Lexi White has been sharing her music on various platforms, gaining millions of streams on Spotify.
White, a sophomore journalism major, has been singing for as long as she can remember. Releasing her first official song and music video titled “Hurricane” in the sixth grade.
“I did [the song Hurricane] with Robbie Rosen who was a finalist from season 10 of American Idol,” says White. “We wrote and recorded Hurricane in one day.”
White met Rosen at a film festival he performed at a few years ago. Rosen says that White’s passion for music and her talent has been pleasurable to work with over the years.
After Hurricane was released, White says started to experience bullying from classmates.
“It’s just like, people want to hate on someone for being successful at a young age,” White says.
She says her family supported her throughout this time as she learned how negative people can be.
“My mom and dad gave me the support I didn’t get from my peers. They tried to get me back into the music game,” White says.
Even though her family tried, it still was not enough to convince her to get back into creating her own original music.
“It took me a long time to become confident in myself,” says White. “I felt like for years I had a target on my back because no matter what I did someone would always try to come at me.”
After releasing “Hurricane,” she was recommended by the director of the music video, James Phillips and his father Mark Phillips, to send in an audition tape to sing the national anthem or God bless America for the New York Mets.
On July 23, 2017, was when White first sung God bless America during the seventh inning stretch at Citi Field for the Mets. White says the experience was “surreal” and “fun.”
White has sung the national anthem and God bless America at UConn basketball games, the governor’s inauguration, the opening of the senate, WNBA games and Hockey games.
“I never get nervous. It is something that brings me comfort and comes naturally,” White says.
After taking a hiatus from her original music, on June 16, 2022, White released “Better Without You” on her verified Spotify account.
White came back with style and confidence with her new EDM music. She says that “Better Without You” was a major comeback for her after experiencing a lot of negativities for her successes.
“I wanted to clap back at that in the most respectful way I could,” says White. “I said goodbye to being held back and said hello to confidence [by] owning who I am.”
“Better Without You” would become the first song White would release to get signed to Soave Records with the help of Rosen.
“I feel like [White] is really coming into her own now, finding her voice and style as an artist,” says Rosen.
“Better Without You” has gained over 300,000 streams since its release.
Because of this song, White went on a press run, doing interviews at multiple radio stations in Connecticut, even gaining an interview with Anne Nyberg on Channel 8 news.
After the success of her second single, White released her third single titled “Wreck” on Oct. 14, 2022, which was another signed track, this time to Storm Music Records.
“As an independent artist, each of my songs can be signed to a different label to increase exposure,” says White.
White says that the process of getting EDM music signed is easier than other genres since it is not a popular genre.
“If you work with a major producer who has their own label, or a major producer who has their own success, they can easily acquire a label to sign the song,” says White.
Her next two tracks which both released in 2023, “Temporary” and “Innocent,” both have gained over 1,000,000 streams on Spotify, signed to Hot Vibes Records.
“I never think a song is going to get good numbers, so to have both [songs] reach one million streams is insane,” says White.
Since releasing these tracks, White has gained a following on TikTok with over 15,000 followers. She uses the app to promote her own songs, but also sings cover versions of popular songs.
“I had my first extremely viral TikTok in April 2022. It reached 7 million views,” says White.
She says using TikTok is just another way to get positive reinforcement from people when they comment nice things or even make fan account pages of her.
“[When people] have some fan pages on TikTok and Instagram, I consider that my ‘I made it moment,’” White says.
With all her music successes, White plans on continuing her journey in music, taking things one moment at a time.
“I want to pursue music for the rest of my life. It makes me feel hope, like [the music] is the good to come out of bad things that happen in life,” she says.
