Brendan Maclean | |
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 Brendan Maclean at the Sydney premiere of The Great Gatsby in 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Australia |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, actor, presenter |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, keyboards, vocals, guitar, ukulele |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Labels | Independent |
| Website | brendanmaclean |
Brendan Maclean is an Australian singer-songwriter and actor.
Brendan Maclean's debut EP, White Canvas, was uploaded to iTunes March 2010. In January 2014 he released a second EP, Population, produced by Paul Mac. Its lead single Stupid was featured by BuzzFeed [1] and was heard as the Weather on Welcome to Night Vale , in episode 47, "Company Picnic." Soon after its release Maclean was signed to the Universal Music Publishing Group. [2]
In 2015 Brendan released a third EP "Thought I'd Cry for You Forever", which included a collaboration with writer Neil Gaiman, and was nominated for an ARIA Award for his work with Marcia Hines on the Velvet Original Cast Soundtrack. [3]
Maclean's first album funbang1 was released on 24 July 2016. It debuted at number 2 on the Australian Independent Album Chart. [4] Three singles from the record were co-written with former Cobra Starship member Alex Suarez.
In 2024 Brendan performed as a backing vocalist for Australia’s Eurovision entry, Adelaide based pop duo Electric Fields.
On 30 January 2017, Maclean uploaded an explicit short film accompanying his song "House of Air" to YouTube. [5] The video went viral for its depictions of sexual acts including fisting, piss play, and scat play. [6] The video was later removed from YouTube for breaching its terms of service, but is available on Vimeo as of January 2024. [5] [7]
House of Air won a Berlin Music Video Award and gained entry to SXSW 2018 Midnight Shorts. [8] [9] Huffington Post and New York included House of Air in their Best Music Videos of 2017, the latter including a warning, "This video should not be viewed in any public setting." [10]
Maclean appears as Ewing Klipspringer in the Baz Luhrmann adaptation of The Great Gatsby (2013).
In 2018 Brendan starred as Eli in the ABC Television comedy, 'Fucking Adelaide’ alongside Pamela Rabe, Kate Box and Tilda Cobham-Hervey [11]
In 2022, Maclean played the title roles in the Australian premiere production of Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical . [12] He received widely positive reviews for his performance. [13] [14] [15] [16] The production won Best Musical Direction in the Sydney Theatre Awards 2022.
Brendan is slated to appear in How To Make Gravy, a 2024 feature film inspired by a Paul Kelly song. [17]
From 2007 to 2013, Maclean was a regular music presenter for Australian national youth station Triple J.
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is an 1886 novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It is about a London lawyer, Gabriel John Utterson, who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll and the misanthropic Mr. Hyde. In a twist ending, it is revealed that Jekyll and Hyde were the same person, and that Jekyll had regularly transformed himself into Hyde by drinking a serum.
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"Jekyll and Hyde" is a single by American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch from their sixth studio album, Got Your Six. It is the first single from the album, and is the twentieth single overall from the band, which was released on 15 June 2015.
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Georgia Claire Flipo, known professionally as G Flip, is an Australian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer from Melbourne, Victoria. Their debut studio album, About Us, was released on 30 August 2019. Its follow-up, Drummer, followed almost four years later on 11 August 2023.
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