for myself, and so I never shared my attraction with anyone until after year 12.”