George Maple Explained

George Maple
Birth Name:Jessica Higgs
Birth Date:25 May 1992
Birth Place:Sydney, Australia
Origin:Los Angeles, California
Genre:Pop, electronic music, R&B, soul
Years Active:–present
Label:Virgin Records/EMI (Past: Future Classic)[1]

Jess Higgs (born 25 May 1989), known professionally as George Maple, is an Australian born, LA based recording artist, songwriter and record producer.[2] In 2017, Maple released her own debut album, Lover which debuted at #2 on the Australian iTunes Chart. Lover featured US rapper GoldLink and Rome Fortune.

Alongside the album she released a series of self directed and produced music videos. In early 2018, she commenced her first national headline tour, the Lover Tour and supported New Zealand singer Lorde.

Maple has performed at international festivals Coachella, Lollapalooza and EDC Vegas, as well as Australian festivals; Field Day, Splendour in the Grass, Groovin the Moo and FOMO festival. Maple is known for her theatrical fashion and has been described as a ’fashion icon’ by Australian mainstream media. Her style has been featured in Vogue, Interview magazine, and ELLE, among others.

As an artist, ghostwriter and producer she has over 400 million Spotify streams. She has written and produced for artists such as DJ Snake, What So Not, Flume, Goldroom, Guy Sebastian, Hayden James and Flight Facilities. Maple is the pitched down voice of Hayden James hit ‘Something About You.’

In 2019 Maple launched her concept performance ‘Utopia’ and announced the launch of her multi-medium production company ‘The Process.’ She also announced artist development initiative and management company T.B.C.A.

Maple released her second LP in 2020.

Discography

Albums

TitleDetails
Lover
Myth[3]
  • Released: 11 December 2020
  • Label: Etcetc

Singles

TitleYearAlbumLabel
"Talk Talk"2014Vacant SpaceFuture Classic
"Where You End And I Begin"
2015Lover
"Sticks and Horses"
2016Virgin/EMI
"Buried"
"Lover"2017
"Kryptonite"
"Hero"
"Magic Woman"2019Etcetc
"Superhuman"[4]
"Fade"[5] 2020Myth
"The Hill"[6]

Appearances and credits

TitleYearArtistAlbumCreditsLabel
"Foreign Language"2011Flight FacilitiesNon-album singleVocals (as Jess Higgs)Future Classic
"Frozen"2012YesYouYesYouVocals (uncredited)Bossy Music
"Bring You Down"2012FlumeFlumeVocalsFuture Classic
"On & On"2013SnakehipsNon-album singleVocalsHoffman West
"Rescue"2013DeetronMusic Over MatterVocalsMusic Man Records
"Sonnet"2014SlimeIn the Brick House MixtapeVocalsindependent
"Hot Dog"2015SlimeCompanyVocals (uncredited)Weird World Records
"Gemini"2015What So NotGemini EPVocalsOwsla / Sweat It Out!
"Something About You"2015Hayden JamesNon-album singleVocals (uncredited)Future Classic
"Ghost"2015Tkay MaidzaNon-album singleCo-writer, co-producerDew Process / Universal Music Australia
"Skyline"2015Karma FieldsNon-album singleVocals (uncredited)Monstercat
"Just a Lover"2016Hayden JamesNon-album singleVocals (uncredited)Future Classic
"Trust"2016What So NotDivide & ConquerVocals (uncredited)Sweat It Out!
"Afterglow"2016Tkay MaidzaTkayCo-writer, co-producerDew Process / Universal Music Australia
"Simulation"2016Tkay MaidzaTkayCo-writer, co-producerDew Process / Universal Music Australia
"We Keep on Running"2018What So Not & TotoNot All the Beautiful Things / Old Is NewCo-writerSweat It Out! / Counter Records
"Altitude"2021Flight FacilitiesForever (Flight Facilities album)Co-writer (as Jess Higgs)Future Classic

Notes and References

  1. Web site: george-maple . george-maple | EMI Music Publicity Portal . Emimusic.com.au . 3 July 2018.
  2. Web site: George Maple is the Fashion Girl's Musician.
  3. Web site: MYTH by George Maple on Apple Music . Apple Music . 23 December 2020.
  4. Web site: Superhuman - Single by George Maple on Apple Music . Apple Music . 23 December 2020.
  5. Web site: 10 November 2020 . Staff Writer . First Spin: George Maple drops pulsating first taste of ambitious new project . 23 December 2020 . ABC.
  6. Web site: The Hill - Single by George Maple on Apple Music . Apple Music . 23 December 2020.