the sailor

About the Artist

Hi! I'm giddy :) I'm a singer-songwriter born and raised on the land of the Gadigal people in Sydney, Australia. To be honest, it felt surreal to type that out just now, because just a few years ago I didn’t sing at all - no, not even in the shower! I grew up creative – I wrote poems, took photos, danced and designed fashion collections – but I’d gradually lost touch with it as I morphed into an overworked refugee lawyer. My mum’s been a singer for decades, but life had got in the way for her too. One mother’s day, I took her along to a singing class, to get her back in the swing. To my surprise, it did something profound for me too. I felt connected to my body for the first time in years. And being bad at something new gave me the chance to be curious and playful, in a way I’d long missed. I bought a ukulele (her name is Lorien :), figured out how to pluck out a tune, started to write poems again – this time with a tune, and tiptoed from my bedroom to the stage. I was terrified, but the sense of connection that performance can bring kept me coming back. It amazes me that I can pour my deepest feelings into a song, and someone I've never met before can meet me there in the space of three minutes. I feel like I make a new soul-friend or two every time I get up on stage. So I've kept on doing it, and these days I play regularly at venues across Sydney and festivals around Australia.