Chrissy Costanza

Chrissy Costanza
Background information
Birth name Christina Nicola Costanza
Born (1995-08-23) August 23, 1995
New Jersey, United States
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • YouTuber
Years active 2011–present
Labels
Associated acts Against the Current
Website www.atcofficial.com

Christina Nicola "Chrissy" Costanza (born August 23, 1995) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She is best known as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the rock band, Against The Current. She is also a YouTube sensation. Her self-titled YouTube channel, where she posts vlogs and beauty tutorials, currently has over 600 thousand subscribers.

Early life

Chrissy Costanza was born on August 23, 1995 in New Jersey, United States into a family of Italian descent. She has a brother named Mikey Costanza. Growing up, it was one of her dreams to become a musician. She met current band members Dan Gow and Will Ferri through a mutual friend.

Career

2011

Costanza was introduced to Dan Gow and Will Ferri through a mutual friend in 2011, joining their band. Singers had been in and out of the band before her. Costanza changed the name of the band to Against The Current after joining. The name was inspired by a quote from The Great Gatsby, "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past". Against The Current soon started to write original songs, whose lyrics were mostly written by Costanza. They also started to post covers of popular songs on YouTube.

2012

Against The Current released their first single "Thinking" in 2012. Costanza wrote the lyrics of 'Thinking' and said that the song was very personal to her. It was not until they released "Thinking" that the band started to gain a sizable amount of subscribers on YouTube. Later, in 2012, they did a cover of "Good Time" by Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen, which helped further build their Internet fame.

2013

Against The Current released two more singles, "Guessing" and "Closer, Faster". They also released numerous covers of pop songs during this period. Meanwhile, Costanza made a self-titled YouTube channel and started posting beauty videos. During the summer of 2013, Against the Current went on tour with Alex Goot. During the tour, they performed several new original songs such as "Something Different", "Mercy", and "Infinity", but "Something Different" and "Mercy" never got released as singles or released on their debut EP.

2014

On May 27, 2014, Against the Current released their first EP, Infinity. On June 6, Costanza made an appearance in Access Hollywood. In the fourth quarter of 2014, Against The Current released an acoustic version of the Infinity EP and they went on The Outsiders Tour with The Ready Set. During the tour, Costanza went on stage with The Ready Set to perform a cover of "I Wanna Get Better" by Bleachers. Against The Current debuted "Gravity" and "Talk" from their second EP. Between December 1 and 8, Against The Current headlined their first tour in the UK.

2015

In February 2015, Against The Current released their second EP, Gravity. Following the release of the Gravity EP, Against The Current went on a co-headlining U.S. tour with Set It Off. At the end of April 2015 Costanza returned to her personal YouTube channel to announce that Against The Current had signed a record deal with Fueled by Ramen. In May, Against The Current released an acoustic version of the Gravity EP. At the end of August, they embarked on their first world tour, the "Gravity World Tour". On the first night of the tour, Against The Current debuted a new original song called "Outsiders". In October, Against The Current released "Outsiders" as their first single since signing with Fueled by Ramen. Since the release of "Outsiders", it has become one of their best selling singles. During the U.S. leg of the "Gravity World Tour", Against The Current debuted "Runaway", which would later become the first single off of their debut album.

2016

Against The Current released their debut album "In Our Bones" on May 20, 2016. In May, following the release of their debut album, Chrissy performed live with Alex Goot on his tour on several occasions. They performed "Running With the Wild Things", "Runaway", "Wasteland", "Forget Me Now", "Gravity", and a cover of "Sorry" by Justin Bieber. In June, Against The Current traveled to the UK to perform on Radio 1's Rock All Dayer. While they were in the UK, Against The Current was asked to play a last minute set at the Download Festival. Kerrang!, a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music, says that the band are "writing their future", and described Chrissy as "Their Fearless Frontwoman". At the end of June, Rock Sound announced that Chrissy would receive her own column in their monthly magazine to talk about Against The Current's debut album, writing her own lyrics for the band, touring, and giving advice on how aspiring bands can be successful. On June 24, Against The Current played their first show on Vans Warped Tour 2016. On July 22, Chrissy performed Sad Song with We the Kings during their set.

Discography

Studio albums
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1]		 US
Alt
[2]		 US
Rock
[3]		 US
Heat
[4]		 CAN
[5]		 UK
[6]
In Our Bones 181 15 20 2 83 28
EPs
List of EPs, with selected chart positions
Title Details Peak chart positions[7]
US
Alt		 US
Ind		 US
Rock		 US
Heat
[8]
Infinity
  • Released: May 27, 2014
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — — — 28
Infinity (The Acoustic Sessions)
  • Released: November 27, 2014
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download
 — — — —
Gravity
  • Released: February 17, 2015
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 23 27 36 4
Gravity (The Acoustic Sessions, Vol. II)
  • Released: July 10, 2015
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download
 — — — —

Singles

Year Title Album
2012 "Thinking" Non-album singles
"All I Want For Christmas Is You (originally by Mariah Carey)"
2013 "Closer, Faster" Infinity (EP)
"Guessing" Non-album singles
"Chocolate (originally by The 1975)"
2014 "Red (Originally Performed By Taylor Swift)"
"All Too Well (Originally Performed By Taylor Swift)"
"She Looks So Perfect (Originally Performed By 5 Seconds of Summer)"
"Ain't It Fun (Originally Performed By Paramore)"
"Habits (Stay High) (Originally Performed By Tove Lo)"
I Wanna Get Better (Originally Performed By Bleachers)"
"Gravity" Gravity (EP)
"Shake It Off (Originally Performed By Taylor Swift)" Non-album singles
2015 "See You Again (Originally Performed By Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth)"
"I Really Like You (Originally Performed By Carly Rae Jepsen)"
"Outsiders"
2016 "Running With The Wild Things" In Our Bones
"Runaway"
"Wasteland"
"Forget Me Now"
"Young & Relentless"

Covers

Title Artists Original artists Notes
"Good Time" Against the Current, Alex Goot Owl City, Carly Rae Jepsen
"Not Over You" Against the Current, Alex Goot Gavin DeGraw
"Catch My Breath" Against the Current, Alex Goot Kelly Clarkson
"All I Want for Christmas Is You" Against the Current Mariah Carey
"Beauty and a Beat" Against the Current, Alex Goot, Kurt Hugo Schneider Justin Bieber
"Heart Attack" Against the Current, Sam Tsui, Kurt Hugo Schneider Demi Lovato
"Chocolate" Against the Current The 1975
"Red" Against the Current Taylor Swift
"All Too Well" Against the Current
"She Looks So Perfect" Against the Current 5 Seconds of Summer
"Ain't It Fun" Against the Current Paramore
"I Wanna Get Better" Against the Current, The Ready Set Bleachers
"Stay High" Against the Current, Kurt Hugo Schneider Tove Lo
"Uptown Funk" Against the Current, Set It Off Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars
"Shake It Off" Against the Current, Kurt Hugo Schneider Taylor Swift
"See You Again" Against the Current Charlie Puth, Wiz Khalifa
"The Beginning" Against the Current One Ok Rock
"I Really Like You" Against the Current, MAX, Kurt Hugo Schneider Carly Rae Jepsen
"Water Under the Bridge" Against the Current Adele
"Find You" Against the Current, Alex Goot Zedd
"Sorry" Against the Current, Alex Goot, Kurt Hugo Schneider Justin Bieber
"When You Were Young" Against the Current The Killers
"Let Me Love You" Against the Current, Alex Goot, Kurt Hugo Schneider DJ Snake, Justin Bieber
"Cold Water" Against the Current, Tyler Carter Major Lazer, Justin Bieber, MØ
"Teenagers" Against the Current My Chemical Romance Released on Rock Sound Presents: The Black Parade CD with Rock Sound magazine.[9]
"Love Story" Against the Current, Yellowcard Taylor Swift
"Love Yourself" Against The Current, We The Kings Justin Bieber

Concert tours

2014
  • Sink or Swim Tour – with King The Kid, Once Upon A Time, This Is All Now (headliner, 5/17-6/8, United States, Canada)[10]
  • 2014 Asia/Australia Tour – with Alex Goot (co-headliner, 8/19-9/5, Asia and Australia)[11]
  • The Outsiders Tour – with The Ready Set, Metro Station, The Downtown Fiction (supporting act, 10/21-11/22, United States)[11]
  • Against The Current Tour (headliner, 12/1-12/8, United Kingdom)[11]
2015
  • Glamour Kills Spring Break '15 Tour – with Set It Off, As It Is, ROAM (co-headliner, 2/26-4/8, United States)[11]
  • Gravity World Tour - with Vinyl Theatre, Jule Vera, Sykes, Nekokat (headliner, 8/26-11/21, Asia, Europe, North America)[11]
2016

References

  1. ↑ "Against The Current – Chart history (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. June 11, 2016. Archived from the original on August 13, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Against The Current – Chart history (Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. June 11, 2016. Archived from the original on August 13, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Against The Current – Chart history (Rock Albums)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. June 11, 2016. Archived from the original on August 13, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Against The Current – Chart history (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. June 11, 2016. Archived from the original on August 13, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Against The Current – Chart history (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. June 11, 2016. Archived from the original on August 13, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100 - 27 May 2016 - 02 Jun 2016". Official Albums Chart. Official Charts. June 2, 2016. Archived from the original on June 9, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Against The Current : Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Infinity by Against the Current". Billboard. June 14, 2014. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Introducing… 'Rock Sound Presents: The Black Parade'". Rock Sound. August 8, 2016. Archived from the original on October 8, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Against The Current Announce The Sink or Swim Tour". UMusicians. March 1, 2014. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Against The Current website - tour section". April 13, 2016. Archived from the original on April 13, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Flippenmusic - ROAM joins Against The Current". Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Upset Magazine - Against The Current and ROAM on tour". Archived from the original on November 5, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Download Festival 2016: Against The Current". Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Against The Current: In Our Bones tour website". Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2016.

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