Georgia Maq Announces New EP ‘God's Favourite', Shares ‘Pay Per View'
To coincide with the EP's announcement, Maq has shared a new single from it entitled 'Pay Per View'. In a press statement, Maq noted that the song was written shortly after she officially relocated to Los Angeles from her native Melbourne following the end of Camp Cope in 2023. 'I was slamming the apps going on dates trying to find the love of my life,' she said. '[I] just going home feeling like a microwaved battery, because dating in LA is hell.' An accompanying music video has also been shared for the single, directed by Kristin Wellmer, which sees Maq adorn a gold suit and walk the streets of Los Angeles handing out flyers offering to dispatch 1000 rats upon request for strangers.
Although Maq came to national and international recognition as the lead vocalist and guitarist of Camp Cope, she began her solo career well before the band's formation. After starting out as a busker in Melbourne for several years, Maq released her debut solo EP – entitled Friends And Bowlers Run – in 2013. Following the formation of Camp Cope in 2015, Maq shelved her solo material until 2019, when she released her debut album Pleaser via Poison City Records.
The 2020s has seen Maq intermittently return to solo material, both before and after the release of Camp Cope's third and final studio album, Running With The Hurricane, in 2022. She released the single 'Cold Summer' in 2020, followed by the singles 'Someone Stranger' (featuring Melbourne producer Alice Ivy) and 'Joe Rogan' in 2021. 2022 saw her duet with Ben Lee on the track 'Arsehole' from his album I'm Fun!, while 2024 saw her release the stand-alone single 'Tropical Lush Ice'.
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