Who is Rex Orange County? The 23 year old UK singer-songwriter heading for his first Number 1 album
officialcharts.comRex Orange County may ask Who Cares? on his new album, but it's clear that - after an already varied and impressive career - the answer to that is: quite a lot of people, actually From humble beginnings as an unsigned indie artist posting clips to Soundcloud at the start of the last decade, to now releasing his second major-label backed record in 2022 and on his way to scoring his first UK Number 1 album in the process.
But exactly who is Rex Orange County? The moniker apparently originated as a school nickname from teachers - The OC - taken from his surname.
O'Connor was originally born in Hampshire, but as a student he attended the prestigious BRIT School (with alums like Adele and Amy Winehouse), where he studied drumming.
Don't start reading up on Rex Orange County if you don't want to feel like a massive underachiever. O'Connor released his first record as an unsigned artist, Bcos U Will Never B Free, on Soundcloud and BandCamp when he was just 17 years old.
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