Gordi – aka Los Angeles-via-Canowindra’s Sophie Payten - has learned the hard way of the need to be malleable, to form and reform in response to her environment and circumstances and self. "It's awful and really beautiful." The pandemic – a moment where we all lost control of our reliable structures and were instead completely shaped by our surroundings – prompted Payten to think about "What are the moments where you really transform in your life? And I think grief is one of those things. Love is one of those things. Queerness is one of those things. And so is the going into the next phase of life."

Payten’s documentation of her journey through self-discovery, sexuality and identity shines through in previous albums Reservoir and Our Two Skins, seeing the latter recognised with an AIR Award and nominated for an ARIA Award and two J Awards.

Teaming up with Troye Sivan on ‘Wait', from the film Three Months, Gordi has also been collaborating with a host of impressive names, remixing Julien Baker and more as well as tracks with Ben Bohmer, The Blaze, Helado Negro,Loraine James and Maggie Lindemann.

Payten also co-wrote the theme song to the Oscar-nominated animated feature film The Mitchells vs the Machines.Post-lockdown, where she returned for a stint as a medical doctor on the frontline, she returned to live stages around the world, making her SydneyOpera House debut for VIVID, and completed extensive tours of Australia, US andEurope with Bon Iver, The Tallest Man On Earth, Gang of Youths and more.