Rex Orange County Rex OC / Alex O’Connor / Alexander O'Connor
- 风格
- #独立流行 #卧室流行
- 地区
- United Kingdom 英国
艺人介绍
Alexander O'Connor (born May 4, 1998), better known by his stage name Rex Orange County, is an English recording artist and songwriter who grew up in the village of Grayshott near Haslemere, Surrey.
The name Rex Orange County is based on a teacher given nickname, the OC, after O'Connor.
Childhood
At age five, O'Connor was a part of the choir at the school where his mother worked. Over the years, he grew up listening to Queen, ABBA, Green Day, and Weezer, but more classical soulful artists, like Stevie Wonder also inspired him. He is a drummer, self-taught pianist, and he picked up the guitar when he was 16. At this age, he started to produce his own music on Logic software.
At the age of 16 he went to the BRIT School, starting there as a drummer, one of four percussionists in his year. This exposed him to new and fresh music. The relative rareness of his primary instrument provided him with wide exposure to various projects of others in his school. Rex Orange County is a multi instrumentalist, and in addition to blending in his voice and playing drums, guitar and piano, he produces his own projects.
Work
In 2015, Rex Orange County self-released bcos u will never b free on SoundCloud. This put him on Two Inch Punch's radar, who provided him with a management team. They also collaborated on a few songs - "UNO", "Best Friend", and "Untitled". This also caught Tyler, the Creator's attention. He sent him an email, appreciating the album, and he also flew him out to L.A. to work on Flower Boy.
Rex Orange County shared online the DIY "UNO" recording in 2016 when he was 18. Clash magazine wrote, "the buoyant keyboard riff underpins a hypnotic half-spoken vocal, one that veers from topic to topic in a hazy burst of creative mania."
In 2017 he released his second album Apricot Princess. The name comes from his pet name for his girlfriend, Thea. Three months after the release of his second album, Rex Orange County was featured on Tyler, the Creator's album Flower Boy; he contributed vocals to and co-wrote the songs "Boredom" and "Foreword". Tyler picked up on O'Connor because of his debut album, reached out via SoundCloud and brought him to Los Angeles. His work has been compared to "other artsy, post-genre teen artists".
As of 9 May 2018, the most popular track by Rex Orange County on Spotify is "Loving Is Easy" created in collaboration with the Dutch artist Benny Sings. The song was covered by the Swedish singer Tove Styrke. On April 16, 2018, Rex Orange County performed the song in his television debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. On May 31, 2018, Rex Orange County released a cover of "You've Got a Friend in Me", performing along with Randy Newman, the creator of the song. He was also featured in Spotify's Rise Program.
Awards
In January 2018 O'Connor came in second in the BBC Sound of 2018 award after Norwegian singer Sigrid.
Studio albums
bcos u will never b free (2016)
Apricot Princess (2017)
Singles
"Uno" (2016)
"Best Friend" (2017)
"Sunflower" (2017)
"Untitled" (2017)
"Edition" (2017)
"Loving Is Easy" (2017)
"You've Got a Friend in Me" (2018)
Music videos
"Loving Is Easy" (2017) (directed by Chris Ullens)
"Sunflower" (2017) (produced by Illegal Civ Cinema)
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