{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Flo Morrissey | image = Flo Morrissey.jpg | image_size = | landscape = | alt = | caption = Flo Morrissey in 2015 | birth_name = Florence Elizabeth J. Morrissey | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|12|25}}<ref name="Paste">{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/07/flo-morrissey-the-best-of-whats-next.html|title=Flo Morrissey: The Best of What's Next|author=|date=|website=pastemagazine.com|accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref> | birth_place = London, England | origin = | genre = {{hlist|Folk|pop}} | occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|guitarist}} | instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar}} | years_active = 2014{{en dash}}present | label = {{hlist|Glassnote Records|Preserve Artists}} }} '''Florence Elizabeth J. Clementine''' (née '''Morrissey'''; born 25 December 1994), better known by her stage name '''Flo Morrissey''', is an English singer-songwriter from Notting Hill, London.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Flo Morrissey: Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful| website=Pitchfork |url = https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20678-tomorrow-will-be-beautiful/|accessdate = 2015-07-10}}</ref> She has released two albums and three singles, and has toured internationally.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Rookie » Flo Morrissey: Pages of Gold| date=22 December 2014 |url = http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/12/flo-morrissey-pages-of-gold/|accessdate = 2015-07-10}}</ref>
== Biography == Born in London to a large family with eight siblings, Flo Morrissey discovered an interest in folk music at an early age.<ref name=":0" /> She is the daughter of Helena, Baroness Morrissey, a former CEO of Newton Investment Management, and Richard, a Buddhist monk and former financial journalist.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/work/helena-morrissey-im-not-superhuman-i-have-my-moments-of-exhausti/|title=Helena Morrissey: 'I'm not superhuman. I have my moments of exhaustion and self-doubt'|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2017-04-13|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tatler.com/news/articles/february-2016/mega-mum-mega-fund-manager-helena-morrissey|title=Mega-mum mega-fund manager: Helena Morrissey|work=Tatler|access-date=2017-04-13|language=en}}</ref> Morrissey began to write her own songs at the age of 14<ref>{{Cite web|title = Flo Morrissey: The 405 Interview|url = http://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/the-405-meets-flo-morrissey-143|accessdate = 2015-07-10|first = Amelia|last = Maher|website = thefourohfive.com|archive-date = 2015-07-11|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150711095720/http://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/the-405-meets-flo-morrissey-143|url-status = dead}}</ref> and left school three years later, and gained a place at the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology where she studied music for two years. Deciding upon a career in music, after leaving the BRIT school, she commented, "it has meant that I haven’t met many like-minded people, like I might have if I’d gone to university".<ref name=":0" /> After releasing a video performing the song "If You Can’t Love This All Goes Away," she was signed to Glassnote Records.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Flo Morrissey - Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful {{!}} Albums {{!}} musicOMH|url = http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/flo-morrissey-tomorrow-will-beautiful|website = musicOMH| date=17 June 2015 |accessdate = 2015-07-10}}</ref> The recording sessions for her debut album took place during the summer of 2014 in Los Angeles.<ref name=":0" /> In December 2014, Morrissey released the single "Pages of Gold,"<ref name=":0" /> to be followed in June 2015 by the album ''Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful'', produced by Noah Georgeson and Philippe Zdar.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Flo Morrissey: Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful review – keening and cooing|url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/11/flo-morrissey-tomorrow-will-be-beautiful-review|website = the Guardian|accessdate = 2015-07-10|first = Jon|last = Dennis| date=11 June 2015 }}</ref> Morrissey was featured on a number of festivals in 2015, including Glastonbury.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title = British Singer-Songwriter Flo Morrissey on Playing Glastonbury and the Must-See Acts She's Going to Catch| magazine=Billboard |url = https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/flo-morrissey-glastonbury-fashion-festival-picks-6612895/|access-date = 2015-07-10}}</ref> In September, she moved to Paris while she toured Japan and North America and released the single "Show Me" in December 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Rookie » Flo Morrissey: Show Me|url = http://www.rookiemag.com/2016/01/112571/|accessdate = 2016-01-09|date = 7 January 2016|website = rookiemag.com|first = Anne T.|last = Donahue}}</ref> On January 13, 2017, Morrissey released an album of covers with Matthew E. White entitled ''Gentlewoman, Ruby Man''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matthew-e-white-flo-morrissey-velvet-undergrounds-sunday-morning-1937123|title=Listen to Matthew E. White and Flo Morrissey cover The Velvet Underground's 'Sunday Morning'|date=2017-01-07|newspaper=NME|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-18}}</ref> It received four out of five stars from ''The Guardian''{{'}}s Alexis Petridis.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/05/flo-morrissey-and-matthew-e-white-gentlewoman-ruby-man-review|title=Flo Morrissey and Matthew E White: Gentlewoman, Ruby Man review|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|date=2017-01-05|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2017-01-18}}</ref>
Morrissey is divorced from British singer-songwriter Benjamin Clementine; the couple had their first child Julian Jupiter Richard Sainte-Clémentine on Florence's birthday, Christmas Day, 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-another-morrissey-on-the-way-as-singer-flo-announces-pregnancy-a3665291.html |title=Londoner's Diary: Another Morrissey on the way as singer Flo announces pregnancy |publisher=EveningStandard|date=23 October 2017}}</ref> A daughter, Helena Clementine, was born on 29 October 2019, in Ojai, California. Morrissey and her husband collaborate musically as the duo The Clementines, releasing the single "Calm Down" on 14 February 2020.<ref>{{Facebook|benjaminclementine/photos/a.761079187299486/3592972590776784/|name= Benjamin Clementine announces new duo work}}</ref>
== Discography ==
=== Albums === '''as Flo Morrissey''' *''Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful'' (Glassnote, 2015)
'''with Matthew E. White''' *''Gentlewoman, Ruby Man'' (Glassnote, 2017)
'''as Florence Clementine''' *''One Mile Upstream'' (Preserve, 2024)
=== Singles === '''as Flo Morrissey''' *"Pages of Gold" (2014) *"If You Can't Love This All Goes Away" (2015) *"Show Me" (2015)
'''as The Clementines (duo with Benjamin Clementine)''' *"Calm Down" (2020)
'''as Florence Clementine''' *"Easy Kind Of Man" (2022) *"Transformation" (2024)
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