Hope Defteros (born 1999/2000), known professionally as Hope D, is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician from

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. Winning Queensland Music Awards in 2020 and 2021, she has released one EP – ''Cash Only'' (2021), and one studio album – ''Clash of the Substance'' (2023).

Career

Early singles and ''Cash Only''

In late 2019, Defteros released her debut single "Swim", which led her to be a finalist for the

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Scholarship. She also took out the Emerging Artist award at the 2020 Queensland Music Awards. In March 2020 she released her second single, "Second", which she described was about: "a period of time in my life where I was going out partying too frequently and not being able to recall much from the night before". It ended up polling at number 69 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2020, marking her first appearance in the annual countdown. Her next singles "Common Denominator" and "Miscommunicate" were released in 2020, promoting her debut EP, ''Cash Only'' (2021). Throughout 2020 and 2021, Defteros performed at

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, St Jerome's Laneway Festival, and King Street Crawl.

''Clash of the Substance''

On 17 September 2021, Hope D released "Happy Hangover", a song co-written with close friend

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. Defteros said the song is about "fully tripping out and having experiences that will later become nostalgic". In July 2022, she released "Emerald" and announced the forthcoming release of her debut studio album, ''Clash of the Substance'', which came out on 10 February 2023.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Awards and nominations

J Awards

The

J Awards The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards, established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J, and which also extend to sister stations, Triple J Unearthed and Double J. The awar ...

are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the

Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australia’s principal public service broadcaster. It is funded primarily by grants from the federal government and is administered by a government-appointed board of directors. The ABC is ...

's youth-focused radio station

Triple J Triple J is an Australian government-funded national radio station founded in 1975 as a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). It aims to appeal to young listeners of alternative music, and plays far more Australian conten ...

. They commenced in 2005. ! , - , J Awards of 2021 , Hope D , Unearthed Artist of the Year , ,

Queensland Music Awards

The Queensland Music Awards (previously known as Q Song Awards) are annual awards celebrating

Queensland, Australia Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, ...

's brightest emerging artists and established legends. They commenced in 2006. , - ,

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

, Herself , Emerging Artist Award , , - ,

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

, "Second" , Rock Award , , -

References

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