Today's Sunday Spotlight is a homage to Alexander O'Connor otherwise known as Rex Orange County. Hailing from Grayshott near Haslemere, Surrey, to date O'Connor has released three albums, bcos u will never b free (2016), Apricot Princess (2017) and Pony which arrived on Friday.
In January 2018, O'Connor came in second in the BBC Sound of 2018 award. Winners of BBC Sound prize in the past include and not limited to Jessie J, Sam Smith, Haim, Adele, Jack Garratt among others.
Rex Orange County has worked with Tyler, the Creator, O'Connor co-wrote and contributed vocals to the songs "Boredom" and "Foreword", Benny Sings on "Loving Is Easy" which is most popular track by Rex Orange County on Spotify. He also performed the tune on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. O'Connor also released a cover of "You've Got a Friend in Me". He performed this along with Randy Newman, the creator of the song.
So it's Sunday, how about discovering some joy in your life and some get amongst some Rex Orange County.
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