Goth Babe

{{short description|Solo musical project of Griff Washburn}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Goth Babe | image = Goth Babe, The Anthem DC, Sept 2024.jpg | caption = Washburn in 2024 | alt = | landscape = | birth_name = Griffen Washburn | birth_date = | origin = Chattanooga, Tennessee | genre = {{hlist|Indie rock|chillwave|indie pop|folktronica}} | years_active = {{start date|2015}}–present | label = Mom + Pop Music | website = {{URL|https://www.gothbabemusic.com}} }}

'''Goth Babe''' is the American indie rock solo project of singer-songwriter Griff Washburn.

After releasing a series of singles and EPs, the first Goth Babe album title ''Lola'' was released in 2024.<ref name="PALOLA">{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/goth-babe/goth-babe-brings-the-beat-on-lola|title=Goth Babe Brings the Beat on Lola|first1=Devon|last1=Chodzin|website=Paste|date=January 25, 2024|access-date=January 30, 2024}}</ref>

== Early life ==

Washburn was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and moved to Nashville to pursue his music career before moving to New York and ultimately to the West Coast.<ref name="PALOLA"/><ref name="hpm">{{cite web|first1=Ava|last1=Butera|url=https://www.honeypunchmag.com/interview-goth-babe|title=Goth Babe|website=Honey Punch Mag|access-date=January 30, 2024}}</ref>

== Career ==

Washburn released his debut album ''Lola'' in 2024.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Michael|last1=Major|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Goth-Babe-Announces-Debut-Album-Lola-Shares-New-Track-Backwards-With-WATTS-20231129|title=Goth Babe Announces Debut Album 'Lola' & Shares New Track 'Backwards' With WATTS|website=BroadwayWorld|date=November 29, 2023|access-date=January 30, 2024}}</ref> Additionally, Washburn played at Hinterland Music Festival on August 5, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-01 |title=With lots of talent on just one stage, Hinterland expands to four days |url=https://www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-music/2022-02-01/with-lots-of-talent-on-just-one-stage-hinterland-expands-to-four-days |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=Iowa Public Radio |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, he contributed to the benefit compilation ''The Song is Coming From Inside the House'', organized by Strange Ranger to raise funds for Groundswell's Rapid Response Fund in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ruiz |first=Matthew Ismael |date=2020-04-30 |title=Mount Eerie, Downtown Boys, More Featured on New COVID-19 Benefit Album |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mount-eerie-downtown-boys-more-featured-on-new-covid-19-benefit-album-listen/ |access-date=2025-09-30 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

Washburn has stated he has PTSD after being held up by gunpoint.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://floodmagazine.com/87621/watch-goth-babe-tides-short-film/|title=Goth Babe Gets Candid About Van Life and Suffering From PTSD in Short Film "Tides"|first1=Margaret|last1=Farrel|website=Flood Magazine|date=April 30, 2021|access-date=January 30, 2024}}</ref> In 2022, Washburn's home burned down and he lost his iMac with years worth of unreleased music.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://puddlegum.blog/news/goth-babe-iceland-ep/|title=GOTH BABE RELEASES ICELAND EP IN SPITE OF TRAGEDY|first1=Kevin|last1=Flick|website=Puddlegum|date=November 7, 2022|access-date=January 30, 2024}}</ref>

{{Infobox artist discography | Artist = Goth Babe | Studio = 1 | EP = 10 | Singles = 19 | Music videos = 7 }}

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== External links == * {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0003849439}} * {{discogs artist}}

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