Tapped by Billboardas one of ’40 Most Anticipated Albums’ for this fall and one of ’10 Albums You Must Hear This Month’ by Apple,ALLIE X‘s SUPER SUNSET mini-album arrives today (October 29). Drawing from real life events over her last four years in Los Angeles, from the mundane to the magical, the Toronto-native/now LA-based singer/songwriter offers her most lyrically personal work to date. The self-described electronic de-tuned dream pop artist–evolves, taking a step towards something less formulaic and radio-ready, more mature for the follow- up to her 2017 album CollXtion II.
Through Super Sunset‘ssingles-“Focus,” “Not So Bad in LA,” “Science,” “Little Things” and the newest “Girl Of The Year,” all lyrically different and sonically based on 90’s synth-pop–X takes a step back and reflects on all that’s transpired since hopping out of the cab and walking into a large house atop Los Angeles’ Mulholland Drive where she spent the next six months (barely) sleeping on the floor. As anyone chasing their goals in L.A. will tell you: the glitz is all around you, it just isn’t yours. Until you make it.
Along the way, X has garnered the support from fellow female musical outsiders as Katy Perry, Grimes and Tove Lo as well with her passionate LGBTQ-identifying fans. Earlier this year, she performed at PRIDE events in Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and Birmingham. She also has collaborated with Ru Paul’s Drag Race winners Violet Chachki and Sasha Velour.
Other 2018 highlights for ALLIE X include performances at Lollapalooza, Dua Lipa and Charli XCX shows and writing and performance credits on half of Troye Sivan’s album Bloom and the soundtrack of the Netflix film Sierra Burgess Is A Looser, where her song “Sunflower” is the fastest-growing song. Her Spotify monthly listeners top 1.4 million with her works collectively amassing over 64 million streams (“Paper Love” from CollXtion IIhas generated 40 million streams).
Born Alexandra Hughes, ALLIE X emerged on the scene as something of a mystery and ever since has been peeling back the layers, revealing more about herself. The singer/songwriter’s first two projectsCollXtion I (2015) & CollXtion II were critically lauded, supercharged pop records that explored the world of X–a place that provides a sanctuary for those unresolved fragments of self, those parts of you that still don’t feel whole or fulfilled. X is the possibility of anything, an identity you can take on while you find your truth.
ALLIE X and SUPER SUNSET In the press:
“Originally hailing from Toronto, Allie X moved to sunny Los Angeles five years ago to pursue a career in songwriting, chasing her musical dreams via her dark, off-kilter productions. And though she started off as one of alt pop’s most enigmatic figures, she’s begun peeling back the protective layers and allowing people a small glimpse into her life. The result of this all is her most open effort yet, a semi-fictionalized account inspired by falling in love and her life amidst all the L.A. glitz and glamour.
However, don’t expect pure candor from Allie X’s surreal new album, which she maintains still contains elements of extreme exaggeration, playing on L.A.’s own reputation of over-the-top artifice.”
– NYLON
“….Allie X is unleashing the power of Super Sunset
…“Focus”and “Not So Bad In LA”reveal a more direct and reflective Allie X, who is looking back on her time spent in LA, and all she’s learned from the sprawling city’s promises of 15-minute paradise and the grotesqueness lying just beneath its slick, glistening veneer. But of course, it wouldn’t be the Allie X her fans know and love if she weren’t also serving up hyper-realism. ‘Super Sunset is an exaggerated, sort of surreal version of my story from the last five years,’ she says.”-PAPER
“The L.A. songwriter is making some of the weirdest alt-pop possible.” – The FADER
“…Allie X’s Super Sunset is destined to be one of 2018’s essential pop offerings.” – Idolator
“While TV and movies often portray Los Angeles as a sunny wonderland, songwriters have been more willing to embrace the city’s dark side. From the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ode to L.A. loneliness, ‘Under the Bridge,’ to the Decemberists’ warning in ‘Los Angeles, I’m Yours’ that the city’s ‘hollowness will haunt you,’ the struggle to survive in L.A. has inspired countless songs. Indie/electropop musician Allie X is adding to that list with each song she releases from her forthcoming mini-album. Super Sunset, which will be out this fall, draws on the ‘dramatic ups and downs’ she has experienced since moving to Los Angeles from Toronto in 2013.” – Playboy
“…on Super Sunset, Allie X offers context to some contributing external factors, by opening up about her last five years in the city of Los Angeles. Through this, we’re given insight into a lengthy struggle to gain – and maintain – her sense of self in a setting that’s geared to warp it.”
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