{{Short description|English violinist and singer (born 1997)}} {{Infobox person | name = Georgia Ellery | image = Georgia Ellery, 2020 (Black Country, New Road).jpg | alt = Image of a woman playing violin with pink and blue lights in the background | caption = Ellery performing with Black Country, New Road in 2020 | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1997}} | birth_place = Cornwall, England | alma_mater = Guildhall School of Music and Drama | module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes | genre = {{hlist|Experimental pop|art pop|art rock|chamber pop|progressive folk|post-punk|post rock}} | instrument = {{hlist|Violin|vocals|guitar|mandolin|recorder|cello}} | current_member_of = {{flatlist| * Black Country, New Road * Jockstrap }} | past_member_of = {{UBL| Nervous Conditions }} }} }}
'''Georgia Ellery''' (born 1997) is an English violinist and singer. She is one half of the experimental pop duo Jockstrap. She also plays violin and is an occasional lead vocalist in the rock band Black Country, New Road.
== Life and career == Georgia Ellery was born in Cornwall, England in 1997.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Bromwich |first=Kathryn |date=2025-03-16 |title=On my radar: Georgia Ellery’s cultural highlights |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/mar/16/on-my-radar-georgia-ellery-black-country-new-road-jockstrap-cultural-highlights |access-date=2026-04-25 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Her mother is a music therapist and encouraged Ellery to begin violin lessons at age 5.<ref name=":1" /> She has a brother.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Dickson |first=Izzi |date=2020-05-29 |title=Georgia Ellery: ‘Pushing our creative minds to get somewhere unheard is where the joy is’ |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/interviews/19318 |url-status=live |access-date=2026-04-25 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> She studied jazz violin at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where she met future Jockstrap bandmate Taylor Skye.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" />
In 2014, Ellery and fellow future Black Country, New Road bandmates Tyler Hyde, Lewis Evans, May Kershaw, Charlie Wayne, and Isaac Wood, along with Connor Browne and Jonny Pyke, formed the band Nervous Conditions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quietus |first=The |date=2019-12-04 |title=Making Good Their Escape: Black Country New Road Interviewed |url=https://thequietus.com/interviews/black-country-new-road-interview/ |access-date=2026-04-25 |website=The Quietus |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> Nervous Conditions disbanded in 2018 after Browne was accused by multiple parties of sexual assault.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nervous Conditions split following sexual assault allegations against frontman |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/nervous-conditions-split-following-sexual-assault-allegations-against-front |access-date=2026-04-25 |website=The Line of Best Fit |language=en-US}}</ref> Ellery, along with Hyde, Evans, Kershaw, Wayne, and Wood, formed Black Country, New Road shortly after, with Ellery playing violin and providing background vocals.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quietus |first=The |date=2019-12-04 |title=Making Good Their Escape: Black Country New Road Interviewed |url=https://thequietus.com/interviews/black-country-new-road-interview/ |access-date=2026-04-25 |website=The Quietus |language=en-GB}}</ref>
In 2019, Ellery played the role of Katie Leigh in the film ''Bait''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Freedman |first=Max |date=2024-08-02 |title=Musician Georgia Ellery (Jockstrap) on finding inspiration in other people |url=https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/musician-georgia-ellery-jockstrap-on-finding-inspiration-in-other-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=2026-04-25 |website=The Creative Independent |language=en}}</ref>
In 2022, Black Country, New Road lead vocalist Isaac Wood announced he was leaving the band.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=2022-01-31 |title=Black Country, New Road Frontman Isaac Wood Departs Band Days Before New Album Release |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/black-country-new-road-frontman-isaac-wood-departs-band-days-before-new-album-release/ |access-date=2026-04-25 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> Following this, Ellery began to split lead vocal duties with Hyde, Evans, and Kershaw.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beres |first=Siena |date=2025-02-24 |title=Black Country, New Road’s 'Besties' is a view of 'Forever Howlong' |url=https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/music/black-country-new-record-or-how-to-reinvent-a-cult-classic-band/ |access-date=2026-04-25 |website=The Michigan Daily |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=May 2025 |first=Words: Louis Griffin Photos: Eddie Whelan 6th |date=2025-05-06 |title=Black Country, New Road: Whole New World |url=https://diymag.com/interview/black-country-new-road-forever-howlong |access-date=2026-04-25 |website=DIY |language=en}}</ref>
== Artistry == Ellery grew up listening to romantic composers such as Tchaikovsky and Brahms, and at 14 began listening to house music.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Cliff |first=Aimee |date=2020-04-02 |title=Meet Jockstrap, an Uncanny Electro-Pop Duo From the Retro Future |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/rising/jockstrap-interview/ |access-date=2026-04-25 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref>
Ellery has listed musicians Elton John, Joni Mitchell, and Paul Simon, as well as photographer Robert Mapplethorpe as influences on her songwriting.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" /> She has said her dream collaborator is Sunn O))).<ref name=":2" />
== Personal life == Ellery lives in London and is bisexual.<ref name=":0" />
== Discography ==
=== Jockstrap === {{Main|Jockstrap (band)#Discography}}
* ''I Love You Jennifer B'' (2022)
=== Black Country, New Road === {{Main|Black Country, New Road discography}}
* ''For the First Time'' (2021) * ''Ants from Up There'' (2022) * ''Forever Howlong'' (2025)
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ellery, Georgia}} Category:Living people Category:1997 births Category:Musicians from Cornwall Category:English women pop singers Category:21st-century English women singers Category:English women violinists Category:21st-century English violinists Category:English bisexual musicians Category:Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama