GG Magree photographed by Evan Would
The artist, filmmaker, and producer dives into the chaos behind her hybrid horror film and album Spit Love, exploring how pain and pleasure collide in her most personal work yet.
From raves in Australia to commanding stages across the world, GG Magree has built her career on sexy chaos. The producer, vocalist, and visual artist has long blurred the boundaries between vulnerability and ferocity — turning heartbreak and raw desire into explosive art. Growing up in Sydney’s nightlife scene, surrounded by performers who embodied unapologetic self-expression, GG developed an early fascination with freedom, performance, and the darker side of beauty.
On October 15, GG Magree unveiled Spit Love, a short horror film that serves as a prelude to her debut album of the same name — set for release on Wednesday, October 22. With Spit Love, GG Magree ventures deeper than ever, delivering an emotionally charged fusion of sound and cinema that blurs the line between album and short film — a raw exploration of trauma, radical self-acceptance, and her fearless evolution as an artist unafraid to confront pain and pleasure in equal measure. She wrote the entire film alongside the album, weaving both into a single, immersive experience. We sat down with GG to talk about her fearless creative process, the story behind Spit Love, and what it means to find beauty in the darkness.
Indie Sound: When did you first get into music and do you remember the moment you realized you needed to do this for a living?
GG Magree: My dad owned a bunch of nightclubs and strip clubs growing up, and he took me to his gay club called Stonewall, which he still owns, when I was 13. I remember watching the drag queens perform. I was in absolute awe of them. That was the first time I remember feeling like I wanted to be a performer. But the first time I knew I needed to do this for a living was when I threw my first rave when I was 17, and I booked the Bag Raiders, The Bloody Beetroots and Ajax, and the five of us went back to back at the end of the night, and it was pure craziness.
Indie Sound: Your dad owned one of the most historic gay clubs in Australia — how did being around that world shape your sense of freedom or performance?
GG Magree: It shaped everything. I grew up watching people express themselves without an apology. It taught me that performance isn’t about fitting in, it’s about freedom, and I’m so fearless because of it.
Indie Sound: Spit Love exists as both a short horror film and an album — how did the idea to bring your music into a visual story come about, and was there a particular song or moment that inspired the project?
GG Magree: The story is kind of crazy. I basically had fully written my album and was on a tour, and I met these girls Shwvn Cooper and Buttons. We decided to shoot a short film with zero budget in three weeks. Insane behavior, I know. I knew I wanted to do a score-only film with no dialogue, but the plan never was for it to be for my album. It was just another creative outlet. After filming in New York, I went back to the studio and my co-producer Duncan Murry and I wrote this song called ‘Wet Dreams’, which unlocked something in me. I basically had a realization that the album wasn’t done at all, and the short film that I had just shot was actually the inspiration for my album. I think I wrote the last eight songs on my album four months ago. So the whole creative process was actually very chaotic and backwards — which is super GG style, lol.
Indie Sound: Horror as a genre can be a powerful way to explore trauma and transformation. What drew you to horror as the language for this project?
GG Magree: Horror has always felt honest to me. It exposes what we usually hide: our fears, shames, and our truest desires. It lets you show the parts of yourself that are broken, hungry or monstrous and still find the beauty in them. I am really just a darker sided person visually, and I love to make things feel beautifully uncomfortable.
Indie Sound: The film’s quote — “Love yourself hard, and let the world choke on it” — feels both empowering and defiant. What does that mantra mean to you personally?
GG Magree: It means unapologetic self-love. I’ve been told my entire life to make myself smaller, softer and more ‘acceptable,’ and I just won’t ever allow that type of energy in my life anymore. Loving yourself means that I refuse to dilute who I am even if it makes people feel uncomfortable. I’ve been through fucking hell to love this version of myself and if that offends you — you can literally choke on it.
Indie Sound: How did you arrive at your vibrant industrial and rock-infused sound? Which musical artists inspire you?
GG Magree: I’m a huge Nine Inch Nails fan. I love industrial music. It’s hardcore and sexy. Makes you wanna fuck yourself or someone else.
Indie Sound: Were there specific films or artists that influenced the tone of Spit Love?
GG Magree: I definitely love anything that Sam Levinson, Harmony Korine or Gaspar Noe has ever done. They’re my big three. Their lighting and shot selections are always perfect.
Indie Sound: You’ve spoken about surviving toxic relationships and channeling that pain into art. What was the most healing moment in creating Spit Love?
GG Magree: Writing ‘Forever’! It’s a song for my grandmother who I lost in a very tragic way. If you listen hard enough you can hear me crying.
Indie Sound: How do you balance vulnerability with power in your music — especially when performing songs born from dark experiences?
GG Magree: For me, vulnerability and power aren’t opposites — they feed each other. The darker the experience, the more real the song, and the more control I feel when I perform it. Sharing pain is vulnerable, but performing it with purpose transforms that vulnerability into strength.
Indie Sound: In an industry that often tells women to “quiet down,” what does reclaiming your voice — and your rage — look like for you now?
GG Magree: It’s about being loud, messy and unashamed. The industry tells women to shrink, tone down, to be more palatable, so expressing myself fully is a way to claim space both creatively and personally — and to remind others that our voices matter.
Indie Sound: Your lyrics and visuals often explore sex, death, and self-love. What does it mean to you to make art that’s both erotic and unsettling?
GG Magree: Making art that’s both unsettling and sexy is about honesty. Pleasure can be dangerous, and pain can be beautiful. I love to challenge people to sit in discomfort because to me that’s growth.
Indie Sound: You wrote, co-directed, and starred in Spit Love. What was the biggest challenge in wearing all those creative hats? Did you face any unexpected difficulties when making the film?
GG Magree: I’m kind of a psychopath, and I love to do way too much! The only difficulty we really faced was that we needed to sleep, lol. In my dream world I would only have to recharge and sleep one night a week. I’m an extreme workaholic because I love creating. It doesn’t feel like work to me, more like an outlet. If we had more days and time on the film I definitely would have done some shots differently. Oh yeah, and for the next one I’d love a budget.
Indie Sound: If you could collaborate with any artist, who would it be and why?
GG Magree: Charli XCX because she’s so unapologetically herself, and she’s just so cunt.
Indie Sound: You’re celebrating Spit Love with shows in LA and NYC. How will these performances bring the film and album to life on stage?
GG Magree: I’m bringing pole dancers to all my album release shows. I’m so excited.
Indie Sound: What do you want people to feel when they leave your Spit Love experience — whether from the film, the record, or the live show?
GG Magree: To feel horny for themselves.
Indie Sound: Looking beyond Spit Love, do you see yourself making more films — maybe even a full-length horror feature?
GG Magree: YESSSSS! That’s on my goal list.
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