Ruby McKinnon, known professionally as Flower Face, is Canadian goth-folk musician from Montreal.
McKinnon was born in Windsor, Ontario. Her dad was a band musician who worked in radio; her mom was a writer of short fiction. She began playing classical piano at age five. Her earliest work was lofi music on Bandcamp that she made in her bedroom as a teenager. She was in music lessons and doing conservatory until she turned 16. Mckinnon was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer and had to go through chemotherapy when she was 17 This experience inspired her to pursue music full time, stating "Okay, no, this is what I have to do, because I could literally die tomorrow. Why am I not pursuing music full-time? This is what I feel like I was meant to do..." Her album Fever Dreams came out two years after her cancer diagnosis. Her stage name Flower Face was a nickname originally used by her grandmother.
McKinnon started writing music and producing "DIY albums" as a teenager. She has described herself as very online and "very into Tumblr" at that time. She launched the records on Bandcamp "and grew something of an audience." She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2015 at age 17. She studied for a BFA at the University of Windsor.
Her music has been characterized as "gentle." The album The Shark in Your Water has been described as her breakthrough. As of 2024, her songs "Angela" and "Spiracle" have "enjoyed some nice glimpses of widespread, online regard." Her 2024 release Girl Prometheus was deemed "intense and magical" by Stereogum. Girl Prometheus is a breakup album; the single "Maniac" from the album sets "the acoustics of the guitar, her flowy vocals, and pleasant-sounding melodies" against "cut-throat lyrics."