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For singer/songwriter Alex Di Leo, 2020 was a blurry standstill that radically altered his perspective as an artist. After moving to Nashville from his Southern Florida hometown, the 23-year-old musician found himself thrown into an endless cycle of eye-opening experiences and occasional bad choices, relationship struggles and wild new adventures (including one massively life-changing skydiving trip). While touring around the country with artists like Max Frost, Knox Hamilton, and Cody Lovaas, Di Leo created a new batch of music that channels all that chaos and self-discovery into beautifully detailed yet hard-hitting pop songs, ultimately offering up his most powerful work to date.
Now at work on his first album, Di Leo notes that all the upheaval of the past year has brought on an intense period of personal growth. “I’m realizing now that it was important for me to go through everything that’s happened,” he points out. And as he’s gained a new level of self-understanding, Di Leo has begun following his instincts more boldly than ever—a move that’s profoundly impacted his artistry. “There were so many moments where I felt drawn to a particular sound or way of singing that was so different from what I’ve done in the past,” he recalls. “At first I held myself back, like, ‘Should I really go there?’ But then I decided to just go with it—if something happens that naturally and it feels good to you, you’ve got to trust that it’s right.”