Flume

Harley Edward Streten (born 5 November 1991), known professionally as Flume, is an Australian musician, DJ, and record producer. He is regarded as a pioneer of future bass who helped popularise the genre. His self-titled debut studio album, Flume, was released in 2012 to positive reviews, topping the ARIA Albums Chart and reaching double-platinum accreditation in Australia.

Flume has remixed songs from such artists as Lorde, Sam Smith, Arcade Fire, Hermitude and Disclosure. His second studio album, Skin, was released in 2016, again topping the ARIA Albums Chart. The album won the Best Dance/Electronic Album at the 2017 Grammy Awards. His father, Glen Streten, is a filmmaker and record producer, and his mother, Lyndall, is a horticulturist and former teacher. He grew up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney with a younger sister and brother, and attended Seaforth Public School for primary school and St Augustine's College, Brookvale and Mosman High School for secondary school. At the age of 11, he began composing music with a basic CD mixing and DJ program he found packaged in a box of Kelloggs' Nutrigrain. The disk showed how music was layered and gave Flume a new perspective that jump-started his music production. He created two tracks, "Flow" and "Fizz", in addition to several remixes.

2011–2014: Sleepless and Flume Flume had his first radio play with the song "Possum", which had been uploaded to Triple J Unearthed, and was signed in 2011 through an original artists competition managed by the Australian record company Future Classic. He submitted the tracks "Sleepless", "Over You" and "Paper Thin" to finish second in the competition. Nathan McLay, founder of Future Classic and now Flume's manager, assisted with the release of his first EP, titled Sleepless, which contained the three original tracks. He opted for the moniker "Flume" after the Bon Iver song of the same name.

Flume's self-titled debut album was released on 9 November 2012. The album has 15 songs and is 49 minutes long. It was done on his first laptop that he had ever purchased. He finished the album on this laptop while he was on a low-budget trip to London. The album's production saw Flume collaborating with vocal artists Moon Holiday, Jezzabell Doran, Chet Faker, and New York rapper T-shirt. It debuted on the ARIA Albums Chart at number two, behind One Direction's Take Me Home. In December 2012, Flume signed with Mom + Pop Music and announced the North American release of his self-titled debut studio album. The album was released in the US on 21 February 2013 and received strong support from American critics, averaging a score of 73 out of 100 on review aggregate site Metacritic.

On Australia Day 2013, four of Flume's songs (including a remix) were listed on Triple J Hottest 100 for 2012. His album's breakthrough song "Holdin On" was listed at number four, the highest-charting Australian song. Other inclusions were "Sleepless" and his remix of "Hyperparadise" by Hermitude, both in the top 20 (numbers 12 and 18, respectively), and "On Top" at number 67. Flume's debut studio album reached number one on the ARIA Albums Chart.

In February 2013, Flume announced his first national headlining Australian tour, entitled the "Infinity Prism Tour". It occurred during April and May 2013, and according to a later interview, the tour sold 40,000 tickets. In March 2013, Flume was named one of Fuse TV's 30 "Must-See Acts" at the SXSW festival. Flume spent the beginning of 2014 touring internationally, including stops at Lollapalooza in South America and Coachella where he debuted his remix of Lorde's "Tennis Court". In 2015, Flume released his first original track since his debut studio album, "Some Minds", featuring vocals from Miike Snow's Andrew Wyatt.

Side projects With Sydney DJ and record producer Emoh Instead, Flume formed the duo What So Not in 2011. On 21 February 2015, Streten announced that he had left the project, saying: "Emoh and I have been moving in different directions creatively, we haven't made any music together in quite a while. Our final joint project is a soon-to-be-released EP that we completed last year. That will be the last What So Not project I'll be creatively involved with."

2016–2018: Skin In early January 2016, Flume released a four-and-a-half-minute preview of his second studio album, Skin. The following month, the lead single, "Never Be Like You", featuring vocals from Canadian singer Kai, reached number one in Australia, making it Flume's first chart-topping song. In April, Flume released his second official single, "Say It", featuring the Swedish singer and songwriter Tove Lo. Later in May 2016, the track list for the album was unveiled, revealing that Vic Mensa, Allan Kingdom, Raekwon, Little Dragon, AlunaGeorge, MNDR and Beck were among the other collaborators to be featured on Skin. On 27 May 2016, Flume released his second studio album, Skin. The album is one hour long and has 16 songs. The album received positive reviews from critics, with an aggregate score of 75 out of 100 from Metacritic. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2016, Flume won eight awards, including Album of the Year and Best Male Artist. The album won the Best Dance/Electronic Album at the 2017 Grammy Awards.

Flume has released two B-side EPs for Skin, titled Skin Companion EP 1 and Skin Companion EP 2, in November 2016 and February 2017 respectively. On 26 January 2017, it was announced that his single "Never Be Like You" was Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2016, taking the number one spot. It received a total of 2.2 million votes, the most votes in a Triple J's Hottest 100 so far. Flume also became the first electronic producer to top the list. Also featured in the list were his songs "Say It", coming in at number eight, "Smoke & Retribution", coming in at number 37 and "Lose It" at number 95. On 5 May 2017, Flume released a bonus single of his Skin Companion EP 2 titled "Hyperreal".

Flume contributed productions for Lorde and Vince Staples' albums Melodrama and Big Fish Theory respectively. Melodrama was released on 16 June 2017 while Staples' Big Fish Theory was released the following week on 23 June 2017. Flume helped Lorde produce the track "The Louvre" on the New Zealander's second album. On 28 November 2017, Flume was a presenter at the ARIA Music Awards of 2017.

2019–2022: Hi This Is Flume and Palaces On 19 March 2019, Flume announced the release of new music on his Twitter page. His mixtape premiered on YouTube only a day after via a livestream. Hi This Is Flume consists of 17 songs, featuring collaborations with Kučka, Eprom, JPEGMafia, Sophie, HWLS and Slowthai. It was his first solo project since the release of Skin Companion EP 2 in 2017. The mixtape is 38 minutes long and is accompanied by a visualiser from Australian artist Jonathan Zawada. The experimental mixtape was released to generally positive reviews from critics, debuted at number 9 on the Dance/Electronic Albums chart and peaked at number 185 on the Billboard 200. The mixtape was nominated at the 62 Annual Grammy Awards for the Best Dance/Electronic Album, becoming Flume's second nomination in the category. On 11 March 2020 Flume released a new single called "The Difference" featuring Toro y Moi. On 3 July 2020, Flume released a remix of Eiffel 65's "Blue (Da Ba Dee)". Flume's third studio album, Palaces, was released on 20 May 2022. In November 2022, Flume released a previously unreleased demo track titled Slugger 1.4 [2014 Export.WAV] for the tenth anniversary of the release of his 2012 self-titled debut studio album.

2023–2024: Things Don't Always Go the Way You Plan and Arrived Anxious, Left Bored On 8 February 2023, Flume released his second mixtape album, titled Things Don't Always Go the Way You Plan. It is 34 minutes long and consists of ten previously unreleased songs dating from 2012 to 2021, and features collaborations with Injury Reserve, Isabella Manfredi and Panda Bear.

In April of the same year, Flume announced that a second compilation of unreleased material was to be released in the coming weeks. On 3 May 2023, Flume released his third mixtape album, titled Arrived Anxious, Left Bored. It is 37 minutes long and consists of another ten previously unreleased songs, dating from 2015 to 2021, and features collaborations with Jim-E Stack and Emile Haynie.

2025 – present: We Live In A Society and Dumb On his Instagram story on 23 April 2025, Flume posted a link to weliveinasociety.info, which contained a sign-up for a mailing list. On 25 April 2025, Flume and JPEGMAFIA released "Track 1". On 30 April 2025, Flume announced that We Live In A Society, a collaborative EP with JPEGMAFIA, would release on 2 May 2025. This EP consists of four songs, including a feature by Ravyn Lenae.

Following the promotion style of We Live In A Society, Flume posted a link to dumb.store on an Instagram story on 15 July 2025, which included a mailing list sign-up and a countdown to 18 July 2025. On 17 July 2025, Flume announced Dumb, a 10-track-long collaborative album with Emma Louise scheduled to be released on 22 August 2025. The first single from the collaborative album, "Easy Goodbye", was released on 18 July 2025. The second single, "Shine, Glow, Glisten", was released on 1 August 2025. The third single, "Monsoon", was released on 21 August 2025.

Personal life A viral Instagram video shared by Streten's then-girlfriend actress Paige Elkington on 2 September 2019 with the caption "Sorry mom" showed Streten performing anilingus on her during a performance at Burning Man in Black Rock City, Nevada. Although quickly removed from the platform, the post was circulated widely on social media and shared by a range of news outlets. Despite the many reactions from the video and how it was negatively portrayed in tabloids, the publicity had a positive influence on his career. In an interview about the incident, he stated: "I got the opposite of being cancelled."

As of May 2019, Flume was living in Los Angeles, California, but returned to Australia in some capacity a year later. In April 2025, Flume announced his engagement to Isabella Lalonde, an American fashion designer.

Discography

Studio albums Flume (2012) Skin (2016) Palaces (2022)

Collaborative studio albums Dumb (2025) (with Emma Louise)

Awards and nominations AIR Awards The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector. 2012 "Sleepless" Best Independent Dance/Electronic Club Song or EP

Flume Best Independent Artist

Best Independent Album Best Independent Dance/Electronica Album

Best Independent Single/EP Best Independent Dance/Electronica Single "Never Be Like You" (featuring Kai) Best Independent Dance/Electronic or Club Song or EP Skin Best Independent Dance/Electronic Album

Hi This is Flume Best Independent Dance or Electronica Album or EP

"Rushing Back" (with Vera Blue)

2021 "The Difference" (with Toro y Moi)

Palaces Best Independent Dance or Electronica Album or EP

"Say Nothing" (with May-A) Best Independent Dance, Electronica or Club Single Future Classic: Flume – Palaces Independent Marketing Team of the Year APRA Music Awards The APRA Music Awards are annual awards to celebrate excellence in contemporary music, which honour the skills of member composers, songwriters, and publishers who have achieved outstanding success in sales and airplay performance. They commenced in 1982. 2013 "Holdin On" (Flume and O. Redding) Song of the Year

"Holdin On" Dance Work of the Year "Drop the Game" (with Chet Faker) Song of the Year

"Never Be like You" (Harley Streten, Kai, Geoffrey Earley) – Flume featuring Kai

"Say It" (Streten, Julian Hamilton, Daniel Johns, Tove Lo) – Flume featuring Tove Lo "Never Be like You" (Streten, Kai, Earley) – Flume featuring Kai

"Say It" (Streten, Hamilton, Johns, Lo) – Flume featuring Tove Lo Flume Songwriter of the Year 2020 "Rushing Back" - Flume featuring Vera Blue (Streten, Celia Pavey, Sophie Cates, Eric Dubowsky) Song of the Year

Most Performed Australian Work

Most Performed Dance Work

Song of the Year

Most Performed Dance / Electronic Work

ARIA Music Awards The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

Album of the Year

Breakthrough Artist – Release Flume Best Male Artist Flume Best Dance Release Flume Producer of the Year The Infinity Prism Tour Best Australian Live Act "Holdin On" – Joe Nappa Best Video "Holdin On" Song of the Year 2014 "Drop the Game" Best Dance Release 2015 "Some Minds" featuring Andrew Wyatt – Clemens Habicht Best Video

Album of the Year

Best Male Artist Best Dance Release Best Independent Release

Best Pop Release Song of the Year "Never Be Like You" – Clemens Habicht Best Video St.Jerome's Laneway Festival 2016 Best Australian Live Act Skin Producer of the Year Eric J Dubowsky and Flume for Skin Engineer of the Year Jonathan Zawada for Flume – Skin Best Cover Art 2017 Flume: Australian Tour 2016 Best Australian Live Act 2019 Jonathan Zawada for Hi This is Flume Best Cover Art

Best Dance Release

Song of the Year

Best Solo Artist

Best Dance/Electronic Release

Best Pop Release Best Video Song of the Year Jonathan Zawada for Flume – Palaces Best Cover Art 2023 "Silent Assassin" (with Tkay Maidza) Best Hip Hop/Rap Release 2025 Eric J Dubowsky for Emma Louise and Flume – Dumb Best Engineered Release

Billboard Music Awards 2017 Skin Top Dance/Electronic Album Electronic Music Awards 2017 Flume Live Act of the Year Environmental Music Prize The Environmental Music Prize is a quest to find a theme song to inspire action on climate and conservation. It commenced in 2022. 2023 "Go" Environmental Music Prize

Grammy Awards

"Never Be Like You" Best Dance Recording

Skin

2020 Hi This Is Flume

2021 "The Difference" Best Dance Recording Helpmann Awards The Helpmann Awards is an awards show, celebrating live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group Live Performance Australia since 2001. Note: 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2014 Flume - Infinity Prism Tour

2017 Flume - Flume

iHeartRadio Music Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2017Dance Artist of the YearFlume

J Awards The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. They commenced in 2005. 2012 Flume Unearthed Artist of the Year 2013 Flume Australian Album of the Year 2015 "Some Minds" by Flume featuring Andrew Wyatt (directed by Clemens Habicht) Australian Video of the Year 2016 Skin Australian Album of the Year 2019 "Hi, This is Flume" by Flume (directed by Jonathan Zawada) Australian Video of the Year

"Say Nothing" by Flume featuring Maya (directed by Michael Hili) Australian Video of the Year

Palaces Australian Album of the Year

MTV Europe Music Awards The MTV Europe Music Awards is an award presented by Viacom International Media Networks to honour artists and music in pop culture. They commenced in 2013. 2013

2016

National Live Music Awards The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse live industry, celebrating the success of the Australian live scene. The awards commenced in 2016. 2016

Live Electronic Act (or DJ) of the Year 2017 International Live Achievement (Solo) NRJ Music Awards 2016 Flume Best New DJ