Girl Group are a British-Norwegian band based in Liverpool, consisting of members Katya Birkeland, Lily Christlow, Thea Gundersen, Mia Halvorsen and Maria Tollisen. After becoming friends whilst attending the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, they made their debut in 2023. They have since released the extended plays Think They're Looking, Let's Perform in 2025 and Little Sticky Pictures in 2026.
History Four of Girl Group's members are Norwegian: Katya Birkeland, Thea Gundersen, Mia Halvorsen and Maria Tollisen, while member Lily Christlow is from Bridlington, Yorkshire. They all met each other whilst attending the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. Halvorsen and Tollisen knew each other from Oslo, and eventually, the five women all became friends. Six months later, they began to make music together. They were annoyed that men in their classes would all hire out the studios and not involve them, or occasionally invite them and ask them to stay quiet and not contribute.
Before choosing Girl Group as their band name, they also considered Pop Tarts, Floor Snacks and Rodney's Angels. Explaining the choice, they said it expresses "so perfectly what we are, everything that we do is centred around women but then also that sense of playfulness and togetherness". They have said that it was initially difficult to agree on a collective sound for the group, but eventually agreed that their common interest was Wet Leg. Their debut single, "Life is Dumb", released in 2023, was inspired by Wet Leg's "Being in Love". Tollisen co-produces the majority of their music. Their second single, "Lil's Room", was released in 2024 and was written about the safe environment they felt making music in Christlow's room.
In early 2025, Girl Group released the song "Yay! Saturday". The song was written when the group were going out a lot and felt no responsibility. It was followed by "Flink Pike", a Nordic expression for "good girl". The song critiqued the societal pressures and expectations of women. After releasing another single, "Your Fantasy", they announced their debut extended play (EP), Think They're Looking, Let's Perform. The six-track EP was released on 20 June 2025. A month later, they opened for Olivia Dean's Paris show. They also performed on the BBC Introducing stage at Reading and Leeds Festival in 2025. September 2025 saw Girl Group release the pop punk track "Rage Song".
Artistry Girl Group have cited Lily Allen, Sabrina Carpenter, Wet Leg, Addison Rae, Chappell Roan and Charli XCX as musical inspirations. They listed Charli XCX's 2024 album Brat as an inspiration for their debut EP. Christlow grew up as a musical theatre fan and lived in a pub where live bands often performed. Halvorsen was taken to Roskilde Festival as a child, while Gundersen descends from poets and songwriters. Tollisen was brought up around the music of Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon, while Birkeland is inspired by Disney Channel music, which they have described as useful when writing their hooks. Non-musicians they’re influenced by in their career are Audrey Hepburn and Florence Pugh.
Discography Extended plays + List of extended plays, with selected details Title Details Think They're Looking, Let's Perform Released: 20 June 2025 Label: Independent Formats: Digital download, streaming Little Sticky Pictures Released: 20 March 2026 Label: Universal Music Formats: Digital download, streaming
Singles As lead artist + List of singles as a lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title YearPeak chart positions Album Peak chart positions for singles in Estonian Airplay: "She Goes": "Life is Dumb" 2023 — rowspan="2" "Lil's Room" 2024 — "Yay! Saturday" 2025 — Think They're Looking, Let's Perform "Flink Pike" — "Your Fantasy" — "Rage Song" — Little Sticky Pictures "She Goes" 95 "SuperDrug" 2026 — "Food Shopping" — rowspan="1" "—" denotes recording did not chart in that territory.
As featured artist + List of singles as featured artist, showing year released Title Year Other artist(s) Album "The Prize" (remix) 2025 Prima Queen
Awards and nominations Year Ceremony Category Nominee(s)/work(s) Result 2025 Urørt of the Year Girl Group Notion New Music Awards Best New Pop
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