Flower Face

Flower Face
Born
Ruby McKinnon

Windsor, Ontario, Canada
GenresGoth-folk
Years active2013-present
Labels
Websiteflowerface.com

Ruby McKinnon, known professionally as Flower Face, is a Canadian goth-folk musician based in Montreal.[2]

Biography

McKinnon was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.[3] Her dad was a band musician who worked in radio; her mom was a writer of short fiction.[4] She began playing classical piano at age five.[4][5] Her earliest work was lofi music on Bandcamp that she made in her bedroom as a teenager.[4] She was in music lessons and doing conservatory until she turned 16.[4] McKinnon was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer and had to go through chemotherapy when she was 17.[4] This experience inspired her to pursue music full time, stating, "Okay, no, this is what I have to do, because I could literally die tomorrow. Why am I not pursuing music full-time? This is what I feel like I was meant to do..."[4] Her album Fever Dreams came out two years after her cancer diagnosis.[4] Her stage name Flower Face was a nickname originally used by her grandmother.[6]

McKinnon started writing music and producing "DIY albums" as a teenager.[7] She has described herself as very online and "very into Tumblr" at that time.[8] She launched the records on Bandcamp "and grew something of an audience."[4] She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2015 at age 17.[9] She studied for a BFA at the University of Windsor.[10]

Her music has been characterized as "gentle."[11] The album The Shark in Your Water has been described as her breakthrough.[8] As of 2024, her songs "Angela" and "Spiracle" have "enjoyed some nice glimpses of widespread, online regard."[4] Her 2024 release Girl Prometheus was deemed "intense and magical" by Stereogum.[8] Girl Prometheus is a breakup album; the single "Maniac" from the album sets "the acoustics of the guitar, her flowy vocals, and pleasant-sounding melodies" against "cut-throat lyrics."[12]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Year
Every Part of You That's Left in Me[13] 2013
Homesick[14] 2014
Fever Dreams 2017
Baby Teeth[15] 2018
The Shark in Your Water 2022
Girl Prometheus[16] 2024

Extended plays

  • Funeral Kid[17] (2014)

Singles

Title Year Album
"Honey and Milk" 2017 Baby Teeth
"Baby Teeth" 2018
"Bedhead" 2019 Non-album singles
"Ruth"
"Is It Me or Is It You" (Dean Drouillard (feat. Flower Face)) 2020
"The Garden"
"Ain't No Sunshine"
"No Way Home" (Oliver Ignatius (feat. Flower Face))
"Kaleidoscope" 2021
"Cornflower Blue" The Shark in Your Water
"Back to You"
"Sugar Water" 2022
"Pisces Moon"
"October Birds"
"O Holy Night" Non-album single
"The Shark in Your Water (Alternate Versions)" The Shark in Your Water
"Cat's Cradle" 2024 Girl Prometheus
"Valentine"
"Skeleton Key"
"Maniac"
"If I Beg You"
"Valentine (Extended)" 2025 Non-album single

References

  1. ^ "TFA » Talent Roster » Flower Face". The Feldman Agency Records.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Flower Face". Nettwerk Music Group. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
  3. ^ "BookFest Equinox offers a taste of the literary arts". The Windsor Star. 2022-04-19. pp. A3. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Mitchell, Matt (2024-11-15). "Flower Face: The Best of What's Next". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  5. ^ "Watch Flower Face perform her gorgeous folk-pop on The Intro". CBC Music. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  6. ^ cobby, Erin (2022-05-27). "pop heart under the moniker Flower Face". House of Solo Magazine. Retrieved 2025-09-29.
  7. ^ Kirtland, Juliet (2022-10-08). "Flower Face makes her L.A. debut". Annenberg Media. Retrieved 2025-09-10.
  8. ^ a b c Chelosky, Danielle (2024-08-09). "Artist To Watch: Flower Face". Stereogum. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  9. ^ Waddell, Dave (2015-12-05). "Flower Face in Full Bloom: Through music, cancer survivor shares her difficult journey". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  10. ^ "Ruby Mckinnon". Arts Council Windsor & Region. Retrieved 2025-09-29.
  11. ^ "You won't be bored". The Windsor Star. 2016-01-14. p. 17. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  12. ^ Sloman, Christine (2024-08-09). "Flower Face reveals why she's such a 'Maniac' on new single". melodicmag.
  13. ^ "Every Part of You That's Left in Me by Flower Face". Bandcamp. Retrieved September 8, 2025.
  14. ^ "Homesick by Flower Face". Bandcamp. Retrieved September 8, 2025.
  15. ^ Murphy, Sarah (8 March 2018). "Flower Face: "April to Death"". Exclaim!. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  16. ^ McCune, Melody (January 2025). "Flower Face's 'Girl Prometheus' Is a Wistful, Introspective Pop Dream — Album Review". Eulalie Magazine. Bissette Media. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  17. ^ "Funeral Kid EP by Flower Face". Bandcamp. Retrieved September 8, 2025.

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