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AleXa
AleXa at San Diego Comic-Con in 2023
AleXa at San Diego Comic-Con in 2023
Background information
Also known asAlex Christine, 김세리
Born
Alexaundra Christine Schneiderman

(1996-12-09) December 9, 1996 (age 29)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
OriginSouth Korea
Genres
[1]
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocals
Years active2019–present
Korean name
Hangul
김세리
RRGim Seri
MRKim Seri

Alexaundra Christine Schneiderman (born December 9, 1996), known professionally as AleXa (Korean: 알렉사) or Kim Se-ri (김세리), formerly Alex Christine (알렉스 크리스틴), is an American singer based in South Korea. She debuted as a K-pop singer in October 2019. In 2022, she represented her home state Oklahoma in NBC's American Song Contest with the song "Wonderland" where she won with 710 points.[2]

Early life

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AleXa was born as Alexaundra Christine Schneiderman on December 9, 1996, in Tulsa, Oklahoma,[3] to an American father and a South Korean mother. AleXa's mother was adopted at age five by her adoptive American parents from an orphanage in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province.[4]

As a child, AleXa began taking dance classes (ballet, jazz, hip hop, tap, pom) around the age of two. She attended Jenks High School where she was a member of the show choir Trojanaires, which competed nationally. AleXa was an avid K-pop fan and created an Instagram dedicated to covering K-pop songs and choreography while in school.[5]

Musical career

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2016–2018: Rising Legends and Produce 48

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In 2016, under the name Alex Christine, she participated in the Rising Legends online audition run by Soompi. The competition was organized in partnership with JYP Entertainment. In 2017, she competed on Rising Legends again when Soompi partnered with Cube Entertainment. Despite placing #1 in the dance category the first time and the overall winner the second,[6][unreliable source?] she did not make it into either of the companies' trainee programs and instead signed with ZB Label as their first (and as of 2022, only) in-house artist.[7] In 2018, AleXa competed on Produce 48 and was eliminated in the first round at #82.[8]

2019–2021: Debut, Do or Die and Decoherence

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In 2019, under the name AleXa, she released her debut single album titled "Bomb" on October 19.[9] She collaborated with rock band Diablo to release a rock version of the song on December 13.[10]

In 2020, she announced her first mini-album with the release of the trailer "A.I Trooper" on February 24. The music video "Do or Die" was released on March 6. The mini-album, also titled Do or Die, was released on April 1. AleXa collaborated with girl group Dreamcatcher and boy group IN2IT to release the single "Be The Future" for the Millenasia Project on May 6. The project, supported by UNESCO's Global Education Coalition, was released to bring attention to the importance of education and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.[11] On July 16, AleXa released the music video for "Villain" (빌런) from her upcoming second mini-album titled Decoherence.[12] She released the mini-album alongside the music video for "Revolution" on October 21.[13]

In 2021, AleXa released her digital single "Never Let You Go" (오랜만이야) on January 14.[14] She collaborated with rock band Onewe to release an acoustic version of the song on February 8.[15] On April 12, AleXa released the OST "I Miss You Every Day" for the TV Chosun drama Somehow Family.[16]

On May 18, Spotify announced its third RADAR collaboration in the MENA region, bringing together AleXa and Bader AlShuaibi, a Kuwaiti-Saudi pop singer. The song "Is It On" was released on May 21.[17] AleXa released her second single album ReviveR and its lead track "Xtra" on July 1.[18] She collaborated with all-female rock band Rolling Quartz to release the rock version of the song on August 25.[19]

2022–2024: "Tattoo", American Song Contest, tours across the United States, Girls Gone Vogue, "Juliet"

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In 2022, AleXa released her third single album Tattoo on January 6.[20] In May 2022, AleXa competed in the American Song Contest, representing Oklahoma with the song "Wonderland", and won.[2]

On August 3, she announced her US tour, touring eight different cities in October.

On October 20, ZB Label announced that AleXa would have a comeback on November 11. On October 22, the first concept trailer for their first mini-album, Girls Gone Vogue, was released. On October 31, ZB Label's album promotion for the upcoming album Girls Gone Vogue was postponed due to the Seoul Halloween crowd crush.[21]

In April 2023, AleXa signed with Eshy Gazit's label Intertwine for her U.S. promotion.[22]

On June 1, 2023, ZB Label announced that AleXa would be making a comeback with the digital single "Juliet", which was released on June 9, with an accompanied music video filmed in Jeju Island.[23][unreliable source?]

On June 13, 2023, AleXa was cast in the American animated series "Ghosts of Ruin" alongside Justin Long, Michael Longfellow, Rosario Dawson & Tony Revolori. The animated series is set to debut this fall via Gala Film, the film and television division of content and technology user Gala. AleXa will be the voice of Juggernaut, an irreverent and hyper pro-gamer and content creator.[24]

On July 22, 2023, AleXa attended "San Diego Comic-Con 2023", to promote her upcoming appearance as character Juggernaut in animated series "Ghosts of Ruin".[25]

On February 23, 2024, AleXa released the digital single "Sick". The music video for the song was released the following day. "Sick" is part of AleXa's new American studio album and is a pop-punk song.[1]

On December 20, 2024, AleXa announced that the digital single "Enemy" will be released on November 22, 2024. Following its release and according to her, the song was recorded during Back in Vogue era in 2022, and was released without her knowing. Additionally, she stated that there would be no comeback in the near future.

On December 12, AleXa announced the digital single "Under The Armor", to be released the next day. This release was also reported to have been recorded four years prior to its release. In a late December live, she hinted at her contract with ZB Label ending and not being renewed.

2025–present: Departure from ZB Label and name change, Sugarcoat, upcoming re-debut

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On February 20, 2025, AleXa revealed through a live that she is preparing for a re-debut in April.

On March 5, 2025, she announced that she is "stepping forward into [her] new artist journey", departing from her former label and creating new social media accounts, since the former label revoked AleXa's access to old social media accounts. In leaving her label, AleXa stated that she wanted to rebrand herself and no longer go by the monicker "AleXa", and instead go by her Korean name, 김세리. As of current day, to prevent confusion, she has stated that she is fine with being addressed as either "AleXa" or "세리(Se-ri)", as many fans were confused by the rebrand attempt.[26][27][28]

On March 7, ZB Label released her first full-length album titled Sugarcoat, which was her last release with her label.[29] The album features her previous pop-punk singles, such as "Sick",[1] "I'm Okay", and "Distraction".

On December 2, 2025, Swedish public broadcaster SVT officially revealed that AleXa would participate in its national song contest Melodifestivalen 2026, with her song "Tongue Tied".[30] On February 28, 2026 she performed in the fifth heat in Sundsvall, where she qualified to the final qualification round. She did not make it to the final.[31]

Other ventures

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From June 23 to August 4, 2020, AleXa was a guest host on the podcast How Did I Get Here? often shortened to "HDIGH". On August 7, 2020, Dive Studios announced on their Twitter that she would become a permanent fixture on the show alongside original host Jae Park from Korean band Day6.[32][33][34] The podcast won the "People's Choice" and "Entertainment" category at the Podcast Award in 2020.[35]

Discography

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Studio albums

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Title Details
Sugarcoat
  • Released: March 7, 2025
  • Label: Interwine Music, ZB Label
  • Formats:
Track listing
  1. "Sugarcoat"
  2. "Something New"
  3. "Arrogant"
  4. "Fatal"
  5. "Sick"
  6. "I'm Okay"
  7. "Distraction"
  8. "Joy of Missing Out"
  9. "Under the Armor"
  10. "Enemy"

Extended plays

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Title Details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[36]
Do or Die[37]
Track listing
  1. "A.I Trooper"
  2. "Do or Die"
  3. "Kitty Run"
  4. "Bomb" (Korean version)
  5. "Bomb" (EDM remix)
  6. "Do or Die" (instrumental)
  7. "Bomb" (instrumental)
  8. "A.I Tropper" (instrumental)
 — N/a
Decoherence
  • Released: October 21, 2020
  • Label: ZB Label, Warner Music Korea
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. "Villain"
  2. "Burn Out"
  3. "Revolution"
  4. "Moon and Back"
  5. "Revolution" (English version)
  6. "Revolution" (instrumental)
  7. "Villain" (instrumental)
  8. "Allegory of the Cave" (동굴의 비유) (CD Only)
 67
Girls Gone Vogue
  • Released: November 11, 2022
  • Label: ZB Label, Warner Music Korea
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. "Star" (feat. Moon Byul of Mamamoo)
  2. "Back in Vogue"
  3. "Endorphine"
  4. "Black Out"
  5. "Please Try Again"
  6. "Back in Vogue" (instrumental)
 54
Juliet
Track listing
  1. "Juliet"
  2. "Juliet" (instrumental)
  3. "Juliet" (Spanish Version)
  4. "Juliet" (Retro Electro Mix)
  5. "Juliet" (Disco remix)
  6. "Juliet" (City Pop Mix)
  7. "Juliet" (Drumline Trap Mix)
  8. "Juliet" (Sped Up Version)
 — N/a
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that region.

Single albums

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Title Details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[36]
Bomb
  • Released: October 21, 2019
  • Label: ZB Label, Sony Music Korea
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. "Bomb"
  2. "Bomb" (English version)
  3. "Bomb" (instrumental)
 — N/a
ReviveR
  • Released: July 1, 2021
  • Label: ZB Label, Warner Music Korea
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. "Xtra"
  2. "Obsession"
  3. "Xtra" (instrumental)
 41
Tattoo
  • Released: January 6, 2022
  • Label: ZB Label, Sony Music Korea
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. "Tattoo"
  2. "Tattoo" (instrumental)
 50
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that region.

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart
positions		 Album
US
Pop
[42]		 US
World
[43]		 SWE
[44]
"Bomb" 2019 —7— Bomb
"A.I Trooper" 2020 ——— Do or Die
"Do or Die" —23—
"We Can" ——— Non-album single
"Villain" (빌런) ——— Decoherence
"Revolution" ———
"Never Let You Go" (오랜만이야) 2021 ——— Non-album single
"Xtra" ——— ReviveR
"Tattoo" 2022 ——— Tattoo
"Wonderland" 38—— Non-album single
"Back in Vogue" ——— Girls Gone Vogue
"Juliet" 2023 ——— Juliet
"Sick" 2024 ——— Sugarcoat
"I'm Okay" ———
"Distraction" ———
"Joy of Missing Out" ———
"Enemy" ———
"Under the Armor" ———
"Sugarcoat" 2025 ———
"Vital Check" (featuring Kik5o) ——— Non-album singles
"Tongue Tied" 2026 ——12
"4EVR" ———
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Collaborations

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Title Year Album
"Be the Future"
(with Dreamcatcher & In2It)
(As Millenasia Project)		 2020 Non-album singles
"Rule the World"
(with TheFatRat)
"Is It On"
(with Bader AlShuaibi)		 2021
"Summer Breeze" (나만 없어, 여름)
(with Daedo)
"BETTER TOGETHER (To Beat Covid-19) [Prod. SL.P]"
(among 2021 New Beginnings with K-Pop Stars[45])
"Star"
(with Moonbyul of Mamamoo)		 2022 Girls Gone Vogue
"MBTI"
(with Just B)		 2023 Non-album singles
"Running Out of Love"
(with BADS)

OST

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Title Year Album
"I Miss You Every Day" (어제도 오늘도 너무 보고싶어) 2021 Somehow Family OST Part 9
"Midnight Sun" (백야) 2022 The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway OST Part 1
"Shining Star" 2023 Bastions OST Part 1

Videography

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Title Year Album Director
"Bomb" 2019 Bomb Jihyoung Shim ZB
"A.I Trooper" 2020 Do or Die
"Do or Die"
"We Can" Non-album single
"Villan" Decoherence
"Revolution"
"Never Let You Go" (오랜만이야) 2021 Non-album single Moon Min-joo
"Xtra" ReviveR Park Sang-won ZB
"Summer Breeze" (나만 없어, 여름)
(with Daedo)		 Non-album single
"Tattoo" 2022 Tattoo
"Wonderland" Non-album single Unknown
"Back in Vogue" Girls Gone Vogue Lee Ki-seok ZB
"MBTI"
(with Just B)		 2023 Non-album single Ji-hyung Shim ZB
"Juliet" Juliet Heo Jin-hyeon ZB
"Sick" 2024 Sugarcoat Unknown
"I'm Okay" Angelina Foss
"Distraction" Unknown
"Under the Armor" Angelina Foss
"Sugarcoat" 2025 Unknown
"Vital Check"
(Kik5o feat. AleXa)		 Non-album single

Songwriting credits

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List of songs, showing year released, artist name, and name of the album
Title Year Artist Album Lyricist Composer
"Revolution" 2019 Herself Decoherence Yes No
"Villain" Yes No
"Moon & Back" Yes No
"Rule the World" Non-album single Yes No
"Xtra" 2021 ReviveR Yes No
"Obsession" Yes Yes
"Black out" 2022 Girls Gone Vogue Yes Yes
"Please Try Again" Yes No
"Juliet" 2023 Juliet Yes Yes
"I'm okay" 2024 Non-album single Yes Yes
"Distraction" Yes No

Concerts

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Headlining

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Tours

  • U.S. Tour (2022)[46]
Date City Country Venue
October 18 Jersey City United States White Eagle Hall
October 20 San Juan Puerto Rico Teatro Arriví
October 22 Atlanta United States Ferst Center of The Arts
October 23 Chicago Avondale Music Hall
October 25 Oklahoma City Tower Theater
October 27 Houston Hobby Center
October 28 San Francisco Marine's Memorial Theater
October 30 Los Angeles Avalon Hollywood
  • Girls Gone Vogue Tour (2023)[47]
Date City Country Venue
March 23 Auckland New Zealand Studio The Venue
March 29 Sydney Australia Metro Theatre
April 1 Melbourne 170 Russell
  • Sick of You U.S. tour (2024)[48]
Date City Country Venue
March 29 New York City United States Music Hall of Williamsburg
March 31 Chicago Distro Music Hall
April 2 Atlanta Masquerade Hall
April 4 Tulsa Cain's Ballroom
April 5 Fort Worth Ridglea Theater
April 7 Los Angeles Teragram Ballroom

Special concerts

  • Mini-concert: Welcome To Wonderland (2022)

Online concerts

  • Ctrl+AleXa (2020)
  • AleXa- Global Fan Party (2021)

Special Stages

  • KAMP Singapore (2019)
  • FutureCon (online) (2020)
  • Kpop Superfest (2021)
  • SNL Korea (2022)
  • LA Clippers vs Philadelphia 76ers 1/17 half time show (2023)
  • Arthur Ash Kids Day (2023)
  • Jingle Ball Tour (2023)
  • Kelly Clarkson show (2024)
  • KCON (music festival) (2024)

Filmography

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Web series

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2023 Ghosts of Ruin Juggernaut Main role [49]

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2022 Urban Myths Se-ri Segment: "Escape Games"

Television shows

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2018 Produce 48 Herself As Alex Christine [8]
2022 American Song Contest Representing Oklahoma [50]
2023 Codename: Busan Co-Host Arirang TV [51]
K-Chat Teacher [52]

Web shows

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2022 Virtual Top Ten Song Host YouTube [53]
2023 Hwaiting (Season 3) Cast member [54]

Podcast host

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Year Title Role Ref.
2020–2021 How Did I Get Here? Co-host [34]

Hosting

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Year Title Notes Ref.
2022 2022 Changwon K-Pop World Festival with Kim Myung-soo and Sua (Billlie) [55]

Awards and nominations

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Award ceremony Year Category Nominee/Work(s) Result Ref.
Asia Artist Awards 2020 Focus Singer Award AleXa Won [56]
2021 Potential Award – Female Won [57][58]
2022 Icon Award – Singer Won [59]
American Song Contest 2022 N/a "Wonderland" First [60]
K-Global Heart Dream Awards 2022 K-Global Rising Star Award AleXa Won [61]
2023 K-Global Music Icon Award Won [62][unreliable source?]
K-World Dream Awards 2020 Next Artist Award Won [63]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Ziwei, Puah (February 24, 2024). "AleXa fights her demons in music video for new single, 'sick'". NME. Archived from the original on February 26, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Terry, Connor (May 9, 2022). "The American Song Contest: Oklahoma's AleXa wins the very first edition of the contest". ESCUnited. Archived from the original on May 10, 2022. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  3. ↑ "AleXa on Instagram". Instagram. Thank you so much for joining my birthday party!
  4. ↑ "[Interview] AleXa: K-pop fan from Oklahoma now living dream as K-pop star". The Korea Times. January 6, 2022. Archived from the original on March 15, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  5. ↑ Neal Kuykendall, Lindsey (January 23, 2018). "Alex Christine is on her way to K-Pop fame". TulsaPeople. Archived from the original on May 17, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  6. ↑ "(as mentioned here)". Soompi. May 14, 2018. Archived from the original on December 4, 2022. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  7. ↑ Benjamin, Jeff (October 20, 2019). "AleXa Takes Unconventional Route to Finally Make K-Pop Debut With 'Bomb': Premiere". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 25, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  8. 1 2 Herman, Tamar (January 13, 2020). "How Much Does It Cost To Debut A K-Pop Star? Zanybros CEO Discusses AleXa's Debut". Forbes. Archived from the original on January 13, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  9. ↑ Benjamin, Jeff (October 31, 2019). "AleXa Makes a 'Bomb' Top 10 Debut on World Digital Song Sales Chart". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 13, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  10. ↑ Herman, Tamar (December 13, 2019). "AleXa Teams up With Diablo for Rock Version of 'Bomb': Exclusive Premiere". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 13, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Milllenasia Project - Be The Future". Millenasia Project. Archived from the original on April 14, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  12. ↑ "AleXa on Twitter: AleXa Pre-Release Single "Vilain"". Twitter. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  13. ↑ AleXa (알렉사) - 'Revolution' Official MV, October 21, 2020, archived from the original on May 23, 2021, retrieved April 13, 2021
  14. ↑ AleXa (알렉사) – 오랜만이야 (Never Let You Go) Official MV, January 13, 2021, archived from the original on February 16, 2021, retrieved March 18, 2021
  15. ↑ AleXa H & ONEWE - 'Never Let You Go' [Square Live], February 8, 2021, archived from the original on April 13, 2021, retrieved April 13, 2021
  16. ↑ '괴물 신예' 알렉사가 부른 '어쩌다 가족'. Naver News (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  17. ↑ "Get ready for Spotify's first Radar Mena x Korea collaboration with Bader AlShuaibi and AleXa". El-Shai. May 18, 2021. Archived from the original on October 3, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  18. ↑ Kim, Sun-woo (June 21, 2021). 알렉사 9개월만 컴백 예고...'ReviveR' 트레일러 공개. Sports Seoul (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 21, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  19. ↑ Son, Bon-seok (August 27, 2021). MTV Asia '알렉사X롤링쿼츠' 콜라보 스페셜 '엑스트라' 영상 공개 화제. Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Archived from the original on August 28, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
  20. ↑ Kang, Da-yun (December 28, 2021).