MUSIC

ALEX THE ASTRONAUT

Singer-Songwriter

“I make songs about the things I see around me. It’s strange to me that it’s my work now, it was something I did when I was little to understand those things happening around me.” A rising Australian singer-songwriter, Alex the Astronaut’s music doesn’t fit into a specific genre as much as it creates vivid worlds for the listener to live in. “Music and story-telling is such a powerful way of connecting everyone and I’m really proud to be able to do it every day.”

Their first album, , which debuted earlier this year, captures growing pains in song, as an angsty yet jubilant exploration of identity and self. But while they were celebrating the release, much of the world was thrust into chaos. “I’ve learned more about racism and the white supremacy I hold than I have in all the