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on his

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in 2018. "Golden Age" reached No. 12 on

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's Hitseekers Singles and No. 19 on Australian Artists Streaming charts. In late 2019 he played on the main stage at

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Biography

Fergus James Lupton, born in in

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, attended the local high school until he transferred to

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in 2016. In November of that year he was encouraged by

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to consider a music career. Timberlake had commented, "Your voice is really special. I'd put that on the radio now." James' debut single, "Golden Age", was issued in early 2018, which received support from national youth radio

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. "Golden Age" is co-written by the artist with Mark Lizotte ( Diesel) and Joel Quartermain (of

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). It peaked at No. 12 on ARIA Hitseekers Singles chart and No. 19 on related Australian Artists Streaming charts. In March 2018 James supported Ed Sheeran on the Australia leg of the latter's

. James issued his debut extended play, ''All of the Colours'', in November 2019. Its lead single, "What Are We Waiting For", appeared in late 2018. It was produced by Philip "Pip" Norman (ex-

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), who co-wrote it with James and Michael Bywaters. The EP provided four more singles, all released in 2019. In March of that year the singer undertook his first headlining tour including dates in Armidale, Sydney and Melbourne. After winning a

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competition, James performed on the main stage at

later that year. The artist signed with

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's label 100s + 1000s, which released his non-album single, "Good Man", in May 2020. It was co-written with its producer

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(as Bryan Fryzel) and Nat Dunn. He covered Benee's 2018 single " Soaked" for Triple J's '' Like a Version Volume Sixteen'', (2020). ''Music Feeds'' Laura English described it as "absolutely insane" as he "twists it into an indie-rock" rendition. ''A Slow Separation'' (2021), the singer-songwriter's second EP provided six singles. "Trouble" (2022) from the EP is described as "synth-inflected pop-rock" by ''Beat Magazine''s writer.

Discography

Extended plays

* ''All of the Colours'' (November 2019) * ''A Slow Separation'' (2021)

Singles

References

External links

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Tait McGregor , Fergus James Interview
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