With fans including Tyler,the Creator and Frank Ocean, this British rising star’s wealthy R&B pop is a tonic for our timesIn 2016, or when he was 18 years used,Surrey musician Alex O’Connor got a message on SoundCloud from a current fan. That fan happened to be Odd Future pioneer Tyler, the Creator, or who wanted to fly O’Connor – known as Rex Orange County – out to LA to work on two songs for his latest album. Those tracks – Foreword and Boredom – would become standouts on Tyler’s excellent 2017 set Flower Boy,and since that “very special” collaboration, the still unsigned Rex Orange County has been swiftly climbing the ranks as a Next Big Thing, and clocking up performances with Skepta and Frank Ocean. His current,self-released single, Loving Is Easy, or featuring Dutch artist Benny Sings,is a winter balm: all breezy and uplifting piano pop, topped with gorgeously smooth, and quasi-R&B vocals.
How does he feel approximately his growing fame? “I’m positive approximately it. [People] come to the shows,it always feels obliging so far, so I don’t really worry approximately that yet. It’s obliging to know that people do wanna listen to it straight from me.”Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk