George Maple

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George Maple
Born
Jessica Higgs

(1992-05-25) 25 May 1992 (age 33)
Sydney, Australia
Origin Los Angeles, California, U.S.
GenresPop, electronic, R&B, soul
Years active2012 (2012)–present
Labels Virgin Records/EMI (Past: Future Classic) [1]
Website georgemaple.com

Jess Higgs (born 25 May 1989), known professionally as George Maple, is an Australian-born, LA based recording artist, songwriter and record producer. [2] In 2017, Maple released her own debut album, Lover which debuted at #2 on the Australian iTunes Chart. Lover featured US rapper GoldLink and Rome Fortune.

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Alongside the album she released a series of self directed and produced music videos. In early 2018, she commenced her first national headline tour, the Lover Tour and supported New Zealand singer Lorde.

Maple has performed at international festivals Coachella, Lollapalooza and EDC Vegas, as well as Australian festivals; Field Day, Splendour in the Grass, Groovin the Moo and FOMO festival. Maple is known for her theatrical fashion and has been described as a ’fashion icon’ by Australian mainstream media. Her style has been featured in Vogue, Interview magazine, and ELLE, among others.

As an artist, ghostwriter and producer, she has over 400 million Spotify streams. She has written and produced for artists such as DJ Snake, What So Not, Flume, Goldroom, Guy Sebastian, Hayden James and Flight Facilities. Maple is the pitched down voice on the Hayden James song "Something About You".

In 2019, Maple launched her concept performance "Utopia" and announced the launch of her multi-medium production company The Process. She also announced artist development initiative and management company T.B.C.A.

Maple released her second LP in 2020.

Discography

Albums

TitleDetails
Lover
Myth [3]
  • Released: 11 December 2020
  • Label: Etcetc

Extended plays

TitleDetails
Vacant Space

Singles

TitleYearAlbumLabel
"Talk Talk"2014Vacant Space Future Classic
"Where You End And I Begin"
(featuring Grande Marshall)
2015Lover
"Sticks and Horses"
(featuring GoldLink)
2016 Virgin/EMI
"Buried"
(featuring Rome Fortune; with What So Not)
"Lover"2017
"Kryptonite"
"Hero"
"Magic Woman"2019Non-album singles Etcetc
"Superhuman" [4]
"Fade" [5] 2020Myth
"The Hill" [6]

Appearances and credits

TitleYearArtistAlbumCreditsLabel
"Foreign Language"2011 Flight Facilities Non-album singleVocals (as Jess Higgs) Future Classic
"Frozen"2012YesYouYesYouVocals (uncredited)Bossy Music
"Bring You Down"2012 Flume Flume Vocals Future Classic
"On & On"2013 Snakehips Non-album singleVocalsHoffman West
"Rescue"2013DeetronMusic Over MatterVocalsMusic Man Records
"Sonnet"2014SlimeIn the Brick House MixtapeVocalsindependent
"Hot Dog"2015 Slime CompanyVocals (uncredited) Weird World Records
"Gemini"2015 What So Not Gemini EP Vocals Owsla / Sweat It Out!
"Something About You"2015 Hayden James Non-album singleVocals (uncredited) Future Classic
"Ghost"2015 Tkay Maidza Non-album singleCo-writer, co-producer Dew Process / Universal Music Australia
"Skyline"2015Karma FieldsNon-album singleVocals (uncredited) Monstercat
"Just a Lover"2016 Hayden James Non-album singleVocals (uncredited) Future Classic
"Trust"2016 What So Not Divide & Conquer Vocals (uncredited)Sweat It Out!
"Afterglow"2016 Tkay Maidza Tkay Co-writer, co-producer Dew Process / Universal Music Australia
"Simulation"2016 Tkay Maidza Tkay Co-writer, co-producer Dew Process / Universal Music Australia
"We Keep on Running"2018 What So Not & Toto Not All the Beautiful Things / Old Is New Co-writerSweat It Out! / Counter Records
"Altitude"2021 Flight Facilities Forever (Flight Facilities album) Co-writer (as Jess Higgs) Future Classic

References

  1. george-maple. "george-maple | EMI Music Publicity Portal". Emimusic.com.au. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  2. "George Maple is the Fashion Girl's Musician". 21 February 2018.
  3. "MYTH by George Maple on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. "Superhuman - Single by George Maple on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  5. Staff Writer (10 November 2020). "First Spin: George Maple drops pulsating first taste of ambitious new project". ABC. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  6. "The Hill - Single by George Maple on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 23 December 2020.