Rex Orange County: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Watch Rex Orange County play Loving Is Easy, Pluto Projector, Always and Sunflower at the Tiny Desk. Did you know you can watch new Tiny Desk concerts on ONE WEEK before they go up on YouTube Click here: Follow NPR Music: Twitter: Instagram: March 18, 2020, Bobby Carter Rex Orange County, the lowkey British pop star born Alex O Connor, frames his emotions and struggles in a way that appears simple and linear at first. It s only after a few listens that you realize that most of us are incapable of the courage he demonstrates behind the microphone. The crowd of millennial and Gen Z staffers that gathered early for Rex s soundcheck at the Tiny Desk certainly appreciated that fact. There was a palpable connection between the 21yearold singer and his fans that I don t see often at this stage in a musician s career. My guess is that they see themselves in him: introverted and shy, with the audacit