I jumped into the deep end of the music scene in Long Island, and met some of the most important people in my life. The day after the concert, I reached out to a producer friend ( SINDRUM) who I had met in college and I haven’t stopped writing since. A short weekend tour with my brothers band MAVYE and a birthday concert to see The Weeknd gave me that “lightbulb moment.” Something about those shows gave me the same goosebumps that I used to get before I went on stage for my solos in The Nutcracker, it was magical. What I didn’t know was that I always wanted the score to be my own.Īfter auditioning for what seemed like ages after graduation, I found myself running in circles with no potential jobs on the horizon. Losing my father at a young age encouraged me to pursue my dream of dancing to scores on big stages even more. Be it Queenor Rachmaninov, we had it in our record collection and you better believe I was listening to it. My dad was a pianist and my mother a poet, filling my head with Poeand Shakespeare even when I couldn’t comprehend it. Something was wrong here, and on one solemn subway ride home I realized what I was missing the most: the music. I was fired on the set of a costume company for “photographing too big” – all 120 pounds of me. It tortured me into losing my love for a lot of things. However, my body changed the lovely body I care for now very often held me back from opportunities that should’ve been mine. I progressed faster than the others, I was offered company contracts when I was 13.

My childhood was different – all I knew was school and studio. I immediately dove head first into the cut-throat NYC dance scene, and began the defeating process of auditioning for jobs that were more often than not looking for something that I didn’t have. In 2015, I was graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Dance from the SUNY Purchase Conservatory. To honor this moment, LEXXE penned a heartfelt letter explaining the backstory to “Runnin’ Wild”: In all of its neon-lit goodness and beaming 80s-esque synths, “Runnin’ Wild” captures the awe-inspiring way NYC fills you with hope and inspiration (or, as LEXXE puts it, “endless possibilities, no limits”), while also celebrating the wave of euphoria that comes with being yourself in the face of adversity. Today I am proud to hold the very first (!) ShePREMIERE for “Runnin’ Wild,” the debut music video from NYC based singer LEXXE.

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