Chet Faker

Nicholas James Murphy, born 23 June 1988, is an Australian singer and songwriter from Melbourne who performs as Chet Faker. The name is a reference to American jazz musician Chet Baker. Murphy first drew wide notice with a cover of Blackstreet's “No Diggity”, later used in a 2013 Super Bowl commercial for Beck's Sapphire.

In 2012, Murphy released the Chet Faker EP Thinking in Textures and signed with Downtown Records in the United States. That October, he received Breakthrough Artist of the Year at the Australian Independent Records Awards, while Thinking in Textures won Best Independent Single/EP. The following January, “Work” won Best Independent Release at the Rolling Stone Australia Awards for 2012.

His debut studio album, Built on Glass, arrived in April 2014, received generally positive reviews and entered the Australian ARIA Charts at number one. Three songs from the record placed in the top ten of Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2014, led by “Talk Is Cheap” at number one. His music has moved between electronic production, downtempo, soul and trip-hop-informed songwriting.

In September 2016, Murphy retired the Chet Faker name and began releasing music under his birth name, starting with two singles that year. He followed with the Missing Link EP in 2017 and his second studio album, Run Fast Sleep Naked, in April 2019. In March 2020 he issued the surprise instrumental album Music for Silence, initially through the Calm meditation app. Four years after setting aside the alias, he revived Chet Faker in October 2020 with the single “Low”.