Tiger Hutchence-Geldof | |
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Born | Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence 22 July 1996 London, England |
Alma mater | Goldsmiths, University of London |
Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
Years active | 2015–present |
Works | Tragic Tiger's Sad Meltdown (2022) |
Spouse | Ben Archer (m. 2025) |
Children | 1 |
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Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence-Geldof [1] [2] (born 22 July 1996), known professionally as Tiger Hutchence-Geldof [a] (formerly Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof, Tiger Lily Hutchence-Geldof and Heavenly), is an English-Australian [3] singer-songwriter and art psychotherapist. She is the daughter of Australian singer-songwriter Michael Hutchence and British TV presenter Paula Yates. After her parents died when she was a young child, she was legally adopted and raised by her mother's former husband, Irish singer-songwriter and activist Bob Geldof. She made her stage debut as a singer in 2020 and released her debut album, Tragic Tiger's Sad Meltdown, in 2022.
Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence-Geldof [2] [1] (née Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence), [4] [5] was born in London, England on 22 July 1996, [4] to Michael Hutchence, the Australian lead singer of rock band INXS, and British TV presenter Paula Yates. [6] [7] She was born at home in the bathroom and her father helped with the delivery. [4] [8] Her half-sister Pixie chose the name "Heavenly"; [6] Hutchence chose the name "Hiraani", [6] which was his favourite Polynesian word and means "Princess of the beautiful sky"; [4] and Yates chose the name "Tiger Lily". [6] Her parents called her "Tiger" and "Tiger Lily". [2] [9]
When she was one-year-old, her father died by suicide in Sydney, Australia on 22 November 1997. [10] [11] Hutchence's 1999 self-titled solo album was dedicated to her. [12] After Hutchence's death, Yates suffered from depression and drug addiction and fought against Hutchence's family who wanted to take custody of their daughter. [6] Her mother died of a drug overdose on 17 September 2000; her body was discovered in the presence of Hutchence-Geldof, who was then four years old. [13] Soon after Yates's death, her former husband, Irish singer-songwriter and activist Bob Geldof, assumed foster custody of Hutchence-Geldof so that she could be brought up with her three older half-sisters, Fifi, Peaches and Pixie. [14] In 2007, she was adopted by Geldof, [15] [16] [17] who legally changed her surname, despite opposition from Hutchence's mother and sister. [18] In 2008, her full legal name became Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof. [19] [7]
In 2019, she graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London [7] with a psychology degree. [2]
In 2015, she appeared in the film The Rise of the Krays and was credited as Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof. [20]
In 2016, Hutchence-Geldof made her modeling debut for a charity cause for a Fairtrade-registered shirt factory in Southern India. [21]
She started using the name Tiger Hutchence-Geldof circa 2019. [22]
In March 2020, she released on Bandcamp a 3-track EP titled Tragic Tiger's Sad Meltdown under the name "Heavenly". [3] [23] [24]
In September 2020, she made her stage debut at the East Perth venue Barbes, where she performed original, melancholic alt-folk songs under the stage name "Heavenly". [25]
As of 2022, her full legal name is Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence-Geldof. [1]
In February 2022, she released her debut album, Tragic Tiger's Sad Meltdown, which features songs written after the 2014 death of her half-sister, Peaches Geldof. She recorded the album in Fremantle, Australia and released it under the name "Heavenly". [26] [27]
From April to May 2025, she held an art exhibition at the Big Yin Gallery in London under the name Tiger Hutchence-Geldof alongside Lily Gutierrez titled I Want More. [28] [29] [30] On the gallery's website, she was described as "a musician and art psychotherapist". [31]
Australian singer Nick Cave is her godfather. [32]
After graduating from college in 2019, Hutchence-Geldof moved to Fremantle in Western Australia where she lived with her then-boyfriend, Australian musician Nick Allbrook, with whom she was in a relationship from 2017 to 2022. [1] [22] [33] [34] She moved back to the UK in 2023. [35] [36]
Hutchence-Geldof started dating British film director and model Ben Archer in 2023. They married on 12 April 2025 in London while Hutchence-Geldof was pregnant with the couple's first child, [32] born a few months later. [36]
the English-Aussie released her album Tragic Tiger's Sad Meltdown in 2020 which she recorded in Fremantle
The album was dedicated to Hutchence's daughter Tiger Lily
he had been dating Tiger Hutchence-Geldof since mid-2017