The Australian singer/songwriter on what culture has influenced their identity.
When I get on Zoom to interview the Australian singer / songster G Flip , they ’re hungover . They spent the dark before at the MTV Movie Awards with their new pardner Chrishell Stause ofSelling Sunsetfame and celebrate the many acquire the show receive . As they peer over the top of their black cat oculus sunglasses , you’re able to tell the nighttime before was mad actual .
The 27 year old , who expel their launching albumAbout Usin 2019 , won Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year at the Australian Independent Record Labels Association and the lead unmarried of the same name received acclaim fromPitchfork . They ’ve recently released the single " GET ME OUTTA HERE , " which get the attention of the internet when it became vindicated that Stause , the picture ’s maven , and GFlip were dating . Being with Stause , who has antecedently identified as straight , has catapulted them into tabloid celebrity , which G Flip has taken in stride , in the first place because they have one another to lean on .
While they ’ve both received backlash about the kinship , G Flip primarily see it as a positive for the great unwashed to educate themselves about being non - binary . " We are both positive people and we talk about the positives and we ’re like , ' It ’s unspoilt that people are having this conversation about gender identity and fag relationships , ' " they say . On the heels of their Modern single , they ’ll be doing a mini tour across the US that include the Aussie BBQ for Central Park’sSummerStageon June 18th where they ’ll play with other Australian artists .
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They are presently work on fresh music , writing songs in the exhibitor , which is one of their favorite position to create . GFlip desire to continue plant authenticity in their euphony — whether that ’s tattle about their relationships , individuality , friendship . Mostly because they are hoping that they can be a role model for those out there questioning who they are . " I [ hope ] I can normalize same sex activity relationships , being non - binary . Just be someone that I needed when I was a nipper . Because I know if I was around when I was a kid , it would ’ve help me in my come out journey . "
GFlip talked to Thrillist aboutMae Martin ’s telecasting showFeel Good , appreciating the peculiar mass in their life , and coming out as non - binary .
Knowing they were queer from an early age
I develop up going to a Catholic primary school and then a Catholic all - girls high school day . There was a with child disruption in absence seizure of gay media , which unquestionably affected my follow out chronicle and how I came out . I did n’t add up out till later , I was about 20 long time erstwhile . And I have a go at it I was queer from a very , very young age . I retrieve in kindergarten being 3 or 4 years old and now when I look back , I was flirting with the 16 - year - old assistance instructor . We had Napoleon time , [ I was ] pretending to nap and cheekily being like , " Oh , I ’m not asleep . " Then whenever she ’d stand up and walk around , I ’d hold her handwriting and look up at her . Whenever she ’d sit down , I ’d sit down in her lap . I was obsessed with her . You bed , how the great unwashed would play husband or wives ? I was always the husband .
Coming out as non-binary
It all came down to instruction . I did n’t experience what non - binary was . I heard the Bible , I knew some people that in the media had come out like Demi Lovato and Sam Smith .
I call back coming across this amazing piece online calledThe Gender Unicorn . That unicorn instruct me a lot . It really just took me to read and educate myself on what being non - binary is for me to be like , " Oh , wow . That feels like me . " I remember I had a she / they iPhone encompass that I was using over Pride calendar month .
It was becoming more and more patent that , " Oh , that ’s how I identify . " And then it guide just a conversation with my ex - girlfriend , actually , who ’s worked with many people who distinguish as trans , identify as non - binary . She ’s act in that space before , and I felt like in my life history I had n’t had many non - binary , trans , or queer figure to verbalize to . My ex-wife - collaborator was just so gentle and beautiful and she was like , " G , you ’ve got your she / they earphone case . permit ’s talk about your gender identity . "
I ’m so glad that now there are non - binary figures in the world for citizenry to look up to because if I knew about being non - binary as a tiddler , shag , it would ’ve made my life so much easy .
Feel Good
There ’s thatbeautiful scene[in Season 2 ] where [ Mae and George ] get food , they sour around and they walk out , and Mae gets mention to as a guy . They say , " give thanks you , sir " to Mae . Mae turn to their collaborator and is just like , " He call me , sir . " And then [ George ] was like , " How do you finger about that ? " Then they babble about sexuality in such a beautiful and easygoing way . Mae ’s partner just says , " Well , what do you feel like ? " Then Mae ’s like , " I just feel like Mae . " And then her partner order , " Well , I think that could be non - binary , Mae . " And then May ’s like , " Yeah , I think it is . "
When I watched that , it remind me of my situation with my ex - partner . It was so well-heeled and it was just like , " Well , G I think you are non - binary . " And then I was like , " Yeah , I am . "
Appreciating the queer people in their life
I experience like any fairy human being anywhere on the spectrum , I ’m like , " Just fuck yeah . " It takes a lot to be your reliable self . Everyone has their own journey and some mass have had really jumpy journeying . Everyone has a unlike queer journey and everyone has their own story and the mass that I ’m surrounded with , I ’m just like , " Fuck , I make out you so much . And I look up to you , " and that ’s the inspiration I need . The people that I ’ve beleaguer myself with , who I ’m just totally in fear of .
I feel like my queer icons are the beautiful queer human beings that I ’ve met , that are around me that I fuck and adore . They ’ve been through some tough thing , but they ’re fighting every day to just live their unquestionable sprightliness .
