Alex Giannascoli has had a career so prodigious it could serve as the basis of a mockumentary in the vein of Christopher Guest or the Lonely Island. Over a decade after he began staking his claim in Bandcamp real estate as a teenager under the moniker Alex G, the Pennsylvania native and DIY enthusiast announced in early 2024 that he’d signed to RCA. The major-label jump was surprising, but there were indicators pointing in that direction: We already knew he’d be opening for stadium mainstays and RCA recording artists Foo Fighters later that summer. The year prior, he’d notched a co-writing credit on the UMG-signed Lil Yachty’s rock crossover Let’s Start Here. He was booking late night shows while still looking like the kind of guy who records at home. He was TikTok-beloved, he was working on his second feature film score, and he was hitting up the studio with at least one pop star. You know that was him playing on Blonde, right?
