# GFOTY

Polly-Louisa Salmon (born 19 July 1990), better known by her stage name GFOTY, an abbreviation of Girlfriend of the Year, is a British pop singer. From 2013 to 2018, she released music through the PC Music label. She now independently releases her music. Much of her work has been in the form of mini-mixes.

## Biography

GFOTY is the daughter of art dealer Jeff Salmon. She grew up in London, England and ran a blog. Her earliest songs include "Take a Picture", which includes rap group Serious Thugs, and "Friday Night", which is a darkly-comical take on pop clichés about partying teenagers. A remix of the latter was incorporated into the DJ sets of the producer SOPHIE.
Her debut single, "Bobby", was released in 2013 via the PC Music record label and collective. It describes feelings of futility after a breakup. GFOTY uses a spoken word delivery over a tense, synthesised wall of sound. She released Secret Mix in March 2014. It includes cover versions of songs by Celine Dion, Toni Braxton, and Carly Simon. Tiny Mix Tapes named Secret Mix the third best music release of 2014. She also appeared on PC Music's mix for DIS Magazine's DISown. Focusing on the relationship between art and commerce, her contribution includes conspicuous product placement for Red Bull. One of the songs from her mix became her second single "Don't Wanna / Let's Do It". It creates an uneasy mood by taking two conflicting phrases and frantically sampling them.
GFOTY contributed vocals to "Hard", the B-side to Sophie's "Lemonade" single. In September 2014, producer Ryan Hemsworth released the compilation EP shh#ffb6c1 on his pseudo-label Secret Songs, which included a GFOTY-featured track named "My Song". Shortly after, she collaborated with PC Music artist Maxo on "Not That Bad".
For Halloween in 2014, GFOTY appeared alongside fellow label artists including A. G. Cook and Danny L Harle for a single, special live Halloween webcast named Dead or Alive. All of the PC Music artists appeared in the webcast, portraying spooky alter egos of themselves. GFOTY's persona was "Ghoulfriend of the Year". The show was broadcast in the UK, USA, Denmark and Japan.
In 2015 GFOTY released a mix titled Cake Mix. It is composed of bright, saccharine songs interspersed with buzzing, glitchy breakdowns. The mix includes an adaptation of Peter Andre's 1996 single "Mysterious Girl" featuring Bubbler Ranx and a cover of Blink-182's 2000 single "All the Small Things". In March 2015, a mix titled Dog Food Mix 1 with PC Music artist Spinee was released, as a reworking of GFOTY's earlier songs. A second mix, Dog Food Mix 2, was released in May 2015.
March 2015 saw GFOTY head to the USA to play the PC Music showcase at the Empire Garage in Austin, Texas as part of SXSW. Her performance was well received, with Exclaim! writing that it was a "fascinating set" and Noisey saying "Here's what I did when I saw GFOTY, which was probably the best thing I've seen all week: I fucking lost my mind. I loved it. I was ecstatic." On 8 May 2015, GFOTY performed as part of a PC Music show at BRIC House in Brooklyn, New York as part of the Red Bull Music Academy Festival. The show was billed as the premiere of Pop Cube, "a multimedia reality network".
On 25 October 2016, GFOTY released a glitch pop-influenced pop rock EP titled Call Him A Doctor, which is presumed to be a continuation of her previous EP, VIPOTY.
On 9 November 2017, the single "Tongue" was released with an accompanying joint music video for "Tongue" and the VIPOTY track "Poison". "Tongue" is a single from her "greatest hits" compilation called GFOTYBUCKS - which contains 19 tracks from VIPOTY, Call Him A Doctor, past mixes, and various singles - was released on 17 November 2017. On the same date, a "32 page magazine created by GFOTY with exclusive GFOTYBUCKS recipes, lyrics and artwork by various GFOTY approved artists" is available to buy as a bundle with the GFOTYBUCKS CD.
On 14 December 2018, GFOTY confirmed that she had left the PC Music label to become an indie artist. She released her single "Boy Next Door" under her own label "GIRLFRIEND RECORDS." Via Twitter, she announced that she will be releasing her new EP If You Think I'm A Bitch You Should Meet GFOTY in March 2019.

## Artistry
### Music

GFOTY's music favours tense, bouncy beats with pounding drums. Her style of sing-speaking gives her a more coarse, human quality compared to the rest of the PC Music roster. Describing her singing as "child like", GFOTY often manipulates her words by twisting an individual syllable. Her spoken word vocals are supported by distorted, high-pitched backing vocals. GFOTY's more sentimental songs are offshoots of bittersweet power ballads by singers like Celine Dion and Toni Braxton. She has cited R. Kelly as an influence, calling him "either the most clever guy in the universe or a complete moron, and I love that I can't figure it out."

### Public image

GFOTY has been characterised as "the most obviously political" act on the PC Music label. Her persona is animated and loudmouthed, as a lampoon of club culture. GFOTY's comments regarding race have been criticised, with Noisey removing some of her remarks from its site. She has likened herself to a female version of The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists. GFOTY's lyrics detail nights of drinking and casual sex. Sporting a sweatsuit for her live performances, she describes her fashion as "a pink onesie covered in Swarovski crystals with loads of money coming out the pockets and Ugg boots". GFOTY uses an exaggeratedly feminine style similar to the cute aesthetic of her contemporaries. However, this is often used to conceal a more sinister element, and she has commented that she doesn't "particularly think gfoty [sic] is cute".
With low-quality selfies, photo manipulation, and the use of wigs, GFOTY shrouds her image and identity. Her facetious interviews with press often blur the line between her real life and the GFOTY character. She characterised GFOTY as "a state of mind which can only be achieved by the deepest level of meditation on a beach in Barbados surrounded by cute jetski instructors." GFOTY often discusses having trained as a chef and baking desserts. She maintains an Instagram profile of inspirational quotes.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details |
| FEMMEDORM | Released: 30 July 2021 Label: GIRLFRIEND RECORDS Formats: LP, digital download |
| INFLUENZER | Released: 7 March 2025 Label: GIRLFRIEND RECORDS Formats: Digital download |

### Mini-albums

| Title | Album details |
| GFOTV | Released: 15 November 2019 Label: GIRLFRIEND RECORDS Formats: LP, digital download |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details |
| GFOTYBUCKS | Released: 17 November 2017 Label: PC Music Formats: CD, digital download |

### Extended plays

| Title | Album details |
| VIPOTY | Released: 29 March 2016 Label: PC Music Formats: Digital download |
| Dog Food (with Spinee) | Released: 24 October 2016 Label: PC Music Formats: Digital download |
| Call Him a Doctor | Released: 25 October 2016 Label: PC Music Formats: Digital download |
| GFOTYBUCKS : REDCUPS | Released: 6 April 2018 Label: PC Music Formats: Digital download |
| If You Think I'm A Bitch, You Should Meet GFOTY | Released: 12 April 2019 Label: GIRLFRIEND RECORDS Formats: LP, cassette, digital download |
| Ham Chunks and Wine | Released: 29 May 2020 Label: Pretty Wavvy Formats: Digital download |

### Mixes

| Title | Year | Label |
| 'V DAY MIX' | 2012 | — |
| 'Secret Mix' | 2014 | PC Music |
| 'PC Music x DISown Radio' (with A. G. Cook, Danny L Harle, Kane West, Lil Data and Nu New Edition) | 2014 | PC Music |
| 'Dead or Alive' (with A. G. Cook, Danny L Harle, Kane West, Life Sim, Lil Data, Lipgloss Twins, Spinee and Thy Slaughter) | 2014 | PC Music |
| 'Cake Mix' | 2015 | PC Music |
| 'Dog Food Mix 1' (with Spinee) | 2015 | PC Music |
| 'Boiler Room x SXSW DJ Set' | 2015 | Boiler Room |
| 'Dog Food Mix 2' (with Spinee) | 2015 | PC Music |
| 'Pop City RBMA Mix' (with A. G. Cook, EASYFUN, felicita, Hannah Diamond, Lil Data and Spinee) | 2016 | PC Music |
| '01: Holy Place of Madness Live Mix: dome of doom / begin your journey' (with Spinee as Holy Place of Madness) | 2016 | — |
| '02 Holy Place of Madness Halloween Mix: rip the veil and disguise yourself' (with Spinee as Holy Place of Madness) | 2016 | — |
| 'The Way I Rock' | 2017 | — |
| 'Club Repz Promo Mix ' | 2017 | — |
| 'COTTON EYED GF-j-O-e-TY' | 2017 | — |
| 'Down It Fresherz Promo Mix' | 2017 | — |
| 'HUGE GFOTY'S HUGE MIX' | 2017 | — |
| 'BANGFACE Takeover' | 2019 | Rinse FM |
| 'GFOTY Mix 4 Turban | Radiowave' | 2019 | TURBAN RADIOWAVE |
| 'MINEGALA SET' | 2019 | — |
| 'SPINEE & GFOTY'S HALLOWEENIE 2019 PARTY MIX - NTS' (with Spinee) | 2019 | — |

### Singles

| Title | Year | Label | Album |
| "Take a Picture" (featuring $eriou$ †hug$) | 2012 | Gamsonite | Non-album single |
| "Friday Night" | 2012 | Gamsonite | GFOTYBUCKS |
| "First Date With a Demon" (featuring DJ BELLZZ) | 2012 | Gamsonite | Non-album singles |
| "Dating Call" | 2012 | Gamsonite | Non-album singles |
| "Bobby" | 2013 | PC Music | Non-album singles |
| "Don't Wanna / Let's Do It" | 2014 | PC Music | PC Music, Vol. 1 and GFOTYBUCKS |
| "My Song" | 2014 | Secret Songs | shh#ffb6c1 and GFOTYBUCKS |
| "Christmas Day" | 2014 | PC Music | GFOTYBUCKS |
| "USA" | 2015 | PC Music | PC Music, Vol. 1 and GFOTYBUCKS |
| "Amazing" | 2016 | PC Music | VIPOTY |
| "Month of Mayhem" | 2017 | PC Music | Month of Mayhem |
| "Tongue" | 2017 | PC Music | GFOTYBUCKS |
| "Boy Next Door" | 2018 | GIRLFRIEND RECORDS | If You Think I'm A Bitch, You Should Meet GFOTY |
| "CREEP(UR A)" | 2019 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Flippy Wonderland" | 2019 | GIRLFRIEND RECORDS | Non-album singles |
| "I AM THE CHAMPION" | 2019 | — | Non-album singles |
| "EX-MAS IN THE WOODS" | 2019 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Destroy U" (with Shirobon) | 2020 | Hyperwave Records | Non-album singles |
| "Here With Me" | 2020 | Pretty Wavvy | Ham Chunks and Wine |
| "FISH IN LAKE" | 2021 | GIRLFRIEND RECORDS | FEMMEDORM |
| "KOOKS SONG" | 2021 | GIRLFRIEND RECORDS | FEMMEDORM |
| "CONGRATS.." | 2024 | GIRLFRIEND RECORDS | INFLUENZER |
| "YOU CARE" | 2024 | GIRLFRIEND RECORDS | INFLUENZER |
| "GRWM (Eww)" | 2025 | GIRLFRIEND RECORDS | INFLUENZER |

### Featured singles

| Title | Year | Label | Album |
| "Not That Bad" (Maxo featuring GFOTY) | 2014 | — | Non-album singles |
| "DogofMoon" (Asian Jewel featuring GFOTY) | 2018 | — | Non-album singles |
| "GTFO" (Justin Abisror featuring GFOTY) | 2019 | — | Swag Money 3 |
| "Mile High" (Rony Rex & Laz Perkins featuring GFOTY) | 2020 | Youth Control | Non-album single |
| "Stupid Horse (Remix)" (100 gecs featuring GFOTY and Count Baldor) | 2020 | Dog Show Records | 1000 gecs & The Tree of Clues |
| "Tamagotchi" (Putochinomaricón featuring GFOTY) | 2022 | Elefant Records | JÁJÁ ÉQÚÍSDÉ (Distopía Aburrida) |

### Other appearances

| Title | Year | Label | Album |
| "I'm Pretty" (Lil Gash featuring GFOTY) | 2012 | Gamsonite | King of Fiji Vol. 1 |
| "Half Pint" (Powermilk) | 2012 | Gamsonite | Non-album single |
| "HARD" (SOPHIE) | 2014 | Numbers | PRODUCT |
| "John White Christmas Man" | 2016 | — | Non-album singles |
| "GFOTY IS COMING HOME (three lions)" | 2018 | — | Non-album singles |
| "feels so good" (recovery girl featuring Space Candy, GFOTY, Lil Mariko & Diana Starshine) | 2021 | — | recovery girl & friends MIXTAPE |

### Music videos

| Title | Year |
| "Bobby" | 2013 |
| VIPOTY | 2016 |
| "Heaven" | 2016 |
| "The Argument" | 2017 |
| "Month of Mayhem" | 2017 |
| "Poison/Tongue" | 2017 |
| "Lemsip" | 2017 |
| "USA" (Lyric video) | 2017 |
| "Don't Wanna / Let's Do It" (Lyric video) | 2017 |
| "Boy Next Door" | 2018 |
| GFOTV | 2019 |
| "I Am The Champion" | 2019 |
| "Here With Me" | 2020 |
| "Stupid Horse (Remix)" (100 gecs featuring GFOTY and Count Baldor) | 2020 |
| "Rid of All" (featuring Count Baldor) | 2020 |
| "FISH IN LAKE" | 2021 |
| "KOOKS SONG" | 2021 |
| "BRAND NEW BRA" | 2021 |
| "Tamagotchi" (PUTOCHINOMARICÓN featuring GFOTY) | 2022 |