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Mallrat is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Benee, Sophie, Lana Del Rey, Lorde and Three 6 Mafia. Those roots explain a lot about how Mallrat arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as G Flip, Amy Shark, Spacey Jane, The Jungle Giants and Lime Cordiale, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Marina, Spacey Jane, Peking Duk, Maggie Rogers and Benee, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Mallrat, reaching back through Benee and forward to Marina. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Grace Kathleen Elizabeth Shaw, known professionally as Mallrat, is an Australian musician, singer, and rapper from Brisbane. Mallrat has released three EPs: Uninvited (2016), In the Sky (2018) and Driving Music (2019). She also released her full-length debut studio album titled Butterfly Blue (2022), followed by her ARIA charting sophomore album Light hit my face like a straight right (2025). In 2019, her tracks "Groceries" and "UFO" placed at number 7 and 70, respectively, in the 2018 Triple J Hottest 100, in 2020, "Charlie" and "Nobody's Home" placed at number 3 and 59, respectively, in the 2019 Triple J Hottest 100 and in 2021, "Rockstar" placed 13 in the 2020 Triple J Hottest 100.
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Mallrat connections
Mallrat grew out of Benee, Sophie, Lana Del Rey and Lorde, shares an orbit with G Flip, Amy Shark, Spacey Jane and The Jungle Giants, went on to shape Marina, Spacey Jane, Peking Duk and Maggie Rogers. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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