Flower Face
Canadian folk musician
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Ruby McKinnon, known professionally as Flower Face, is Canadian goth-folk musician from Montreal.[1]
Flower Face | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ruby McKinnon Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Goth-folk |
| Website | flowerface |
Biography
McKinnon was born in Windsor, Ontario.[2] Her dad was a band musician who worked in radio; her mom was a writer of short fiction.[3] She began playing classical piano at age five.[3][4] Her earliest work was lofi music on Bandcamp that she made in her bedroom as a teenager.[3] She was in music lessons and doing conservatory until she turned 16.[3] Mckinnon was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer and had to go through chemotherapy when she was 17[3] This experience inspired her to pursue music full time, stating "Okay, no, this is what I have to do, because I could literally die tomorrow. Why am I not pursuing music full-time? This is what I feel like I was meant to do..."[3] Her album Fever Dreams came out two years after her cancer diagnosis.[3] Her stage name Flower Face was a nickname originally used by her grandmother.[5]
McKinnon started writing music and producing "DIY albums" as a teenager.[6] She has described herself as very online and "very into Tumblr" at that time.[7] She launched the records on Bandcamp "and grew something of an audience."[3] She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2015 at age 17.[8] She studied for a BFA at the University of Windsor.[9]
Her music has been characterized as "gentle."[10] The album The Shark in Your Water has been described as her breakthrough.[7] As of 2024, her songs "Angela" and "Spiracle" have "enjoyed some nice glimpses of widespread, online regard."[3] Her 2024 release Girl Prometheus was deemed "intense and magical" by Stereogum.[7] Girl Prometheus is a breakup album; the single "Maniac" from the album sets "the acoustics of the guitar, her flowy vocals, and pleasant-sounding melodies" against "cut-throat lyrics."[11]
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
- Funeral Kid[16] (2014)
Singles
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Honey and Milk" | 2017 | Baby Teeth |
| "Baby Teeth" | 2018 | |
| "Bedhead" | 2019 | Non-album singles |
| "Ruth" | ||
| "Is It Me or Is It You" (Dean Drouillard (feat. Flower Face)) | 2020 | |
| "The Garden" | ||
| "Ain't No Sunshine" | ||
| "No Way Home" (Oliver Ignatius (feat. Flower Face)) | ||
| "Kaleidoscope" | 2021 | |
| "Cornflower Blue" | The Shark in Your Water | |
| "Back to You" | ||
| "Sugar Water" | 2022 | |
| "Pisces Moon" | ||
| "October Birds" | ||
| "O Holy Night" | Non-album single | |
| "The Shark in Your Water (Alternate Versions)" | The Shark in Your Water | |
| "Cat's Cradle" | 2024 | Girl Prometheus |
| "Valentine" | ||
| "Skeleton Key" | ||
| "Maniac" | ||
| "If I Beg You" | ||
| "Valentine (Extended)" | 2025 | Non-album single |
