Flo Morrissey

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Flo Morrissey
Flo Morrissey in 2015
Background information
Birth nameFlorence Elizabeth J. Morrissey
Born (1994-12-25) 25 December 1994 (age 29)[1]
London, England
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • guitarist
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active2014–present
LabelsGlassnote

Florence Elizabeth J. Clementine (née Morrissey; born 25 December 1994), better known by her stage name Flo Morrissey, is an English singer-songwriter from Notting Hill, London.[2] She has released two albums and three singles, and has toured internationally.[3]

Biography[edit]

Born in London to a large family with eight siblings, Flo Morrissey discovered an interest in folk music at an early age.[3] She is the daughter of Helena, Baroness Morrissey, a former CEO of Newton Investment Management, and Richard, a Buddhist monk and former financial journalist.[4][5] Morrissey began to write her own songs at the age of 14[6] and left school three years later, and gained a place at the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology where she studied music for two years. Deciding upon a career in music, after leaving the BRIT school, she commented, "it has meant that I haven’t met many like-minded people, like I might have if I’d gone to university".[3] After releasing a video performing the song "If You Can’t Love This All Goes Away," she was signed to Glassnote Records.[7] The recording sessions for her debut album took place during the summer of 2014 in Los Angeles.[3] In December 2014, Morrissey released the single "Pages of Gold,"[3] to be followed in June 2015 by the album Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful, produced by Noah Georgeson and Philippe Zdar.[8] Morrissey was featured on a number of festivals in 2015, including Glastonbury.[9] In September, she moved to Paris while she toured Japan and North America and released the single "Show Me" in December 2015.[10] On January 13, 2017, Morrissey released an album of covers with Matthew E. White entitled Gentlewoman, Ruby Man.[11] It received four out of five stars from The Guardian's Alexis Petridis.[12]

Morrissey is married to British singer-songwriter Benjamin Clementine; the couple had their first child Julian Jupiter Richard Sainte-Clémentine on Florence's birthday, Christmas Day, 2017.[13] A daughter, Helena Clementine, was born on 29 October 2019, in Ojai, California. Morrissey and her husband collaborate musically as the duo The Clementines, releasing the single "Calm Down" on 14 February 2020.[14]

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

as Flo Morrissey

with Matthew E. White

Singles[edit]

as Flo Morrissey

  • "Pages of Gold" (2014)
  • "If You Can't Love This All Goes Away" (2015)
  • "Show Me" (2015)

as The Clementines (duo with Benjamin Clementine)

  • "Calm Down" (2020)

as Florence Clementine

  • "Easy Kind Of Man" (2022)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Flo Morrissey: The Best of What's Next". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Flo Morrissey: Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Rookie » Flo Morrissey: Pages of Gold". Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Helena Morrissey: 'I'm not superhuman. I have my moments of exhaustion and self-doubt'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Mega-mum mega-fund manager: Helena Morrissey". Tatler. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  6. ^ Maher, Amelia. "Flo Morrissey: The 405 Interview". thefourohfive.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Flo Morrissey - Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful | Albums | musicOMH". musicOMH. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  8. ^ Dennis, Jon. "Flo Morrissey: Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful review – keening and cooing". the Guardian. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  9. ^ "British Singer-Songwriter Flo Morrissey on Playing Glastonbury and the Must-See Acts She's Going to Catch". Billboard. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  10. ^ Donahue, Anne T. (7 January 2016). "Rookie » Flo Morrissey: Show Me". rookiemag.com. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  11. ^ "Listen to Matthew E. White and Flo Morrissey cover The Velvet Underground's 'Sunday Morning'". NME. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  12. ^ Petridis, Alexis (5 January 2017). "Flo Morrissey and Matthew E White: Gentlewoman, Ruby Man review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  13. ^ "Londoner's Diary: Another Morrissey on the way as singer Flo announces pregnancy". EveningStandard. 23 October 2017.
  14. ^ Benjamin Clementine announces new duo work on Facebook
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