Rex Orange County

Meet Rex Orange County,

 

 Alexander O'Conor, better known by his stage name Rex Orange County, is an English Recording artist and songwritter who grew up in the village of Grayshott near Haslemere, Surrey.

Born : May 4, 1998. Haslemere, United Kingdom

Instagram : @Rexorangecounty

Nationality : British

Genres : Indie pop, Neo soul, Alternative hip hop, Blue eyed soul]
 
Rex Orange County is just 19 years old, but he has appeard on an songs by Tyler, the Creator (making important cobtributions to 2017's Flower Boy). His youth indeed, is one of the major tools in his toolbox : He takes his name from iconic high school dram The O.C. and writes songs that weave together the confused emotions of young life with the potent fantasy of young romance.

Rex Orange county says, "As long as you're being yourself, and putting out what you want to put out, it'll be the best thing you could do."

 Rex has gone on to grow his fan base to an extraordinary 5 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone. This hugely engaged streaming audience led Rex to be championed by the platform as part of their RISE series alongside Jorja Smith in 2018, which saw the young troubadour record a special duet with the legendary Randy Newman.

The superstar in the making spent the first half of 2018, recording and touring across the US, UK & Europe, not to mention performing at a number of major festivals including Primavera Sound, All Points East, Melt, Lollapalooza and Reading & Leeds.

With the follow up to the ‘Apricot Princess’ planned for early 2019, Rex is perfectly poised to continue his stratospheric rise to world domination. 

Songs :

Apricot Princess

Loving Is Easy (ft Benny Sings)
 

Best Friend : 

 Sunflower : 

Corduroy dreams :
 

Facts :

1. He is his own favourite Rex...
"To be honest, the only other Rex I know is Rex Harrison, and I don't really know about him so I'm gonna go with myself."
2. The Orange County bit of his name came from a nickname given to him by a teacher because of his initials...
"I actually haven't ever watched The OC. Maybe I should... but yeah, I used to answer to 'The OC' from one particular teacher which was not ideal."
3. He's from a village called Grayshott, near a town called Haslemere."It's between London and the bottom of the country I guess. It's super quiet so that's both positive and negative. I've always enjoyed the peace but it's not all that logistical due to really infrequent public transport, etc."
4. Now he lives in South London with his girlfriend, Thea. You'll typically find him hanging around...
"At home I guess. I might end up in my surrounding areas some evenings... but I don't really go out like that to be honest."
5. He just turned 19 last week..."I went go karting with Thea and my two friends. I love that shit!"
6. Rex Orange County is really good at naming things..."I just said Apricot Princess out loud once and it stuck for a while, then became the two words that best represent how I've felt in the past year and a half of writing it."
7. The new romantic reckons he knows what one of the greatest love songs ever is...
"Bill Withers, Let Me In Your Life is a wild song."
8. A lot of the record is about his girlfriend, and she's written songs about him in return...
"The fictional couple we're most like is probably Beauty and The Beast."
9. He's currently got a couple of artists on repeat in his headphones, and his taste is varied...
"I really love Lil Uzi. Also this 22, a Million Bon Iver album is still getting played all the time."
10. His big plan is pretty straightforward and to the point. We wish him luck <3"I'ma carry on making music and achieve my goals, collaborate with everyone who makes shit that I think is great."