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Oliver Alexander Thornton (born 15 July 1990), [1] known professionally as Olly Alexander, is an English singer, actor and LGBTQ activist [2] who rose to prominence as the lead singer of the English pop band Years & Years, who achieved two No. 1 albums on the UK Albums Chart, a No. 1 single and five Top 10 entries on the UK Singles Chart. [3]
The music video was released on the next day, accompanied by an open letter from frontman Olly Alexander on the band's Facebook page. This detailed the concept of the video and highlighted the LGBT issues addressed by it (such as sexuality and gender dynamics), for which Alexander had become something of a spokesperson.
Polari is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Olly Alexander, that was released on 7 February 2025 through Polydor Records.Created with producer Danny L Harle, it is the first solo album released under Alexander's name following the disbandment of Years & Years, which last released an album in 2022.
Polari is a centuries-old unofficial language which was popularized among British gay men in the mid-1900s. As such, it fits Alexander’s first oeuvre under this own name. Created in a low-key ...
Aged 33, Alexander is no stranger to the stage, being better known to music fans as the frontman of pop band Years & Years, as well as a star of hit TV shows including Channel 4’s critically ...
Olly Alexander – Polari It’s strange to consider Polari as Olly Alexander’s debut solo album, but so goes the latest career step for the former Years & Years frontman.Having first risen to ...
"Dizzy" is a song by English singer-songwriter Olly Alexander. It was released on 1 March 2024 through Polydor Records, and was written by Alexander and Daniel Harle.The song marked Alexander's first release under his own name after the dissolution of Years & Years.
By Mark Savage, Music correspondent [Getty Images] When Olly Alexander played Radio 1's Big Weekend in Luton last summer, it was just a couple of weeks after his Eurovision dreams came crashing ...