{{Infobox musical artist | name = Georgia Twinn | birth_name = Georgia Lee Twinn | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|03|09|df=yes}} | origin = Essex | genre = | occupation = Musician | years_active = 2018–present | label = Universal | current_member_of = Loud LDN | website = {{URL|georgiatwinn.com}} }}
'''Georgia Lee Twinn''' (born 9 March 2003) is an English musician and social media personality. Born and raised in Essex, she first attracted attention for her 2018 lip-synching video to iLoveFriday's "Mia Khalifa". After releasing "On My Mind" in 2019, she signed to Universal Music Group, and released several works between October 2020 and May 2021 including "I Don't Mind", which was nominated for the Popjustice £20 Music Prize. In 2022, she became a member of Loud LDN.
== Life and career ==
=== Early life, "Mia Khalifa" and "I Don't Mind" === Georgia Lee Twinn<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=I Dont Mind |url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/912038650?page=1 |access-date=11 October 2023 |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |archive-date=12 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612055619/https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx#/ace/search/workID/912038650?page=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> was born on 9 March 2003<ref>{{Cite web |last=Twinn |first=Georgia |date=9 March 2024 |title=I'm 21 on Saturday ?¿? 🤫 |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C4O2JjBtOG_/?hl=en&img_index=1 |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref> and raised in Essex,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Georgia Twinn new single 'You Shouldn't Have F****d With Me' • WithGuitars |url=https://www.withguitars.com/277294-2/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |language=en-GB |archive-date=2020-11-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119015633/https://www.withguitars.com/277294-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and has an older sister.<ref name=":4"/> Her parents later separated, causing her to move in with her mother; her father was a fan of rock music. She set up an Instagram account aged eleven,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Sims |first=Paige |date=2021-02-26 |title=Georgia Twinn Is Speaking Up For Gen Z Voices |url=https://notion.online/georgia-twinn-is-speaking-up-for-gen-z-voices/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=Notion |language=en-GB |archive-date=2023-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019132102/https://notion.online/georgia-twinn-is-speaking-up-for-gen-z-voices/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and became a fan of Lana Del Rey around this time<ref name=":4" /> after hearing her rendition of "Blue Velvet" on a H&M advert,<ref>{{Citation |title=Voice Fresh Chats: Georgia Twinn | date=23 June 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3d1q-0oAOU |access-date=2023-12-12 |language=en}}</ref> and found her music helpful in dealing with the struggles she was facing at the time.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Sophie |date=2021-04-19 |title=Georgia Twinn: "I've always been interested in the weird side of pop" |url=https://thefortyfive.com/interviews/georgia-twinn-interview-2021-ive-always-been-interested-in-the-weird-side-of-pop/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=The Forty-Five |language=en-GB |archive-date=2023-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019131804/https://thefortyfive.com/interviews/georgia-twinn-interview-2021-ive-always-been-interested-in-the-weird-side-of-pop/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She later met Del Rey at Latitude Festival, who offered her Doritos.<ref name=":2" /> Growing up, Twinn was interested in the police, and thought of becoming a forensic scientist.<ref name=":4" />
In 2018,<ref name="BuzzFeed" /> one of her TikTok videos, "Hit or Miss",<ref name=":4" /> in which she lip-synched to a snippet of iLoveFriday's "Mia Khalifa", a song about the retired pornographic actress of the same name that Cheyanne Hays had uploaded to the platform, went viral, receiving over 360,000 likes as of February 2019;<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-12 |title=How TikTok Gets Rich While Paying Artists Pennies |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/article/the-great-music-meme-scam-how-tiktok-gets-rich-while-paying-artists-pennies/ |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en |archive-date=2019-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526211142/https://pitchfork.com/features/article/the-great-music-meme-scam-how-tiktok-gets-rich-while-paying-artists-pennies/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the "Hit or Miss" trend was listed at No. 2 on BuzzFeed's "The Biggest TikTok Memes And Trends Of 2018" list in December 2018.<ref name="BuzzFeed">{{cite web |last=Strapagiel |first=Lauren |date=December 21, 2018 |title=29 of the Best TikTok Memes and Trends of 2018 |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/biggest-tiktok-2018-trends-memes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920112703/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/biggest-tiktok-2018-trends-memes |archive-date=September 20, 2019 |access-date=September 29, 2019 |website=BuzzFeed News}}</ref> She told The Forty Five in April 2021 that the success of the video, when she was fifteen, caused her to suffer from "a lot of sexual harassment online from men", and that the experience caused her to become "more cautious and aware of the types of people that there are online".<ref name=":4" />
The success of her TikTok account prompted her to leave school at sixteen to pursue music.<ref name=":4" /> Her first works were cover versions uploaded to YouTube, which prompted a producer to get in touch;<ref name=":2" /> her first single, "On My Mind", was self-released, and caught the attention of Universal Music Group.<ref name=":3" /> In October 2020, she released a cover of Tame Impala's "Let It Happen", and then the following month she released "You Shouldn't Have Fucked With Me", a contemptuous breakup song.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Georgia Twinn pairs teen angst with unapologetic pop bombast on "You Shouldn't Have F****d With Me" {{!}} Best Fit |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/discovery/georgia-twinn-you-shouldnt-have-fckd-with-me |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=The Line of Best Fit |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019132845/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/discovery/georgia-twinn-you-shouldnt-have-fckd-with-me |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2020, she released "I Don't Mind",<ref name="idm">{{Cite web |title=Georgia Twinn shares new track 'I Don't Mind' Inbox • WithGuitars |url=https://www.withguitars.com/278725-2/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |language=en-GB}}</ref> which she wrote about her anxiety<ref name=":2" /> and released alongside a lyric video.<ref name="idm" /> The song appeared at No. 15 on Popjustice's "Top 45 Singles of 2020" listicle at the end of that year,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Peter |date=2020-12-31 |title=The Top 45 Singles Of 2020 • Popjustice |url=https://www.popjustice.com/articles/the-top-45-singles-of-2020/ |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=Popjustice |language=en-US |archive-date=2021-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422074500/https://www.popjustice.com/articles/the-top-45-singles-of-2020/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and was nominated in 2021 for the Popjustice £20 Music Prize,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Peter |date=2021-07-22 |title=The 2021 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: shortlist announced • Popjustice |url=https://www.popjustice.com/briefing/the-2021-popjustice-twenty-quid-music-prize-shortlist-announced/ |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Popjustice |language=en-US |archive-date=2021-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728003059/https://www.popjustice.com/briefing/the-2021-popjustice-twenty-quid-music-prize-shortlist-announced/ |url-status=live }}</ref> an award won by Laura Mvula's "Got Me".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Peter |date=2021-09-09 |title=2021 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Laura Mvula wins • Popjustice |url=https://www.popjustice.com/briefing/2021-popjustice-twenty-quid-music-prize-laura-mvula-wins/ |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=Popjustice |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110020142/https://www.popjustice.com/briefing/2021-popjustice-twenty-quid-music-prize-laura-mvula-wins/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
=== "On A Mountain", ''Talk'' and "Matty Healy" === On 14 January 2021, she featured on Danny L Harle's "On A Mountain",<ref name=":12" /> a hardcore song with trance elements released under his DJ Danny alias.<ref name=":13"/> The song was released alongside a music video directed by the Rolfes Brothers, which guided viewers around Harle's Euphoria Stadium, the largest room in Club Harlecore, and another song, "Boing Beat", a mákina song released under Harle's alias MC Boing.<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |date=2021-01-14 |title=Danny L Harle – "On A Mountain" & "Boing Beat" |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2112994/danny-l-harle-on-a-mountain-boing-beat/music/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Stereogum |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019134348/https://www.stereogum.com/2112994/danny-l-harle-on-a-mountain-boing-beat/music/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Upon release, "On A Mountain" became Consequence's "Song of the Week".<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |date=2021-01-16 |title=Song of the Week: Danny L Harle Urges Us to Dance and Heal with "On a Mountain" |url=https://consequence.net/2021/01/song-of-the-week-danny-l-harle-on-a-mountain/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019132312/https://consequence.net/2021/01/song-of-the-week-danny-l-harle-on-a-mountain/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and both tracks would later appear on Harle's album ''Harlecore''.<ref name=":13" /> Flume would later release a future bass remix of the song.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Ellie |date=2021-08-31 |title=Flume drops bass-inflected remix of Danny L Harle's 'On A Mountain' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/flume-drops-bass-inflected-remix-of-danny-l-harles-on-a-mountain-3033436 |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=NME |language=en-AU |archive-date=2022-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928152239/https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/flume-drops-bass-inflected-remix-of-danny-l-harles-on-a-mountain-3033436 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Later that month, Twinn released a solo single, "Raccoons",<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Robin |date=2021-01-15 |title=Georgia Twinn Manifests Confidence With Pop Burner 'Raccoons' |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/georgia-twinn-manifests-confidence-with-pop-burner-raccoons/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |language=en-GB |archive-date=2023-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019134004/https://www.clashmusic.com/news/georgia-twinn-manifests-confidence-with-pop-burner-raccoons/ |url-status=live }}</ref> a song written about a Snapchat group she had been part of that found itself invaded by a group of men who made life difficult for other social media users,<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Georgia Twinn drops her new single 'Raccoons' • WithGuitars |url=https://www.withguitars.com/georgia-twinn-drops-her-new-single-raccoons/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |language=en-GB |archive-date=2023-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205214505/https://www.withguitars.com/georgia-twinn-drops-her-new-single-raccoons/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and addressed her attempts at dealing with their bullying.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Music |title=Georgia Twinn drops her debut EP 'Talk' |url=https://noctismag.com/music/georgia-twinn-talk/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=noctismag.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019131804/https://noctismag.com/music/georgia-twinn-talk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A music video was released for the song, which was directed by Courtney McWilliams and Ciaran Linden Beale.<ref name=":6" /> The song appeared on her March 2021 EP, ''Talk'';<ref name=":7" /> which composed of songs that she had written when she was fifteen,<ref name=":4" /> and about her experiences of relationships and school.<ref name=":2" /> She told The Forty Five the following month that the EP had been delayed from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom; she had used the time to hone her sound,<ref name=":4" /> and took inspiration during this period from Grimes, Pale Waves, Lykke Li, and Beabadoobee.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last=White |first=Jordan |date=2021-05-07 |title=Georgia Twinn |url=https://www.euphoriazine.com/blog/2021/05/music-georgia-twinn/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=EUPHORIA. |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019221700/https://www.euphoriazine.com/blog/2021/05/music-georgia-twinn/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
thumb|250x250px|Matty Healy performing in Chile in 2017 In April 2021, she released "Matty Healy", a song named after the frontman of the 1975, who she became a fan of via her older sister, "Girls" first. The song was written when she was fifteen<ref name=":4" /> about an arrogant ex-boyfriend<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Robin |date=2021-04-16 |title=Georgia Twinn's 'Matty Healy' Is A Self-Confessed "Breakup Banger" |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/georgia-twinns-matty-healy-is-a-self-confessed-breakup-banger/ |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |language=en-GB |archive-date=2023-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701143927/https://www.clashmusic.com/news/georgia-twinns-matty-healy-is-a-self-confessed-breakup-banger/ |url-status=live }}</ref> who looked like Healy<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aubrey |first=Elizabeth |date=2021-04-16 |title=Listen to Georgia Twinn's new "break-up banger" 'Matty Healy' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-georgia-twinn-new-break-up-banger-matty-healy-2922299 |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=2023-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019132312/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-georgia-twinn-new-break-up-banger-matty-healy-2922299 |url-status=live }}</ref> and thought he was better looking than him,<ref name=":10" /> and was conceived after Twinn told her regular collaborators about him.<ref name=":4" /> The song's bridge references the band's "Somebody Else", and the song's video features a derivative of TikTok, Twinntok, which featured a number of Twinn's old videos.<ref name=":9" /> The following month, she released "Moth", a grunge song<ref>{{Cite web |title=Georgia Twinn shares new track 'Moth', debut EP 'Talk' out now (EMI Records) • WithGuitars |url=https://www.withguitars.com/286663-2/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |language=en-GB |archive-date=2023-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205214540/https://www.withguitars.com/286663-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which contained Nirvana references<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Peter |date=2021-05-07 |title=New Music Friday: Georgia Twinn's done a song about a moth • Popjustice |url=https://www.popjustice.com/briefing/new-music-friday-georgia-twinns-done-a-song-about-a-moth/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Popjustice |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019132436/https://www.popjustice.com/briefing/new-music-friday-georgia-twinns-done-a-song-about-a-moth/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and was written about a codependent relationship she was in.<ref name=":9" /> She became a member of Loud LDN,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Producers & Songwriters |url=https://www.ferocioustalent.com/producers-songwriters |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=Ferocious Talent |language=en-US}}</ref> a collective of London-based women and non-binary artists set up in May 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Sophie |date=2022-12-19 |title="We're taking over the scene": meet Loud LDN, dance music's most vibrant new collective |url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/loud-ldn-drum-n-bass-revival-piri-venbee-lucy-tun-radar-3367338 |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=2023-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115185851/https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/loud-ldn-drum-n-bass-revival-piri-venbee-lucy-tun-radar-3367338 |url-status=live }}</ref> that year.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=LOUD LDN on Instagram: "Here is our Loud LDN wrapped 2022 💖 We're very excited about what 2023 has in store and are excited to grow our community in the new year!" |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmwxo_2NtML/?hl=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026214714/https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmwxo_2NtML/?hl=en |archive-date=2023-10-26 |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref>
== Discography == === EPs === * ''Talk'' (2021)<ref name=":7" />
=== Singles === ==== As lead artist ==== Twinn has released the following singles:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Georgia Twinn - Discography |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/2O0h682EGdSff234pcv201/discography/all |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=Spotify |language=en}}</ref> {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+{{sronly|Singles as lead artist}} ! scope="col" |Title ! scope="col" |Year ! scope="col" |Album |- ! scope="row" |"On My Mind" |2019 | rowspan=4 {{Non-album single}} |- ! scope="row" |"Let It Happen" | rowspan="3" |2020 |- ! scope="row" |"You Shouldn't Have Fucked With Me" |- ! scope="row" |"I Don't Mind" |- ! scope="row" |"Raccoons" | rowspan="3" |2021 |''Talk'' |- ! scope="row" |"Matty Healy" | rowspan=3 {{Non-album single}} |- ! scope="row" |"Moth" |- ! scope="row" |"Raised by the Internet" |2022 |}
=== As featured artist === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+{{sronly|Singles as lead artist}} ! scope="col" |Title ! scope="col" |Year ! scope="col" |Album |- ! scope="row" |"On A Mountain"<br/><small>(with DJ Danny)</small><ref name=":12" /> |2021 |''Harlecore'' |}
== References == {{reflist}}
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