External links
- Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof at IMDb
- Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof discography at Discogs
Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof | |
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| Born | Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence 22 July 1996 London, England |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Works | Tragic Tiger's Sad Meltdown (2022) |
| Spouse | Ben Archer (m. 2025) |
| Children | 1 |
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Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof (born 22 July 1996), known professionally as Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof, Tiger Hutchence-Geldof and Heavenly, is an English-Australian singer-songwriter. 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 released her debut album, Tragic Tiger's Sad Meltdown, in 2022.
Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof [1] (née Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence), [2] [3] was born in London, England on 22 July 1996, [2] to Michael Hutchence, the Australian lead singer of rock band INXS, and British TV presenter Paula Yates. [4] [1] She was born at home in the bathroom and her father helped with the delivery. [2] [5] Her half-sister Pixie chose the name "Heavenly"; [4] Hutchence chose the name "Hiraani", [4] which was his favourite Polynesian word and means "Princess of the beautiful sky"; [2] and Yates chose the name "Tiger Lily". [4]
When Geldof was one year old, her father died by suicide in Sydney, Australia on 22 November 1997. [6] [7] After Hutchence's death, Yates suffered from depression and drug addiction; she also fought against members of Hutchence's family who wanted to take custody of her. [4] Yates died of a drug overdose on 17 September 2000; her body was discovered in the presence of her daughter, who was then four years old. [8] Soon after Yates's death, her former husband, Irish singer-songwriter and activist Bob Geldof, assumed foster custody of Geldof so that she could be brought up with her three older half-sisters, Fifi, Peaches and Pixie. [9] In 2007, she was adopted by Geldof, [10] [11] [12] who legally changed her surname despite opposition from Hutchence's mother and sister. [13] In 2008, her full legal name became Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof. [14] [1]
In 2019, she graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London. [1]
In 2015, Geldof appeared in the film The Rise of the Krays and was credited as Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof. [15]
In 2016, she made her modeling debut for a charity cause for a Fairtrade-registered shirt factory in Southern India. [16]
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". [17]
In 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 Australia and released it under the name "Heavenly". [18] [19] [20]
From April to May 2025, she held an art exhibition entitled I Want More alongside Lily Gutierrez at the Big Yin Gallery in London. [21] [22] [23]
Australian singer Nick Cave is her godfather. [24]
After graduating from college in 2019, Geldof moved to Fremantle in Western Australia. After living there for several years, she moved back to the UK in 2023. [25] [26]
Geldof started dating model Ben Archer in 2023. They married on 12 April 2025 in London while Geldof was pregnant with the couple's first child, [24] born a few months later. [26]
