Influenced by the likes of Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo, we have singer/songwriter Alexi Callinicos and her alter ego, LXI. She is one of the most promising musicians of this year. Her music has this unique worth that is very rarely seen. In this opportunity, she surprised us with the release of the acoustic version of “Ghost of Me,” a song she initially worked on with Grammy-nominated songwriter/producer Tayla Parx and award-winning producer/musician Ilya Toshinskiy.
Stripped down to its core, this acoustic rendition showcases raw and unadorned beauty, lacking any special accessories. She breaks down all elements of the original song into individual parts, delivering a gentler and more precise style in conveying the message. It’s a dreamy lullaby with an emotional rawness, with the melancholic strum of an acoustic guitar at its heart. Her voice is delicate and emotive like she’s singing to ease our sorrow and grieve from the pain of losing someone you love and the struggle to move on.
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Callinicos is proving to be a poetic female force for the next generation by the absolute preponderance and validity of her forceful and brilliant lyrics. In a remarkable display of her exceptional songwriting abilities, she crafts her music at the exact moment when inspiration strikes. Additionally, she holds the impressive title of being the youngest member to ever be invited into Mensa, the prestigious high-IQ society in California that holds the distinction of being the largest and oldest in the world.
Her otherworldly nature embraces the poetic traces of her old soul, while her writing captures her optimistic, yet futuristic point of view in life. She invites us on a journey in which she will be the perfect medium to convey emotions.
Transforming poems into songs is a simple yet effective way to strip down your soul, for sure she knows how to do it. She says “I want to be more raw and get to the root of the lyrics, of who I am and why I write the way I do.”
To simply call her a prodigy would be an understatement, at the age of just seven, she started writing lyrics for her debut album “This is the Life”, after her guitar teacher encouraged her to turn her original poems into songs. At the young age of ten, she released the album which was recorded by an older female vocalist as her lyrics were thought to be too sophisticated for a girl of her age to sing
I’m excited to see what astonishments she has in mind for us next time! Just listen to “Ghost of Me (Acoustic)” right now and share it with your family and friends.
