Georgi Kay
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Georgi Kay
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| background = solo_singer
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|03|15}}
| origin = Ascot, Berkshire, England
| instruments = Vocals, guitar, keyboards
| genre = Electronic indie pop
| occupation = Singer/songwriter
| years_active = 2010–present
| label = Parlophone, Warner, MONOKI
| website = {{URL|www.georgikay.com/}}
| associated_acts = Axwell, Brodinski, Feenixpawl, Ivan Gough, Flo Rida, Ed Sheeran, Tash Sultana, Tiesto, LP
}}
Georgina Kristine Noelle Kingsley{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/82c55ee2-036d-4b5d-9416-49ea90c25b48|title=Georgina Kristine Noe Kingsley – New Songs, Playlists & Latest News – BBC Music|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-02}} (born 15 March 1993 in Ascot, Berkshire), most commonly known by their{{Cite web |title=About 1 |url=https://www.georgikay.com/about |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=GEORGI KAY |language=en-US}} stage name Georgi Kay, is an English-born Australian indie pop singer, currently based in Los Angeles.{{Cite web|url=http://www.georgikay.com/bio/|title=BIO | Georgi Kay|date=26 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426165745/http://www.georgikay.com/bio/|accessdate=22 July 2020|archive-date=26 April 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://perthbands.com/forum/index.php?topic=20624 |title=perthbands.com |website=Perthbands.com |accessdate=2013-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318152829/http://perthbands.com/forum/index.php?topic=20624 |archive-date=18 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}
Biography
Georgi Kay began playing lead guitar for rock group, The Vains, at the age of fourteen. Within a year they also took on the lead vocal duties. By 2009, Kay was playing solo shows and recording some of their original material for release.
Kay released their debut EP, Strange Things in March 2010.
In 2010, Kay became the youngest ever winner of the WAM Song of the Year Award, winning in 2010 with "Breakfast in Bedlam".{{Cite news|title=Schoolgirl Georgi Kay wins WAM Song of the Year Crown|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/perth-confidential/schoolgirl-georgi-kay-wins-wam-song-of-year-crown/story-e6frg30l-1225938750786|publisher=Sunday Times|work=PerthNow|date=14 October 2010|last=Craddock|first=Dave}} In 2011 Kay won another WAM Song of the Year Award for their collaboration "Free" with The Stoops.{{cite web |url=http://www.wam.asn.au/Events/WAMSongoftheYear/SongoftheYear2011/2011NomineesWinners/tabid/280/Default.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227090713/http://www.wam.asn.au/Events/WAMSongoftheYear/SongoftheYear2011/2011NomineesWinners/tabid/280/Default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 December 2011 |title=WAM Song of the Year 2011 |publisher=Western Australian Music Industry |work=WAM Song of the Year |date=13 October 2011}}
In May 2011 Kay released their debut album, Backwardsforwards.{{cite web|url=http://www.theaureview.com/albums/georgi-kay-backwards-forwards-2011-lp|title=Georgi Kay – Backwards Forwards (2011 LP)|publisher=The [AU] Review |date=9 August 2011 |last=Lendrum |first=Tony |accessdate=29 January 2013}}
Kay wrote and featured on the track "In My Mind", released on Axtone Records in January 2012, in collaboration with Australian house music producers Feenixpawl and Ivan Gough. Flo Rida released a remix titled "In My Mind, Part II". The track marks Kay's first appearance on a major label international album. "In My Mind" was chosen by KIA Motors for their 2013 US advertising campaign titled "Bringing Down The House" and the launch video made its debut on over 18,000 movie screens during the MTV Video Music Awards on 6 September.{{cite web|url=http://www.kia-world.net/index.php/2012/08/31/2013-kia-soul-commercial/ |title=2013 Kia Soul Hamster Commercial video | Kia Blog :: 2014 Kia News |publisher=Kia-world.net |date=10 June 2012 |accessdate=6 August 2013}}
In February 2012, Kay played the role of Melissa in the Jane Campion directed television miniseries, Top of the Lake, filmed in Otago, New Zealand.{{cite web|author=Michael Ausiello |url=http://tvline.com/2012/02/20/lucy-lawless-top-of-the-lake/ |title=Lucy Lawless Joins Top of the Lake – BBC and Sundance Channel |publisher=TVLine |date=February 2012 |accessdate=6 August 2013}} In the penultimate episode, they performs a cover of the song "Jóga" by Björk, and in the final episode one of their own original songs, "Ipswich".
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2012, "In My Mind" won the ARIA Award for Best Dance Release.{{cite web |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/nominees/2012/aria-awards/best-dance-release/ |title=Aria Awards / 2012 Best Dance Release – 26th ARIA Awards 2012 |website=Ariaawards.com.au |accessdate=6 August 2013 |archive-date=13 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213060607/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/nominees/2012/aria-awards/best-dance-release |url-status=dead }} At the APRA Music Awards of 2013, "In My Mind" won Dance Work of the Year.{{cite web | url = http://www.apraamcos.com.au/awards/2013-awards/apra-music-awards/dance-work-of-the-year/ | title = Dance Work of the Year | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) | year = 2013 | accessdate = 19 March 2013 | archive-date = 1 April 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150401040058/http://apraamcos.com.au/awards/2013-awards/apra-music-awards/dance-work-of-the-year/ | url-status = dead }}
In December 2014, Kay wrote, produced and recorded "Head Full of Lies" as the theme music for the opening/closing credits for the three-part Netflix dystopian miniseries Residue. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2015, "Head Full of Lies" was nominated for Best Original Song Composed for the Screen.
In December 2015, they released the single "God of a Girl" from their EP Origins. In February 2016 they released the single "More Than This". Origins was released in February 2016.
In 2017, Kay wrote, produced and recorded "Mark VI" in collaboration with Charles Scott IV as the theme music/closing credits for Sleight, the American science fiction drama film about a street magician in Los Angeles. The film, directed by J. D. Dillard, written by Dillard and Alex Theurer and starring Jacob Latimore, Seychelle Gabriel, Dulé Hill, Storm Reid, Sasheer Zamata and Michael Villar. The film was released on 28 April 2017, by WWE Studios and Blumhouse Tilt. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $4 million worldwide, against its $250,000 budget.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}
In early 2018, Kay wrote, recorded and produced the track "Lone Wolf" in Los Angeles. In November 2018, the album Where I Go to Disappear was released.
Personal life
Kay is non-binary, using they/them pronouns,{{Cite web |title=About 1 |url=https://www.georgikay.com/about |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=GEORGI KAY |language=en-US}} and is gay.{{Cite magazine |last=Youtt |first=Henry |date=2018-07-10 |title=Singer-Songwriter Georgi Kay Talks 'Hiding From the World' to Connect Through Isolation: Exclusive 'Lone Wolf' Video Premiere |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/georgi-kay-lone-wolf-video-premiere-8464827/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}
Discography
=Albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style"text-align:center;"
|+List of albums, with release date and label shown ! Title ! Details |
| scope="row"| Backwardsforwards
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| scope="row"| Where I Go to Disappear
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=Extended plays=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style"text-align:center;"
|+List of EPs, with release date and label shown ! Title ! Details |
| scope="row"| Strange Things
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| scope="row"| In My Mind EP
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| scope="row"| Origins
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=Singles=
==As lead artist==
==As featured artist==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ ! scope="col" style="width:15em;"| Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Other performer(s) ! scope="col" | Album |
| scope="row" | "Free"
| 2011 | The Stoops | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |
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| scope="row" | "In My Mind (Axwell Mix)"
| rowspan="2" | 2012 |
| scope="row" | "In My Mind (Part 2)"
| Flo Rida |
| scope="row" | "Follow Me"
| 2015 | Brodinski | Brava |
| scope="row" | "Give Me a Sign"
| 2016 | Lipless | Wake up Call EP |
| scope="row" | "Let You Go"
| 2017 | Matt Nash | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |
| scope="row" | "Dreams"
| 2018 | Feenixpaul, Sheco | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |
Awards and nominations
=APRA Awards=
The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters".{{cite web|url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History.aspx |title=APRA History |publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) |access-date=17 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920230857/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History.aspx |archive-date=20 September 2010 }}{{cite web | url = http://apraamcos.com.au/awards/2015-awards/screen-music-awards/best-original-song-composed-for-the-screen/ | title = Best Original Song Composed for the Screen | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) | Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) | year = 2015 | access-date = 23 March 2016 | archive-date = 19 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160319074535/http://apraamcos.com.au/awards/2015-awards/screen-music-awards/best-original-song-composed-for-the-screen/ | url-status = dead }}
{{awards table}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| "In My Mind" (Aden Forte, Ivan Gough, Georgi Kay, Joshua Soon)
| Dance Work of the Year
| {{won}}
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| "In My Mind (Part 2)" (Tramar Dillard, Aden Forte, Ivan Gough,Georgi Kay, Joshua Soon)
(performed by Flo Rida)
| Urban Work of the Year
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2015
| "Head Full of Lies" (Georgi Kay, James Earp) (for Residue)
| Best Original Song Composed for the Screen
| {{nom}}
|-
{{end}}
=ARIA Music Awards=
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.{{cite web |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/nominees/2012/aria-awards/best-dance-release/ |title=Aria Awards / 2012 Best Dance Release – 26th ARIA Awards 2012 |website=Ariaawards.com.au |accessdate=6 August 2013 |archive-date=13 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213060607/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/nominees/2012/aria-awards/best-dance-release |url-status=dead }}
{{awards table}}
|-
| 2012
| "In My Mind" by Ivan Gough and Feenixpawl featuring Georgi Kay
| {{won}}
|-
{{end}}
=WAM Song of the Year=
The WAM Song of the Year was formed by the Western Australian Rock Music Industry Association Inc. (WARMIA) in 1985, with its main aim to develop and run annual awards recognising achievements within the music industry in Western Australia.{{cite web|url=http://intersector.wa.gov.au/article_view.php?article_id=350&article_main=24|title=2006 WAM Song of the Year Awards |work=InterSector |publisher=Western Australian State Government |year=2006|accessdate=7 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725092704/http://www.intersector.wa.gov.au/article_view.php?article_id=350&article_main=24|archive-date=25 July 2008|url-status=dead}}
{{Awards table}} (wins only)
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| rowspan="2" | 2010
| rowspan="2" | "Breakfast in Bedlam"
| Schools 15–17 Yrs
| {{Won}}
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| Grand Prize
| {{Won}}
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| 2011
| rowspan="2" | "Free (The Stoops featuring Georgi Kay)
| Urban / Hip Hop
| {{Won}}
|-
{{end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.georgikay.com/}}
{{Authority control}}
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Category:Australian dance musicians
Category:Australian pop musicians
Category:Australian guitarists
Category:Australian songwriters
Category:Non-binary singer-songwriters
Category:English emigrants to Australia
Category:Entertainers from Ascot, Berkshire
Category:Musicians from Perth, Western Australia
Category:21st-century Australian singers