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, and has accumulated hundreds of millions of streams on Spotify on his own music.

Early life

Glantz was raised in

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a suburb of

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. At the age of 8, Glantz saw his father playing guitar which inspired him to learn as well. As a teenager, he joined a band where he also learned how to play bass, piano, and drums. After high school, Glantz went to the University of Pennsylvania for engineering, but dropped out a year later to pursue music more seriously. Glantz then moved to

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to begin songwriting and producing for others and soon after he decided to write songs for himself and to pursue a career as an artist.

Career

Alexander signed to

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in 2019. He released his first single "Dirty AF1s" in 2019 which made it to Spotify's New Music Friday playlist and was recognized as Apple Music's "Bop of the Week". After releasing five subsequent singles, his first EP ''I'm Sorry I Love You'' was released by Interscope in October 2019. Since the release of his first EP, Alexander has released a number of singles as well as collaborations with artists such as Selena Gomez,

, Chelsea Cutler, and

. He has also written and produced songs for a number of other artists such as

, Olivia Rodrigo, Tate McRae and

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. He made his first live debut opening for Alec Benjamin on his Outrunning Karma Tour in 2019 and has since opened for artists such as mxmtoon, Chelsea Cutler, and

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.Alexander was set to open for Lauv during his How I'm Feeling Tour in August 2020, however, due to the

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these tour dates were cancelled. Alexander instantly sold out his first two headline shows in Los Angeles in February 2020. Alexander 23 @ Wiltern 11 05 2022 (52525491752)

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which was released on May 14, 2021, through Geffen and

and debuted atop the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Alexander was nominated for

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at the 2022

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for his production work on '' Sour'' by Olivia Rodrigo. In the Spring of 2022, Alexander joined

as the opening act on his

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tour.

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Remixes

Songwriting credits

Production credits

Tours

Headlining

* Oh No, Not A Tour! (2021) * Aftershock Tour (2022)

Opening act

* Alec Benjamin - Outrunning Karma Tour (2019) *

- the masquerade tour (2019) *

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- High Highs to Low Lows Tour (2019) *

- The Speed of Sound Tour (2019) * Chelsea Cutler - How To Be Human Tour (2020) * Dermot Kennedy - Sonder (2022) *

- SOB Rock Tour (2022)

References

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