Marie Hopkinson is a singer-songwriter from Perth, Australia. She is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. Marie’s love of music started at age 4, when she used to beg her mum to learn violin after watching the ABC Orchestra come on each day after Sesame Street. Marie’s musical passion grew in childhood and she was admitted to Perth Modern School on a Music Scholarship.
Marie has most recently worked with producer and songwriter, Robert Agostini (Soundbaker Studios) who’s worked with hundreds of artists including Dido, Ronan Keating and The Panics. Marie has played in many venues across WA from HBF Stadium and Joondalup Festival, Cinema Paradiso, Shoe Bar Northbridge, South Perth Yacht Club, to local artisan intimate settings like Chapels on Whatley.
Mid 2020 Marie decided to connect her music to the world, working with Rob Mac from Startup CBA. Rob is responsible for bringing singing sensation, Thomas Cameron, a young English Tenor to the forefront of his genre and building a large global fanbase. In the past there years, Marie has been building a rapidly growing social media audience, and worldwide awareness of her music is growing quickly. Marie’s Facebook following has over 12,000 engaged fans, and a growing awareness on Spotify. Out of that came many radio interviews including English speaking Spanish station, Heart 106fm Malaga.
In February 2020, the first single “Time in Your Hands” was released and was very well received. Since its release, Time in Your Hands has received an overwhelming positive response. The music video has has over 1 Million views on Facebook. Following the success of the down tempo electronic style, Marie has released her debut album “Tear out Your Heart” in late 2022 which has been well received by fans across the world.
Marie also runs music interview show “The Good Vibes Show” on YouTube, Apple & Spotify, focusing on the mental health aspects of music and the people who make it. Most recently, Marie collaborated with nu-metal artist Von Spriggan on a song fusing vibes of heavy metal, Radiohead, Portishead and Massive Attack in their song ‘Golden Threads’ Released May 2023.
