Alexaundra Christine Schneiderman (born December 9, 1996), known professionally as AleXa (Korean: 알렉사) or Kim Se-ri (김세리), formerly Alex Christine (알렉스 크리스틴), is an American singer based in South Korea. She debuted as a K-pop singer in October 2019. In 2022, she represented her home state Oklahoma in NBC's American Song Contest with the song "Wonderland" where she won with 710 points.
AleXa was born as Alexaundra Christine Schneiderman on December 9, 1996, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to an American father and a South Korean mother. AleXa's mother was adopted at age five by her adoptive American parents from an orphanage in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province.
As a child, AleXa began taking dance classes (ballet, jazz, hip hop, tap, pom) around the age of two. She attended Jenks High School where she was a member of the show choir Trojanaires, which competed nationally. AleXa was an avid K-pop fan and created an Instagram dedicated to covering K-pop songs and choreography while in school.
2016–2018: Rising Legends and Produce 48
In 2016, under the name Alex Christine, she participated in the Rising Legends online audition run by Soompi. The competition was organized in partnership with JYP Entertainment. In 2017, she competed on Rising Legends again when Soompi partnered with Cube Entertainment. Despite placing #1 in the dance category the first time and the overall winner the second, she did not make it into either of the companies' trainee programs and instead signed with ZB Label as their first (and as of 2022, only) in-house artist. In 2018, AleXa competed on Produce 48 and was eliminated in the first round at #82.
2019–2021: Debut, Do or Die and Decoherence
In 2019, under the name AleXa, she released her debut single album titled "Bomb" on October 19. She collaborated with rock band Diablo to release a rock version of the song on December 13.
In 2020, she announced her first mini-album with the release of the trailer "A.I Trooper" on February 24. The music video "Do or Die" was released on March 6. The mini-album, also titled Do or Die, was released on April 1. AleXa collaborated with girl group Dreamcatcher and boy group IN2IT to release the single "Be The Future" for the Millenasia Project on May 6. The project, supported by UNESCO's Global Education Coalition, was released to bring attention to the importance of education and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 16, AleXa released the music video for "Villain" (빌런) from her upcoming second mini-album titled Decoherence. She released the mini-album alongside the music video for "Revolution" on October 21.
In 2021, AleXa released her digital single "Never Let You Go" (오랜만이야) on January 14. She collaborated with rock band Onewe to release an acoustic version of the song on February 8. On April 12, AleXa released the OST "I Miss You Every Day" for the TV Chosun drama Somehow Family.
On May 18, Spotify announced its third RADAR collaboration in the MENA region, bringing together AleXa and Bader AlShuaibi, a Kuwaiti-Saudi pop singer. The song "Is It On" was released on May 21. AleXa released her second single album ReviveR and its lead track "Xtra" on July 1. She collaborated with all-female rock band Rolling Quartz to release the rock version of the song on August 25.
2022–2024: "Tattoo", American Song Contest, tours across the United States, Girls Gone Vogue, "Juliet"
In 2022, AleXa released her third single album Tattoo on January 6. In May 2022, AleXa competed in the American Song Contest, representing Oklahoma with the song "Wonderland", and won.
On August 3, she announced her US tour, touring eight different cities in October.
On October 20, ZB Label announced that AleXa would have a comeback on November 11. On October 22, the first concept trailer for their first mini-album, Girls Gone Vogue, was released. On October 31, ZB Label's album promotion for the upcoming album Girls Gone Vogue was postponed due to the Seoul Halloween crowd crush.
In April 2023, AleXa signed with Eshy Gazit's label Intertwine for her U.S. promotion.
On June 1, 2023, ZB Label announced that AleXa would be making a comeback with the digital single "Juliet", which was released on June 9, with an accompanied music video filmed in Jeju Island.
On June 13, 2023, AleXa was cast in the American animated series "Ghosts of Ruin" alongside Justin Long, Michael Longfellow, Rosario Dawson & Tony Revolori. The animated series is set to debut this fall via Gala Film, the film and television division of content and technology user Gala. AleXa will be the voice of Juggernaut, an irreverent and hyper pro-gamer and content creator.
On July 22, 2023, AleXa attended "San Diego Comic-Con 2023", to promote her upcoming appearance as character Juggernaut in animated series "Ghosts of Ruin".