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Post by Admin on Mar 21, 2022 21:18:36 GMT
AleXa (알렉사) – 'TATTOO' (타투) Performance Video 183,843 views Jan 9, 2022 Stream TATTOO (타투): ⇢ wmk.lnk.to/TATTOOAbout TATTOO (타투): “Tattoo,” which explores a new vulnerability, marks the return of the human AleXa that originated with last year's release of “Xtra,” but this time with the A.I. questioning the complicated human emotions that it obtained “just like a tattoo.” Just like how its lyrics speak to the juxtaposition of pain and longing, “Tattoo” includes a hard hitting bass infused with a romantic chord progression, leaving a soft yet powerful feeling that mirrors the sometimes contrasting emotions of heartbreak.
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Post by Admin on Mar 21, 2022 22:02:47 GMT
AleXa - Wonderland (From “American Song Contest”) (Official Audio) 4,038 views Mar 22, 2022 The official audio of "Wonderland" by AleXa from the show "American Song Contest" on NBC. AleXa is originally from Jenks, Oklahoma. She took part in Korea’s Produce 48 show and ever since, most of her music has been bilingual, in Korean and English. Alexandra Christine Schneiderman, as her real name is, has now moved to Korea to pursue a career there. The American Song Contest entry “Wonderland” is co-written by Cazzi Opeia, who this year took part in Melodifestivalen, Sweden’s national selection for Eurovision Song Contest with the song “I Can’t Get Enough”. The American Song Contest premieres on March 21 and will air for eight weeks on (local) Monday nights. Atlantic Records will publish the songs at midnight during each week. With 56 competitors in three qualifying rounds, each show will consist of 18 or 19 entries. Following the qualifiers, we’ll see the semifinals and the Grande Finale. There, one state or territory will receive the crown of Best Hit Song at the inaugural American Song Contest.
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Post by Admin on Mar 21, 2022 23:38:59 GMT
AleXa (알렉사) – "Xtra" (Performance Ver) 142,900 views Jul 5, 2021 Stream "Xtra" & "Obsession"
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Post by Admin on Mar 22, 2022 1:08:07 GMT
AleXa (알렉사) – "Obsession" Special Clip 185,443 views Jul 17, 2021 Stream "Xtra" & "Obsession"
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Post by Admin on Mar 22, 2022 1:38:51 GMT
“K-Pop” and “Oklahoma” are two words you don’t really think of in the same breath. But one of the 56 artists competing on the Monday (March 21) night series premiere of NBC’s American Song Contest just might change that — AleXa, a K-Pop artist from Tulsa, Okla. Born to a South Korean mother and an American father, she first learned about K-Pop in 2008, through one of her best friends. “The first group I ever saw was Super Junior – they’re a huge senior group in the K-Pop industry, but my gateway was SHINee,” AleXa tells Billboard. “I’ve been hooked ever since.” She moved to Korea in the first quarter of 2018 and competed on two reality shows, Rising Star and Produce 48. She signed with ZB, a label owned by South Korean video production company Zanybros. Her first single, “Bomb,” was released on Oct. 21, 2019. “It was right before the pandemic hit,” she says. Two more singles followed: “ReviveR” and “Tattoo.” After living in South Korea for four years, AleXa returned to the U.S. this year to compete in American Song Contest. AleXa knew about Eurovision from watching videos online by past winners like ABBA and Måneskin, though she has never seen a full broadcast. She did watch the 2022 edition of Melodifestivalen, the Swedish heat to pick the country’s song for Eurovision, because Moa (Cazzi Opeia) Carlebecker, one of the writers of her ASC entry “Wonderland,” was competing as an artist and she facilitated AleXa’s entry into ASC. “It helped that I had worked with Cazzi. Then all of these wonderful creatives came together and the song was presented to us. I fell in love with it immediately and we knew we had to go with that song.” Swedish hitmaker Andreas Carlsson (“I Want It That Way,” Backstreet Boys; “Waking Up in Vegas,” Katy Perry; “Bye Bye Bye,” *NSYNC) became involved with American Song Contest through his friends Peter Settman, Christer Bjorkman and Anders Lenhoff, who sold the idea of an American version of the Eurovision Song Contest to NBC. He has co-written seven of the 56 entries for season one, including “Wonderland.” “Being close to both the Swedish and Korean K-Pop community, I found the song after listening to hundreds of submissions from my personal network,” Carlsson tells Billboard. “As AleXa could possibly be the first American K-Pop sensation, the song had to appeal to American audiences without alienating her Korean fans. There is a specific formula to K-Pop that must be considered when creating the song. I eventually ended up as a co-writer on the song as it had to be a bit more westernized. Then writer Bekuh Boom came into the mix with some brilliant topline ideas and everyone felt we had something special. Sometimes it takes a lot of chefs to serve up something extraordinary.” Those chefs include songwriters Albin Nordqvist, Ellen Berg and Carlebecker. “We originally wrote ‘Wonderland’ for the Korean market, where we have been working regularly for years,” Nordqvist tells Billboard. “We weren’t aware of the existence of American Song Contest at that time. Andreas reached out because he was asked to find songs for the already established AleXa, who was known to us since Moa and Ellen had already written songs for her. Andreas helped us adapt the melodies, lyrics and arrangement for the U.S. market, together with American writer Bekuh Boom. Andreas and Bekuh are familiar with both the U.S. and Korean markets.” Asked why Swedish songwriters have had so much success in K-Pop, Carlebacker and Berg told Billboard in a statement, “We believe it’s a mix of several reasons such as socio-economic factors like education being free in Sweden. Learning to play an instrument, singing in a choir, learning about music production and song writing, performing and playing in a band is encouraged from a very young age. Having the opportunity to truly focus on your art and creativity, without having to pay for an expensive education, makes it easier to dedicate your time and effort to pursue an international music career. The Swedish specialty for creating highly addictive rhymes and pop melodies (which are very important in K-Pop) might be a magic ingredient, on top of that we are meticulous, hard-working, have great work ethics and always strive to deliver songs of the highest quality possible.”
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