Biography Allie X

Toronto, Canada Alliex. Oksvil, Ontario, known for his stage name “Allie X” “Ellie Hughes”-Canadian singer and poet-songwriter.

Her parents have British roots. In childhood, together with her family, Alexander moved to Toronto, where she received an primary classical musical education. Further, she studied the vocals at the Interlochen Academy of Arts in despite the love of piano, opera and music theater, Alexander decided to make a career as an indie-pop artist. From the middle, she took part in several indie pops, jazz and electronic groups in Toronto.

In the year, Ellie independently released the first album, “Waiting for the Prize” “Waiting for the prize”. Then there were three more releases: the second album “Ladies and Gentlemen” “Lady and Gentlemen” in the year and mini-albums “Allie Hughes” and “Allie X andra” in the year, Hughes moved to Los Angeles to begin the professional career of the songwriter. In parallel, she continued to write songs for herself, having accepted the stage name Allie X.

In the end, she signed a contract with the Cirkut and Billboard label. Alexandra explains that “x” in her pseudonym denotes an unknown variable in algebra. If I can ever solve this equation, I will no longer be Allie X. ” Hughes has a vocal range of soprano, it is often compared with the British singer Ellie Golding, as well as with the groups “Chvrches” and “The Knife”. She describes her melodies as “a swift pop border on Disney’s theatrical productions” - while her lyrics “always seems gloomy”.

The singer compares the spelling of a song with an experiment in science, when the mental abilities of two people are connected within a few hours - and soon you can evaluate what they are able to come up with. The first American single called “Catch” “grab” was some success. He ended up in the Canadian Chart "Hot" at number 55 and received the approval of criticism. The magazine "Diy Magazine" noted that "The appearance on the Hughes stage had an effect, like a bottle of wine at a wedding - everyone wanted to evaluate its taste." This year, Hughes also made a significant contribution to the creation of an album for the Australian singer Troy “Blue Neighbourhood”, writing a total of seven tracks with him, including two of the three singles of the album: “Talk Me Down” and “Youth”.

In the year, the singer accompanied Sivan in the North American part of his world tour. In February, Hughes released a song free to download, called “Old Habits Die Hard” “Old Habits do not die for a long time,” which was originally planned as a non -album single. Ellie Hughes takes an active social position, she often expresses her support for women in the struggle for LGBT rights and rights.

She says that she often writes her songs, thinking about young listeners from the LGBT community with whom she met. In August, Hughes released the single and the “Paper Love” clip “Paper Love”, which at the end of the year was on the list “30 videos that you must watch”, recommended by American journalists.