Peach PRC pulls the curtains back on Porcelain

The ethereal songwriter is entering a new era.

Across the ARIA Album Chart topping, Manic Dream Pixie, and its ethereal anthems ‘F U Goodbye’ and ‘Perfect For You’, Peach PRC became the image of bubblegum pop with a sprinkle of fairy dust in the music landscape; an identity that enchanted audiences immediately. Painted in pastels and adorning celestial wings, headdresses and elven ears, the popstar catapulted, fostering a global fandom, and earning the respect of industry heads, including receiving the Rolling Stone Award for Song of the Year. 

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For Shaylee Curnow, the musician behind the moniker, her entire career has been wrapped up in identities. From her “Peach Porcelain” persona that she adopted when she worked as a stripper at the age of 19, to her reimagined online identity on TikTok under the condensed title we now know, Peach PRC has always played the role.

By the time she made her music entry through the digital platform, Peach PRC was a personality that shaped her sound. What happens when that shoe no longer fits? It’s something that Peach PRC has been navigating throughout the making of her forthcoming debut album Porcelain.

“There were so many songs that never made it as singles, and I had so much material built up. We always said we’d put them on an album, but it took so long,” she explains. “I’m always writing, always creating, but it’s hard to stay in one era or world. I had all these songs, and halfway through, I realised that I was a completely different person. Everything changes—my music, my personality—so none of these songs resonated with me anymore. It was hard to put my heart into them and share them when I wasn’t into them.”

“I sneakily throughout the process was replacing songs and being like, “What if we swapped out this for this new one that I am writing?”, and I got to as much as I could and then they were like, “Enough, no more”. So there’s still some ones in there that were singles that do get to come out but I’m still proud of them and I love them so I’m really happy with how it all came together.”

 

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The shift in Peach PRC’s artistry didn’t happen overnight. Like anyone, she evolved, influenced by her experiences and the ever-changing environment of life on the road. For her, the transition was gradual, spurred by the nomadic nature of her success, the constant moving from hotel to hotel and the lack of a steady home base.

“It was throughout the process of not being in my apartment anymore and living in Airbnb’s and not really having a home base, that sent me outside a lot so I was in nature. I started volunteering, really getting in touch with the world around me and actually finding that it was really beautiful… I wanted to make sure that’s where I found my inspiration, so this is what I love, this is what is beautiful to me, this I want to talk about, what I want to sing about and where I want to get my inspiration and sounds.”

That change even made its way in her vocal delivery, recognising that her persona had also onboarded an American accent. On Porcelain she has started to embrace her normal talking voice.

“It almost became like a caricature of myself. Why am I doing an American accent? I had to retrain my brain to drop that American sounding accent that I do, and just embrace my Australian voice.”

With the album set to drop on 20 March, Peach PRC and her reinvented image will be heading on the road to play a slew of headline dates, including a drop-in to headline Palace Foreshore on Thursday 12 March. These shows will also see the effervescent live act ditch the choreography for a more fluid stage show, embracing her “weird”.

“I tried to be a choreographed polished dancer and singer but I’m not a dancer. I want to show that messy unfinished process and just be more fluid in my movements and lean into my awkwardness.”

 

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It’s a big month for the unstoppable pop artist and she cannot wait to let her fans come along for the ride. 

As she is about to head off to a pole dancing class to prepare the impending live shows she offers, “I’m really proud of Porcelain so I’m just really excited that I get to show it, and that I get the opportunity to tour these songs, and that I get to put the album out, and that I got to even make something like this. So I’m just in a place of gratitude.”

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