New York, NY
ALEC MEZA’s charisma is magnetic, style is effortlessly cool, and musical performance is boundary-pushing and as rebellious as it is touching. Hailing from New Jersey, Meza started writing and recording music when he was just 14 years-old, producing and recording tracks on GarageBand and uploading them straight to SoundCloud. Over the next couple of years, these demos led him to finally put a band together and bring these tracks to life on the stage - opening for the likes of PnB Rock, Ski Mask the Slump God, Wax, Lupe Fiasco and many more.
His musical journey is marked by significant milestones: his debut album, “Extra Virgin”, encapsulated the classic aura of East-Coast Rap, with unapologetic and complex free-flowing wordplay on tracks like "Hot Boy Summer" and "Curfew." The 2022 release of “The Right Way To Cope.” saw Meza pivot to a more centralized R&B/Soul sound with an outpour of emotion on songs like "Crazy Ex" and "Manic Pixie Dream Girl."
Now, at 26, Alec takes the stage with his friends, all of whom are jazz musicians, songwriters, producers, and Berklee college alumni. These shows debut Meza's upcoming record, ”AH! REAL LOVERS!", which is due out June 7, 2024. This new era sees Meza transforming his sound yet again, harnessing a punkier, more playful attitude to fuse together sonics of grittier textures with beautiful glimmers of pop. The album's lead single, "PAPERBOY!", is out now and is complemented by a highly stylized visual reminiscent of the classic 1950’s sitcom aesthetic presented in shows like I Love Lucy, The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Twilight Zone -- the video premiered on V Magazine and has garnered over 25k views in just two weeks.
Within the past 6 months, Alec has sold out headlining shows at Pianos NYC, Ludlow House, The Sultan Room, Heaven Can Wait and Rockwood Music Hall, in addition to a highly successful debut at this year's SXSW Festival in Austin, TX. Meza's dynamic range, visual brilliance and emotive storytelling secure his unique position within the music industry as one of 2024’s main artists to watch.