{{Infobox musical artist | name = Phoebe Go | image = Phoebe Go, Thirroul, 30 May 2026.jpg | image_upright = 1.1 | caption = Phoebe Go performing in Thirroul in May 2026. | birth_name = Phoebe Lou | birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | origin = | genre = {{hlist|Indie pop<ref name="Atwood 2022-10-28" />|alt-pop<ref name="AU Review 2024-05-14" />}} | years_active = 2010–present | label = AWAL | past_member_of = {{hlist|Snakadaktal|Two People}} | website = {{URL|phoebego.com}} }} '''Phoebe Lou''' is an Australian singer and songwriter from Melbourne. She was a founding member of indie pop band Snakadaktal from 2010, where she sang and played synthesiser, before forming dream pop group Two People with former bandmate Joey Clough. In 2022, she began releasing music as '''Phoebe Go''', and issued her first solo EP'', Player.'' Her first album, ''Marmalade'', was released in 2024.
== Early life and career == Phoebe Lou grew up in Melbourne and started songwriting at 11 years old, finding inspiration from her father's favourite artists, Johnny Cash and Lou Reed, which made a "huge impact on [her] sense of self and the idea of expression and the freedom in it."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nurick |first=Jen |date=16 September 2024 |title=Phoebe Go's Work Strikes A Personal Chord |url=https://www.elle.com.au/culture/phoebe-go-debut-album-marmalade/ |access-date=20 October 2025 |website=Elle}}</ref>
Lou began playing in the indie pop band Snakadaktal at 15 years old, while she was in high school.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Dunton |first=Claire |date=16 May 2024 |title=Phoebe Go's Solo Debut Is Years In The Making, Cataloguing Desperation and Dissociation |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/phoebe-go-s-solo-debut-is-years-in-the-making-cataloguing-desperation-and-dissociation/IQefNTQ3Njk/16-05-24 |access-date=16 August 2025 |website=The Music}}</ref> The band's debut extended play (EP), released in 2011, reached number 26 on the ARIA Charts.<ref name=":0" /> Snakadaktal disbanded in 2014.
In 2016, Lou and former bandmate Joey Clough formed the duo Two People, and released two studio albums, ''First Body'' in 2019, followed by ''Second Body'' in 2020.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bruce |first=Jasper |date=28 August 2020 |title=Two People drop sophomore record, 'Second Body' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/two-people-sophomore-record-second-body-2739418 |access-date=20 October 2025 |work=NME}}</ref>
Lou released her first solo single, "We Don't Talk", in May 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Billy |first=August |date=6 May 2022 |title=Phoebe Go (Two People, Snakadaktal) Releases Debut Solo Single 'We Don't Talk' |url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/phoebe-go-two-people-snakadaktal-releases-debut-solo-single-we-dont-talk/ |access-date=20 October 2025 |work=Music Feeds}}</ref> She issued her debut five-track EP, ''Player'', that October, which features delicate harmonies and a more stripped-back sound which compliments more introspective lyrics.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Driver |first=Emma |date=12 December 2022 |title=Interview: Phoebe Go's solo debut EP: 'I didn't want to waste the opportunity to say something meaningful' |url=https://www.womeninpop.com/news-home/interview-phoebe-gos-solo-debut-ep-i-didnt-want-to-waste-the-opportunity-to-say-something-meaningful?srsltid=AfmBOor1HjEgH8Mjsn7WXeP9bNAkVhyRKLnnEbdAlAAx1KQTFfbCDKXC |access-date=20 October 2025 |website=Women In Pop}}</ref><ref name="Atwood 2022-10-28">{{Cite web |last=Mosk |first=Mitch |date=28 October 2022 |title='I still shine from time to time': Phoebe Go Stirs the Soul on Her Beautifully Raw Debut, 'Player' |url=https://atwoodmagazine.com/pntp-phoebe-go-player-ep-interview-music-feature/ |access-date=20 October 2025 |website=Atwood Magazine}}</ref>
In May 2024, Lou released her first solo album, ''Marmalade'', via AWAL.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lapierre |first=Megan |date=28 March 2024 |title=Phoebe Go Announces Debut Album 'Marmalade,' Shares New Single 'Leave' |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/phoebe-go-announces-debut-album-marmalade-shares-leave |access-date=20 October 2025 |work=Exclaim!}}</ref> Writing for ''The AU Review'', Pace Proctor described the eight-track record as a "shimmering, alt-pop genre fusion built on shuffling drums, simple yet effective guitar riffs, and cruising vocals."<ref name="AU Review 2024-05-14">{{Cite web |last=Proctor |first=Pace |date=15 May 2024 |title=Album Review: Phoebe Go – Marmalade (2024 LP) |url=https://www.theaureview.com/music/album-review-phoebe-go-marmalade-2024-lp/ |access-date=20 October 2025 |website=The AU Review}}</ref>
== Discography ==
=== With Snakadaktal === {{See also|Snakadaktal#Discography}} '''Studio albums'''
* ''Sleep in the Water'' (2 August 2013, Liberation)
'''EPs'''
* ''Snakadaktal'' (25 November 2011, I Oh You) * ''The Sun II'' (3 January 2014, Liberation)
=== With Two People === '''Studio albums'''
* ''First Body'' (18 January 2019, Liberation) * ''Second Body'' (28 August 2020, Liberation)
=== As Phoebe Go === '''Studio albums'''
* ''Marmalade'' (17 May 2024, AWAL)
'''EPs'''
* ''Player'' (28 October 2022, no label)
== References == <references /> Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Australian indie pop musicians Category:Australian women singer-songwriters Category:21st-century Australian women singers Category:21st-century Australian singer-songwriters Category:People from Melbourne