Georgios Samaras, better known as Plastic Flowers, is a Greek songwriter and academic at King's College London,[1] who has released three full-length studio albums: Evergreen in 2014,[2][3] Heavenly in 2016[4][5] and Absent Forever in 2017.

[6] Georgios started recording music on a TASCAM Multi-track and released a series of bedroom pop influenced EPs that have received praise for their lo-fi touch.

He later moved to London[18] and recorded his second full-length album Heavenly[19] in November 2015,[20][21] and Absent Forever in 2017, both released via The Native Sound and distributed by Warner.

He later obtained a Master's degree in Education Policy, and a PhD both from King's College London,[32] where he investigated the rise of far-right extremism in Greece during the fiscal crisis.

[36] In June 2020, during the Black Lives Matter protests in London, he started a campaign against a local school in West Hampstead,[37][38] named after slaver William Beckford.