Flo Morrissey
Florence Clementine (née Florence Elizabeth J 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, three singles and has toured internationally.[3]
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Birth name | Florence Morrissey |
Born | [1] London, England | 25 December 1994
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Years active | 2014–present |
Labels | Glassnote |
Biography
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, CA.[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]
She is married to British singer-songwriter Benjamin Clementine, and 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.
On 14 February 2020, the release of the single "Calm Down" marks the first work of the duo The Clementines, formed by Flo Morrissey and Benjamin Clementine.[14]
Discography
Albums
as Flo Morrissey
- Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful (Glassnote Records, 2015)
with Matthew E. White
- Gentlewoman, Ruby Man (Glassnote, 2017)
Singles
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)
References
- "Flo Morrissey: The Best of What's Next". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- "Flo Morrissey: Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful". Retrieved 2015-07-10.
- "Rookie » Flo Morrissey: Pages of Gold". Retrieved 2015-07-10.
- "Helena Morrissey: 'I'm not superhuman. I have my moments of exhaustion and self-doubt'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
- "Mega-mum mega-fund manager: Helena Morrissey". Tatler. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
- Maher, Amelia. "Flo Morrissey: The 405 Interview". thefourohfive.com. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
- "Flo Morrissey - Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful | Albums | musicOMH". musicOMH. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
- Dennis, Jon. "Flo Morrissey: Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful review – keening and cooing". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
- "British Singer-Songwriter Flo Morrissey on Playing Glastonbury and the Must-See Acts She's Going to Catch". Retrieved 2015-07-10.
- Donahue, Anne T. (7 January 2016). "Rookie » Flo Morrissey: Show Me". rookiemag.com. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
- "Listen to Matthew E. White and Flo Morrissey cover The Velvet Underground's 'Sunday Morning'". NME. 2017-01-07. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- Petridis, Alexis (2017-01-05). "Flo Morrissey and Matthew E White: Gentlewoman, Ruby Man review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- "Londoner's Diary: Another Morrissey on the way as singer Flo announces pregnancy". EveningStandard. 23 October 2017.
- Benjamin Clementine announces new duo work on Facebook