19 Facts About Alexandra Savior

Alexandra Savior McDermott was born on June 14,1995 and is an American singer-songwriter originally from Portland, Oregon.

Alexandra Savior first came to public notice at age 17 in 2012 after being publicly lauded by Courtney Love, who saw a video of Savior performing cover songs that were uploaded on YouTube.

Shortly after graduating high school in 2013, Savior pursued a music career in Los Angeles, and was signed to Columbia Records later that year, after which she began recording material with producers James Ford and Alex Turner.

In June 2024, Alexandra Savior announced her signing with RCA Records.

Alexandra Savior McDermott was born on June 14,1995, in Portland, Oregon.

Alexandra Savior's mother was diagnosed with cervical cancer when she was pregnant with Savior but during her pregnancy she was cured.

Alexandra Savior was raised in the Portland suburb of Vancouver, Washington.

Alexandra Savior first became interested in songwriting at age 14, in part inspired by her older brother, a musician.

Alexandra Savior grew up listening to "a lot of soul and grunge", including her father's records by artists such as Pearl Jam, Otis Redding, and Jimi Hendrix.

Alexandra Savior graduated from high school in June 2013 and had plans to attend art school, but opted instead to relocate to Los Angeles and pursue a music career.

In 2014, Alexandra Savior began writing and recording her material for her debut studio album in Los Angeles with James Ford of The Last Shadow Puppets and Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys as producers.

Belladonna of Sadness was mostly completed by June 2015, during which time Alexandra Savior gave limited concert appearances, usually before industry audiences in the media capitals of Los Angeles, New York, and London.

Alexandra Savior was featured as a guest vocalist on the song "Providence Sky" by Brooklyn-based music project Dark Tea, released in December 2016.

Paintings by Alexandra Savior were used for the covers of some of the single releases, with accompanying self-directed music videos.

Shortly after the album's release, Alexandra Savior appeared on Lea Michele's 2017 album Places as co-writer of the track "Sentimental Memories".

Alexandra Savior said this was a difficult time for her as she felt Columbia's termination of her record contract marked a significant failure, and possibly the end of her career.

Alexandra Savior left Los Angeles and returned to Portland to live with her mother.

Alexandra Savior began recording new material with producer Sam Cohen in New York City in November 2019.

In June 2019, two years after releasing Belladonna of Sadness, Alexandra Savior returned with the lead single from her second studio album, The Archer, titled "Crying All the Time".