Alexandra Hope Robotham (born 29 November 1993) is an Australian producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. They are the child of author Michael Robotham.

Career

Hope worked as a producer and writer on

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's debut album, '' Blue Neighbourhood'', released in December 2015, and featured as a vocalist on the song 'BLUE'. '

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' won Song of the Year at the 2016

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, where Hope was also nominated for Producer of the Year and Engineer of the Year for their work on '' Blue Neighbourhood''. In 2016, Hope was named Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year at the APRA Awards. In 2017, they became an APRA ambassador and were included in the

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'Secret Genius' campaign as the ambassador for Australia. Hope is known for their work with a variety of artists including

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, Wrabel,

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, Guilherme de Sá and

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. Alex Hope was highlighted for their achievement during the 2018 Billboard Music Awards, alongside

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and Taylor Parks, in partnership with

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Personal life

On 1 July 2021, Hope came out as

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via an

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post and announced their decision to change their gender pronouns to they/them, stating “Over the last year and a half I’ve had time to reflect, research and explore these feelings rather than push them away. What followed was a lot of lightbulb moments as I found vocabulary for how I had been feeling and a community of people who understood. I started to see myself. I could suddenly see myself in the future. I understood.”

Full discography

References

External links

Official SiteAlex Hope
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hope, Alex 1993 births Living people APRA Award winners Australian non-binary musicians English emigrants to Australia Australian record producers Non-binary songwriters LGBTQ record producers Australian LGBTQ songwriters