Disney Man.
Emerging Artist Alekxandr Envisions a Queer Magical Kingdom in New Song 'Disney Love'
“Gently heart-aching.” – NOWNESS
“A dramatic, startling new talent.” – CLASH
“Packed full of feeling, and based around lush, ambient instrumentation.” – DIY
“alekxandr keeps it simple to great effect.” – THE LINE OF BEST FIT
“A dramatic, startling new talent.” – CLASH
“Packed full of feeling, and based around lush, ambient instrumentation.” – DIY
“alekxandr keeps it simple to great effect.” – THE LINE OF BEST FIT
Cardiff-via-London visual artist alekxandr shares his authentically queer pop anthem, “Disney Love”
Blending jazz lounge piano sounds with marching electropop drums, dreamy harp plucks and twinkling synths, “Disney Love” is a glittering pop banger created for the queer community. The lyrics explore the concept of Disney love from a queer perspective, denouncing it for its romanticised superficiality whilst yearning for it at the same time: “You kissed me to life, the boy of my dreams / You love like Disney / You taste like Disney / What happens after happy-ever-after?” alekxandr’s bold vocals declare in the track.
Talking about “Disney Love”, alekxandr said: “However much we think we’re past it, it’s what we were brought up on and it’s in our collective psyche: two heterosexuals meet, fall in love, dance through an enchanted forest and live happily ever after. Fresh heartbreak made me realise that real love is about communication; about acknowledging past traumas, triggers and navigating them together. That’s the real dance through the forest. When making the song’s bridge, it felt mischievously subversive to sample a 1949 USSR version of Cinderella.”
The “Disney Love” artwork imagines a queer Disney love story, inspired by an online hoax which heralded a ‘new’ gay Disney movie called Princes which, if real, would have felt like real progress.
A video for “Disney Love” is in the making, set to be a celebration of queer love which focuses on elderly LGBTQ+ couples, juxtaposing shallow, youthful Disney love with an enduring, wiser connection.
Blending jazz lounge piano sounds with marching electropop drums, dreamy harp plucks and twinkling synths, “Disney Love” is a glittering pop banger created for the queer community. The lyrics explore the concept of Disney love from a queer perspective, denouncing it for its romanticised superficiality whilst yearning for it at the same time: “You kissed me to life, the boy of my dreams / You love like Disney / You taste like Disney / What happens after happy-ever-after?” alekxandr’s bold vocals declare in the track.
Talking about “Disney Love”, alekxandr said: “However much we think we’re past it, it’s what we were brought up on and it’s in our collective psyche: two heterosexuals meet, fall in love, dance through an enchanted forest and live happily ever after. Fresh heartbreak made me realise that real love is about communication; about acknowledging past traumas, triggers and navigating them together. That’s the real dance through the forest. When making the song’s bridge, it felt mischievously subversive to sample a 1949 USSR version of Cinderella.”
The “Disney Love” artwork imagines a queer Disney love story, inspired by an online hoax which heralded a ‘new’ gay Disney movie called Princes which, if real, would have felt like real progress.
A video for “Disney Love” is in the making, set to be a celebration of queer love which focuses on elderly LGBTQ+ couples, juxtaposing shallow, youthful Disney love with an enduring, wiser connection.
Alekxandr emerged with the murky and evocative ‘s a l t c r y s t a l s’ in 2018, followed by the dystopian dancehall-inspired ‘If’. Last year saw the release of his PRS funded debut EP Little King, which received critical support from NYLON, THE LINE OF BEST FIT, DIY, I-D, NOWNESS and CLASH with The Jo Whiley Show on BBC Radio 2 making lead single “Tell Jackson” their Track of the Week.
With a sound crafted from haunting vocals over skeletal piano, beats, orchestral swells and fizzing synths, alekxandr’s dreamy, yet muscular sound has drawn comparisons with Perfume Genius, Anohni and Björk.
With a sound crafted from haunting vocals over skeletal piano, beats, orchestral swells and fizzing synths, alekxandr’s dreamy, yet muscular sound has drawn comparisons with Perfume Genius, Anohni and Björk.