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The Guardian
26-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Triple J Hottest 100: Never Tear Us Apart by INXS voted best Australian song ever
Never Tear Us Apart by INXS has been named the best Australian song of all time in Triple J's poll of the country's favourite homegrown hits. The 1987 song topped the Hottest 100 of Australian Songs, a spin-off of Triple J's annual poll of the year's most popular tracks. The poll, which aired on Saturday, was open to Australian releases from any time in history. Never Tear Us Apart was a global hit for INXS, charting in the US, UK and Europe as well as at home in Australia. The ballad, written by the band's frontman, Michael Hutchence, for his then-girlfriend, reigns in a crowded discography as the group's most unforgettable anthem, made wondrous by Hutchence's desperate, stirring vocals. INXS also had their track Need You Tonight feature in Saturday's poll, at No 59. The Hilltop Hoods came second in the poll with their 2013 single The Nosebleed Section. The hip-hop track was a ten times platinum-selling hit in Australia and is still one of the highest-selling homegrown singles of all time. The top five was rounded out by The Veronica's Untouched in third, Missy Higgins' breakthrough hit Scar in fourth and Crowded House's Don't Dream It's Over in fifth. The latter was one of three appearances in the poll from the band, which formed in Melbourne but whose frontman, Neil Finn, was born and raised in New Zealand, a heritage that has sparked a decades-long debate about which country gets to claim the rock group. While the top ten spanned tracks from the 1970s, 80s and 90s, the 2000s had more songs overall in the poll than any other decade. The top ten also included two tracks from Cold Chisel – Flame Trees and Khe Sanh – as well as Powderfinger's My Happiness, Paul Kelly's Christmas classic, How To Make Gravy, and Gotye and Kimbra's chart-topping collaboration Somebody That I Used to Know. Double J announced The Hottest 100 of Australian songs in the wake of January's Hottest 100, which featured just 29 songs from Australian acts. That's a poor showing compared with previous years, when homegrown acts have typically made up more than 50% of the songs in the countdown – and an uncomfortable result for a station that is government-mandated to support Australian music. Lachlan Macara, the head of Triple J, promised at the time that the station had 'some big things cooking on how we can remind people about the unique cultural worth of Australian music'. He attributed the 2025 poll's lack of local acts in part to a changing music industry, in which social media and streaming platforms are increasingly important for music discovery, but can be tough to crack. 'What I hear from Australian artists is that it can be a real challenge to cut through the algorithm,' he said. 'But we'll keep playing our part in supporting Australian artists and try to give them a chance to reach the wide audiences they deserve … I think there's a chance to have a wider conversation about how we can all support Australian music.' The Hottest 100 of Australian Songs has proven a big success for the station. Triple J counted more than 2.65m votes for the poll, more than any of the last four years of the annual song poll received. According to Triple J, it is the fourth-biggest Hottest 100 they have run. While it was a social media hit with millennial and Gen X Australians – with many posting their votes on Instagram – Double J revealed that 18 to 29-year-olds were still the most popular voters. One Australian artist not placated by the special edition poll was Ben Lee, who posted on Instagram that every year of the Hottest 100 should be local-only. 'I can't help but feel that this initiative — the Hottest 100 of Australian songs — is a bit of a band-aid for a deeper conversation we need to be having about what role Triple J need to be playing in Australian music culture, and fostering new Australian talent,' he said in a video post. 'I reckon in the Hottest 100 every year, it should only be eligible to vote for Australian songs. There's enough platforms around the world for international music.' Lee's 1999 track Cigarettes Will Kill You placed at No 83 in Saturday's poll. One of the many Australians to publicly reveal their votes was the country's prime minister, Anthony Albanese, whose list included Midnight Oil's Beds Are Burning, a 1986 protest track about Aboriginal land rights, and songs from Spiderbait, You Am I and The Go-Betweens. Albanese should be pleased to hear that Beds Are Burning landed at No 18. How To Make Gravy was also among his picks, while another of his favourite tracks, The Angels' Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again, placed at No 12.
Daily Mail
26-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Triple J's Hottest 100 Australian Songs divides fans with iconic number one pick: 'Your ears are painted on'
Triple J 's Hottest 100 Australian Songs wrapped with an iconic hit on Saturday night, but not everyone was happy to hear the Down Under classic take the crown. Never Tear Us Apart by INXS took the number one spot, beating out The Nosebleed Section by Hilltop Hoods and Untouched by The Veronicas. While most took to social media to praise the 1987 single, a few others seemed to think there were more deserving Aussie artists who didn't get a spot on the list. 'NOLLSY WAS ROBBED AGAIN,' one person raged, referencing singer-songwriter Shannon Noll who shot to fame as runner-up on Australian Idol in 2003. 'How is there no Sia in the top 100? Chandelier? Soon We'll Be Found?' said another. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. A third pointed out 'genre defining song' (I'm) Stranded by The Saints and Wide Open Road by The Triffids as 'an iconic aural representation of our country'. 'Neither got in the top 100 Australian songs. Australia, your ears are officially painted on,' they added. 'Well, it's been fun... somewhat. Goodnight,' commented another. While there were some naysayers online, the majority of X users appeared to agree INXS, fronted by the late Michael Hutchence in its heyday, deserved the win. 'I can ABSOLUTELY live with this. What a f***ing great song. We made it guys! Thanks for an awesome day, it's gone down as one of the great ones,' wrote one. 'COP THAT YOU GEN Z D***HEADS! INXS! GREATEST EVER,' commented another passionate listener. A third added: 'Rest in peace, Michael. Cheers to the excellentness [sic] of Australian music.' 'Never Tear Us Apart by INXS is just amazing... no way to really describe it. Poetic and [the] music is fire,' someone else noted. 'R.I.P. Michael. I wish you could hear that Australia loved this song so much still!' they added. Never Tear Us Apart, as the most popular pick of 2.64 million votes, officially emerged as the best Australian song of all time on Saturday night. It comes after INXS shot back onto the music charts in May, more than a decade after the iconic Australian band broke up. The group stormed the UK charts thanks to the 40th Anniversary re-release of their breakthrough, fifth studio album Listen Like Thieves. Originally released in October 1985, the album was the first by the band to make its mark on a global scale. Listen Like Thieves boasted a number of successful singles, including the title track and Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain). This Time was also a hit, as well as What You Need, which peaked at No.2 in Australia and No.5 on Billboard's Hot 100 at the time of its release. The Listen Like Thieves re-release topped four separate rankings in the UK earlier this year, most of which did not exist when the record was originally released. While most took to social media to praise the 1987 single, a few others seemed to think there were more deserving Aussie artists who didn't get a spot on the list It immediately became INXS' highest-ever peak on the Official Album Sales chart, debuting at No.16. The band had been together for 35 years when drummer Jon Farriss made the announcement INXS would no longer be touring together in November 2012. They were supporting Matchbox Twenty at Perth Arena when the announcement was made. 'We've done the album like a live show and what is there is there,' frontman Michael Hutchence told Rolling Stone in 1985. 'We want to present this record as a band—the idea of six people playing together and using traditional sounds.' Never-before-heard INXS demos, featuring vocals from the late frontman, were released to mark the milestone 40th anniversary. The extra tracks were released on May 9 as part of the reissue of the rockers' 1985 album, which reached number one in Australia. Among the unreleased songs was a candid studio moment where Michael's charismatic voice echoed through early takes of their '80s hit track This Time. The anniversary edition reignited nostalgia and appreciation for INXS' enduring legacy, under the guidance of executive music producer Giles Martin. INXS continued to perform with lead singer Michael Hutchence until his tragic death in Sydney in 1997 aged 37, where he committed suicide in a hotel room. Michael died at Sydney's Ritz Carlton, now known as the Intercontinental Hotel Double Bay, while depressed and under the influence of alcohol and drugs. A post-mortem examination found alcohol, cocaine, codeine, Prozac, Valium and other prescribed benzodiazepines—or 'benzos'—in Michael's urine and blood. In late 1995, Michael told British music magazine Vox: 'I don't wanna be a f***ing cliche. I don't need to be dropping off in a hotel bath. 'I've come close, though. I'm surprised I've survived and so are a lot of my friends.' The Australian group was one of the world's most successful rock bands in the late '80s. Following their formation in 1977, they stormed the charts with songs including Need You Tonight, Good Times, New Sensation and Kick. They are one of Australia's highest-selling bands of all time, with over 50 million albums sold worldwide. Their 2011 greatest hits album has spent a record 623 weeks on the ARIA top 100 albums chart. Its success followed the release of the 2014 Channel Seven mini-series about the band called Never Tear Us Apart.
ABC News
26-07-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
INXS's Hottest 100 win: How worlds collided for Never Tear Us Apart
An uncharacteristic ballad from one of Australia's biggest, best-selling rock bands, INXS's 'Never Tear Us Apart' long ago transcended its origins to become a bona fide anthem. But is it the best Australian song of all time? Yes, according to the 2.65 million votes in the Hottest 100 of Australian Songs. The nation has spoken, and the 1987 single has been crowned the people's favourite, surpassing classics by Hilltop Hoods, Missy Higgins, Crowded House, Cold Chisel and many more in the special edition of triple j's national music poll. INXS, a beloved global sensation with more than 70 million records and 4 billion streams to their name, were always going to be a frontrunner in the countdown. The group's greatest hits compilation, The Very Best, is currently number two on the ARIA Australian Album Charts, and it's held a spot in the Top 20 for a whopping 12 years. Formed in 1977, INXS toured relentlessly, sculpted by Sydney's pub rock scene. They grew into an excellent singles band who, beginning with 1983's Nile Rodgers-produced 'Original Sin', began competing — then dominating — on an international level. Fronted by the enigmatic Michael Hutchence, INXS reached their commercial and creative peak with breakthrough sixth album, Kick. Released 19 October 1987, Kick was a blockbuster that cemented the six-piece in the coveted American market, despite the band's label initially hating the record. Atlantic Records didn't grasp the sleek fusion of pop, rock and funk, fearing Kick would alienate rock radio and fail to compete with that year's chartbusters: Michael Jackson's Bad, U2's The Joshua Tree, and hair metallers Guns N' Roses, Def Leppard and Whitesnake. Long-time INXS manager Chris Murphy said Atlantic offered him a million dollars to re-record the album. He rejected and his and the band's instincts were vindicated. Kick peaked at #3 on the US Billboard 200 (behind George Michael's Faith and the Dirty Dancing soundtrack) and reached #2 in Australia (kept from the top spot by Icehouse's Man of Colours). Its success extended to being the best-selling album in Australia of 1988, eventually going seven times Platinum at home. In America, it shifted a staggering six million units (six times Platinum) and produced four top 10 hits: 'New Sensation', 'Devil Inside', 'Need You Tonight' (the band's first and only US number one, and #59 in the Hottest 100 of Australian Songs), and 'Never Tear Us Apart'. Courtney Barnett was one of several Australian musicians who voted for 'Never Tear Us Apart' in the Hottest 100 of Australian songs, alongside G Flip, Rüfüs Du Sol, and The Veronicas. Kick came out the year she was born. "I was obsessed with the whole album," says Barnett, who covered Kick in its entirety in late 2012, for Melbourne-based Pure Pop Records, with naught but voice and guitar. "So many great songs, but I think ['Never Tear Us Apart'] is so epic and dramatic and a great love song. I think that makes it feel really timeless." Among Kick's muscular grooves and arena-ready sing-alongs, 'Never Tear Us Apart' is the power ballad, with the emphasis on power. But it began life as an even stranger outlier in the band's catalogue: a swaggering, up-tempo number in the vein of old-fashioned rockabilly sensation Gene Vincent. "I wanted to do something that was very different from what we were doing before," keyboardist-guitarist and songwriter Andrew Farriss said in a 2024 'Behind The Scenes' video. "In fact, when Michael first heard what I was doing, he laughed … I don't think he took it all that seriously." But the frontman took Farriss's cassette demo and grew to love what he was hearing. In a break between touring and back in Australia, "he came around to my little apartment," says Farriss, who had transposed the music to piano. "[Michael] put the lyrics on it [and] worked out the melody, which I think is fantastic; the way it's really understated." Even so, when the band got into the studio to record Kick, Farriss was still unsure if the ballad was going to make the cut. British producer Chris Murphy was adamant it had to be on the record, remembers Farriss. "But I think he was uncomfortable with an electric or acoustic guitar, or even piano, playing like that… He said, 'have you got a string sample or something?'." Farriss did: the Emulator II Marcato strings, a keyboard preset made ubiquitous in the 1980s via songs by Madonna, The Smiths, The Cure and more. Hutchence was already an iconic 1980s sex symbol, but 'Never Tear Us Apart' works so well because he plays to his tender side. He isn't the smouldering rock star, he's the wounded lover, bringing necessary levels of drama in a career-best vocal performance. This is a man you believe could make wine from your tears. And he conveys that sense of tortured romance — the melancholy, and the triumph — in just two short verses and a chorus. "He had the ability to say a lot in a very short space of time," says Farriss. "And I think that communication is evident in 'Never Tear Us Apart'. It goes straight to people's hearts. They want to own it." Ambling at a steady 97 beats per minute in the uber-common key of C Major, 'Never Tear Us Apart' is in the waltz-like time signature of 6/8, which enhances one of its key features: The dramatic silences. The first (at 48 seconds) leads to the twangy, Spaghetti Western guitar break into the second verse. The second (at 1:49) was used to theatrical effect in concert, where lead guitarist and elder Farriss brother, Tim, would stretch out the silence to whip crowds into a frenzied anticipation. "He stops it for as long as he likes," Hutchence deadpanned in a 1987 interview. "We can go have drinks and sit down for a while." This second break leads into another of the song's distinguishing elements: Kirk Pengilly's saxophone solo. Blustering, borderline-erotic, instantly hummable — it lasts only five bars but provides an added climax to the song. Live, Pengilly would often "wander off into the audience and find a spot to do the sax solo," Hutchence recalled. "And we never see him again." Hutchence experienced plenty of high-profile romances in his life, including Kylie Minogue, Danish supermodel Helena Christensen, and TV presenter/wife of Live Aid organiser Bob Geldof, Paula Yates, among them. But the lyrical inspiration for 'Never Tear Us Apart' was actually Michele Bennett, his pre-fame girlfriend who — even after splitting in 1987 — remained Hutchence's dear friend and confidante during the height of his fame. She also introduced Hutchence to filmmaker Richard Lowenstein, who cast the frontman in his 1986 cult classic Dogs In Space and became a long-time INXS collaborator, directing 15 of their music videos. That included 'Never Tear Us Apart', shot in Prague during winter, a universe removed from the sunny beaches of Sydney, using the Czechoslovakian capital's architecture and landmarks as a romantic backdrop to their tear-jerker. "That was shot in the old town centre, it's so beautiful there," Hutchence remarked in a behind the scenes video commemorating the song's 35th anniversary. "One thing about communism is it's kept most of the buildings intact. It's like a medieval city." At the 1989 ARIA Music Awards, 'Never Tear Us Apart' won INXS Best Group and Best Video, and was a staple of MTV overseas, amplifying Michael Hutchence's magnetic star power. "He was a cross between Mick Jagger and Jim Morrison," MTV video jockey Alan Hunter told Billboard. Famously, Hutchence's career was tragically cut short. He died by suicide in 1997, at age 37, at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Sydney's Double Bay while his INXS bandmates were in rehearsals for another tour. The last person to speak to Hutchence alive? His old flame, Michele Bennett, who received a distressing phone call from the troubled frontman and unsuccessfully attempted to meet him at his hotel room. There was no response, so she left a note with reception. Hutchence's body was discovered by a hotel maid the next morning. An accomplished film and TV producer (whose credits include 2000 hit Chopper and music videos for U2, Prince, Silverchair and Foo Fighters), Bennett didn't speak publicly about Hutchence's death until 2019 documentary Mystify, directed by mutual friend Lowenstein. The filmmaker often felt that if Hutchence were to ever settle down, it would have been with Bennett. "I always felt that, after everything, he'd go back and marry Michele and have a baby with her," Lowenstein told The Independent in 1998. The only INXS song played at Hutchence's funeral, as his casket was carried out of St. Andrew's Cathedral, was 'Never Tear Us Apart', its already emotive words forever given added weight and bittersweet resonance. When triple j's Hottest 100 first shifted to an annual format in 1993, INXS's commercial dominance was beginning to wane, struggling to detach themselves from the 80s, the era that made them icons. As such, INXS have never previously appeared in the annual poll. Some voters in the Hottest 100 of Australian songs may have been aware of this fact, wanting to vindicate one of Australia's all-timers in our country's most famous music poll (similar to The Veronicas anthem 'Untouched', reaching #3, marking their Hottest 100 debut). Then again, the majority of voters probably had no idea INXS have never made the Hottest 100 before. The biggest voting demographic for 'Never Tear Us Apart' were people aged 18 — 29 (42 per cent of the song's vote), but the track's popularity across all age groups is what rocketed it to the top. Where most other songs were only popular with a single demographic, 'Never Tear Us Apart' had cross generational appeal. It had a higher-than-average vote in ballots from people of all ages. For example, it's the only song to feature in the top five of both men under 30 and the #1 song choice for women aged 46 — 55. Mothers and sons love INXS! So, how did a song approaching its 40th anniversary resonate so broadly with people of all ages? Cultural impact and longevity. INXS's catalogue has been a go-to soundtrack choice in plenty of film and TV moments over four decades, from Law & Order SVU and One Tree Hill to the 2004 director's cut of cult indie hit Donnie Darko. Most significantly, INXS served as an important story thread in HBO series Euphoria, exploring the 1980s-era adolescence of Cal Jacobs (played by Eric Dane) and his best friend Derek (Henry Eikenberry) in season two. Specifically, 'Never Tear Us Apart' is used in full in a cold open where the pair's friendship blossoms into a queer romantic exploration, a moment that leans into the tender, feminine side Michael Hutchence expressed in the song. Music supervisor Jen Malone used INXS as her "jumping-off point" to soundtrack these flashback sequences and introduced younger audiences to legacy artists. The five INXS songs used across Euphoria season two enjoyed a resurgence as the show's young audience discovered, and embraced, their music. Spotify streams of 'Never Tear Us Apart' enjoyed a 22 per cent boost in the month following the series finale. "I think that Euphoria is an element of music discovery," she told Variety in 2022. "And to be able to introduce some of the Gen Z audience to this amazing music is so exciting. More recently, 'Never Tear Us Apart' was featured in the A24 erotic thriller, Babygirl, thanks to INXS fan Nicole Kidman. The song scores a particularly steamy montage between Kidman's powerful CEO Romy and young intern Samuel (Harry Dickinson) in the office. When director Halina Reijn used it early in production, she knew no other song would better suit the scene. "I call A24 and I'm like, 'We need the rights to this song.'," Reijn told the Reel Blend podcast in 2024. "[A24] tried it but it was a hard no [from INXS' people]. I didn't sleep for a week. I tried every other song but nothing worked. As is typically the case with any enduring Aussie anthem, 'Never Tear Us Apart' also has a strong sports connection. Just ask any Port Adelaide fan — it's been the club's unofficial anthem for more than a decade. Pears supporters regularly hold club scarves, emblazoned with the track name, high above their heads as the song rings out across Adelaide Oval; a pre-game tradition that began in 2014 when the team moved its home ground from Alberton Park to Adelaide Oval. When the idea was first pitched, "I was quite overwhelmed," Andrew Farriss told ABC Overnights in 2024. "What really struck me, firstly, there's no one performing on the oval, it's the audience endearing themselves to [the] song… and it's gone into Australian culture. That part hit me quite hard…" The song continues to resonate with audiences new and old alike, and it's been covered countless times by artists from across the musical spectrum. Tom Jones and Natalie Imbruglia performed it as a duet in 1999. English DJ Tall Paul delivered a thumping remix, titled 'Precious Heart', in 2001. The National recorded a rendition for an Australian bushfire fundraising compilation in 2020. Closer to home, both Allday and True Live covered 'Never Tear Us Apart' for triple j's Like A Version. Dua Lipa — whose hit 'Break My Heart' interpolated INXS's 'Need You Tonight' – performed the song during the Sydney leg of her Australian tour earlier this year. First nations pop sensation The Kid LAROI covered the song at the 2024 NRL Grand Final, surprising the crowd and his own mother. Reflecting on LAROI's performance, Farriss told ABC Overnights: "One of the most endearing and surprising things of all is that we, INXS, I don't think any of us really imagined that 30 or something years later, we'd even be relevant. "It just amazes me still, after all these years, that especially the younger generation of people embrace what INXS did at the time." "Only the band members would ever know what it's like to be INXS," Jon Farriss told triple j. "Being on stage, being the only people to actually see what it looks like with all the people's reactions and how beautiful it is." But that perspective was so treasured precisely because of the band's audience, across time and around the world. "Over the years, the songs do take on their own sort of energy and power, which is really bequeathed from the audience, and it's out of our hands. Once we design and record it, it's sort of takes it and the people choose to do what they want with it." 'Never Tear Us Apart' is a song that has truly stood the test of time, a testament to a band at the peak of their powers, and the seemingly ageless appeal of their charismatic frontman. "Michael would be so proud of how much longevity some of the songs we wrote together have really had," Andrew Farriss told ABC in 2024. "I can't believe it." Farriss fondly remembers the "person that I met in high school when we were teenagers. That's the person I often think about. It's not the uber-famous megastar" who earned the respect and admiration of peers like Tom Jones, Mick Jagger and Bono. "I don't think of it like that." 'He's not here… to enjoy a lot of the flow-on, as years have gone on, and I miss him.' Farriss is right. There are millions of memories embedded in just three minutes of music. And you only need scour the comments section of any INXS content to see innumerable fans sharing fuzzy tales of the tune scoring deeply personal moments of triumph and tragedy alike, late-night pub sing-alongs and private revelries. The same could be said for many of the iconic songs in the Hottest 100 of Australian Songs. Just ask anyone that went through the punishing task of culling their shortlists down to just 10 tunes from across Australian music history — and there's literally tens of thousands of Hottest 100 voters you could quiz. Ultimately, the main takeaway from that difficult task is that it wasn't really about competition, it was about revisiting — and celebrating — the vast scope, scale, and quality of music this county has produced. It's about realising 'how bloody great is Australian music!?' INXS sit atop the countdown, but all 100 songs — and many more that didn't make the cut — contain countless memories, milestones, and meaning. And nobody could never, ever tear that apart.
The Sun
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Tragic rock star's daughter gives birth to first baby
A TRAGIC rock star's daughter has given birth to her first baby. Tiger Lily Hutchence, 28, has been spotted out in London pushing a pram, confirming the birth of her first baby, with partner Ben Archer. 5 5 Tiger Lily is the daughter of rock star Michael Hutchence, Unlike half-sister singer Pixie, 34, Tiger Lily has chosen to stay out of the limelight. Earlier this year, the daughter of late Paula Yates and Michael Hutchence tied the knot at a ceremony in East London where she was joined by her adoptive dad, Bob Geldof. Tiger Lily and Ben started dating in 2023 and announced that they were expecting their first child in February of this year, via an art flyer where she showed off her bump. She's now been spotted pushing the pram while keeping her baby cosy in a light blue blanket. The star opted for a casual look, donning a white crop top, black trousers and sandals for the stroll. She'd hooked a tote bag onto the stroller, equipped with all the baby bits she needed. Back in April, the couple said 'I do' and source said at the time: ' Tiger Lily and Ben had a very chic, very low-key wedding on Saturday. 'They hired out a restaurant on Columbia Road for about 30 guests. ' Tiger Lily 's sisters, Pixie and Fifi, were there, as well as Bob. 'The guest list was very rock 'n' roll, with Tiger Lily's godfather, Nick Cave, invited, too. 'Tiger Lily and Ben are so happy together and this ceremony was just for their closest friends and family. 'It was a beautiful day and, after the service, they all sat down to have a meal together.' Pals said the pair were keen to wed before welcoming their new arrival. A source added: 'This is a huge year for Tiger Lily and Ben because they're becoming parents. "Getting married in front of their nearest and dearest was the cherry on top for them.' She had a tough start, with her INXS frontman dad Michael taking his own life and her TV host mum Paula dying from a heroin overdose, all by the time Tiger Lily was four. Her sister, Peaches, also died from a heroin overdose in 2014, aged 25. After moving to Australia, Tiger Lily released an album, Tragic Tiger's Sad Meltdown, and revealed her then- boyfriend, singer Nick Allbrook, had given her the confidence to start singing. She said of the record: 'I made this cassette in the living room of our house in Fremantle, a seaside town in Western Australia. 'I had always been shy to sing with others, but moving across the world and my ex-boyfriend Nick had given me some bravery. 'Most of the songs are about my sister, Peaches, who I lost as a teenager, so singing them aloud felt very potent, but my band always made me feel held.' Now living back in London with model Ben, it seems Tiger Lily really has found her happy ever after. 5 5
The Irish Sun
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Tragic rock star's daughter gives birth to first baby
A TRAGIC rock star's daughter has given birth to her first baby. Tiger Lily Hutchence, 28, has been spotted out in London pushing a pram, confirming the birth of her first baby, with partner Ben Archer. Advertisement 2 A tragic rock star's daughter has given birth to her first baby Credit: Splash News 2 Tiger Lily Hutchence revealed her baby news in February Credit: Instagram Tiger Lily is the daughter of rock star Michael Hutchence, Unlike half-sister singer Pixie, 34, Tiger Lily has Earlier this year, the daughter of late and tied the knot at a ceremony in East London where she was joined by her adoptive dad, . Tiger Lily and Ben started dating in 2023 and announced that they were expecting their first child in February of this year, via an art flyer where she showed off her bump. Advertisement Read More on Michael Hutchence She's now been spotted pushing the pram while keeping her baby cosy in a light blue blanket. The star opted for a casual look, donning a white crop top, black trousers and sandals for the stroll. She'd hooked a tote bag onto the stroller, equipped with all the baby bits she needed. Advertisement Most read in Music Back in April, the couple said 'I do' and source said at the time: ' 'They hired out a restaurant on Columbia Road for about 30 guests. Trailer for documentary 'Mystify: Michael Hutchence' ' 'The guest list was very rock 'n' roll, with Tiger Lily's godfather, Advertisement 'Tiger Lily and Ben are so happy together and this ceremony was just for their closest friends and family. 'It was a beautiful day and, after the service, they all sat down to have a meal together.' Pals said the pair were keen to wed before welcoming their new arrival.
