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Like a late night drive down Sunset Boulevard, G Flip’s latest chapter is a dazzling collision of retro decadence, booming beats, and star-powered ambition. The acclaimed singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist is revving the engine on a thrilling new era—an ‘80s-inspired blast where every drum hits hard and neon signs glow across a raucous, electric cityscape. Get in the car—we’re going on a Dream Ride. Following the massive success of their sophomore effort, 2023’s DRUMMER, which was named best album of the year by triple j, Dream Ride finds the Melbourne-born, LA-based artist widening their musical scope and taking their already massive sound to exuberant new heights. “There was a point in writing DRUMMER where we came across how they recorded drums in the ‘80s, and we realized it was a beast of its own,” G says of the transition from their sophomore album to creating Dream Ride. “You could really make a whole record about this ‘80s world. I always knew in my back pocket there was something about that to explore.” Jumping right into writing and recording after releasing the percussion-themed DRUMMER, G (they/them) and their co-writer/co-producer Aidan Hogg became obsessed with ‘80s-style beats, citing the iconic Phil Collins “In The Air Tonight” fill and arena-filling Bruce Springsteen-style reverb. Playing ‘80s pop and hair metal music videos for more inspiration on a TV screen in their LA studio, G wrote more than 100 songs as they imagined an album of cinematic nighttime driving music while fashioning a new character for themselves: Butch Springsteen.
