Findlay started playing the guitar when she was around 15 and after about a year began writing songs. She took up music for the simple fact that she was not interested in anything else growing up. She joked that "[she] can't really do anything else."[2]
Music career
2010–2014: Polydor
On 24 November 2013, Findlay released her second EP Greasy Love.[1] However, after disagreements with her record label, Polydor, Findlay was granted a release from her contract with the company.[3]
2015–2016: BMG
Findlay soon created her own label Mint Records and signed with BMG. On 9 February 2015 the video for the single "Electric Bones" was released online and the Electric Bones EP was released digitally on 4 September 2015. In March 2015 Findlay released the single "Wolfback" which samples from the Ratatat song "Loud Pipes".[4] The video for "Junk Food" premiered on 4 November 2015 on Clash.[5]
2017–2018: Forgotten Pleasures
To start off 2017, the single "Waste My Time" was released in January, followed by the release of Findlay's debut studio album Forgotten Pleasures on 3 March 2017.[6]
2019–present: The Last Of The 20th Century Girls, TTRRUUCES and co-writes
In June 2019, Findlay announced she was working on her second studio album via Instagram post. In 2019, she also started a new project called Ttrruuces along with her debut album's co-producer Jules Apollinaire. Their self-titled debut album was released on 26 June 2020. Their second album JJUUIICES was announced on the band's Instagram page to be released on October 20, 2023.[7][8]
In September 2021, Findlay released her new single "Life is but a Dream".
Findlay released her second studio album, Last Of The 20th Century Girls, on May 13, 2022.[9]
Findlay has collaborated with multiple artists, most notably her co-writes with model, singer and actress Suki Waterhouse with the song "Good Looking" now certified platinum. She was featured guest vocalist with Blossoms on their single To Do List (After the Breakup), released on 9th October 2023.
Findlay's current residence is in Hackney, East London. She is a vegetarian and speaks French. She has been in a relationship with her TTRRUUCES bandmate and frequent collaborator Jules Apollinaire since 2014.[12][19][20]
