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Chet Faker
Australian electronic musician (born 1988)
Nicholas James Murphy, known professionally as Chet Faker, is an Australian singer and songwriter. In 2012, as Chet Faker, he issued an extended play, Thinking in Textures, and signed to Downtown Records in the United States.
In October 2012, he won Breakthrough Artist of the Year and Thinking in Textures won Best Independent Single/EP at the Australian Independent Records Awards. In January 2013, Work won Best Independent Release at the Rolling Stone Australia Awards for 2012.
Murphy grew up in Melbourne and attended St Kevin’s College alongside fellow singer Vance Joy, who he sang in a school choir with. Growing up he was also a talented runner, captaining his school’s Cross country team and being deputy captain of athletics. His parents separated when he was young which saw him regularly moving houses. He lived in a number of different Melbourne suburbs growing up which included Glen Iris, Ivanhoe, Burnley and Hawthorn.
Murphy played under his stage name after people came to his shows thinking he was a different and already established musician, Nick Murphy. He settled on the name as a homage to Chet Baker: "I listened to a lot of jazz and I was a big fan of ... the way he sang, when he moved into mainstream singing. He had this really fragile vocal style—this really, broken, close-up and intimate style. The name is kind of just an ode to Chet Baker and the mood of music he used to play—something I would like to at least pay homage to in my own music." Other influences he has cited include Bob Dylan, as well as his mother's Motown albums and his father's "chilled out Ibiza CDs".
"Gold" is the third single by Australian musician Chet Faker from his debut studio album, Built on Glass (2014). The song was released in Australia as a digital download on 2 June 2014, by Future Classic.
It was voted number seven on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2014. The song was scored for the "New MacBook – Reveal" video during the Apple Watch Event on 9 March 2015.
Music video
A music video to accompany the release of "Gold" was first released on YouTube on 12 August 2014 at a total length of four minutes and nineteen seconds. The video was directed by Hiro Murai and choreographed by Ryan Heffington. The skating and camera shots are done using practical effects created by driving down a road near Acton, California, shot in one night between sunset and sunrise. Post production consisted of stitching together a total of four shots to look continuous. The roller skaters featured in the video are Candice Heiden, April Corley, and Appelusa McGlynn.
"Talk Is Cheap" is a song by Australian musician Chet Faker, released through Future Classic on 11 February 2014 as the lead single from his debut studio album Built on Glass (2014). It was voted number one on Australian youth broadcaster Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2014 and received a nomination for Australian Video of the Year at the 2014 J Awards.
In 2025, the song placed 61 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of Australian Songs.
Music video
A music video to accompany the release of "Talk Is Cheap" was first released on YouTube on 11 February 2014 at a total length of three minutes and thirty-nine seconds. Directed by Toby & Pete, it was nominated for Best Video at the ARIA Music Awards of 2014, but lost to "Chandelier" by Sia.
