Chrissy Costanza

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 personality. Her self-titled YouTube channel, where she posts vlogs and beauty tutorials, currently has over 810,000 subscribers.[1] This channel is currently inactive.

Chrissy Costanza
Background information
Birth nameChristina Nicola Costanza
Born (1995-08-23) August 23, 1995
New Jersey, United States
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • YouTuber
Years active2011–present
Labels
Associated actsAgainst the Current
Websitewww.atcofficial.com

Early life

Costanza was born on August 23, 1995, in New Jersey into an Italian American family. She has a brother named Michael 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.

She attended Immaculate Heart Academy in Washington Township, Bergen County, New Jersey.[2]

Career

2011-2013

Costanza was introduced to Dan Gow and Will Ferri through a mutual friend in 2011, joining their band. 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. Against The Current released their first single "Thinking" in 2012. It was not until they released "Thinking" that the band started to gain a sizable amount of subscribers on YouTube. 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.

2014-2015

Against the Current released their first EP, Infinity in 2014. On June 6, Costanza made an appearance in Access Hollywood.[3] In the fourth quarter of 2014, Against The Current released an acoustic version of the Infinity EP and they embarked on their first tour in the UK. They started 2015 by going on The Outsiders Tour with The Ready Set.. Against The Current debuted "Gravity" and "Talk" from their second EP. Through December 1–8, Against The Current headlined their first tour in the UK. In February 2015, Against The Current released their second EP, Gravity. Following the release of the Gravity EP, Against The Current co-headlined a tour with Set It Off. At the end of April 2015, Against The Current had signed a record deal with Fueled by Ramen.[4] 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". In October, Against The Current released "Outsiders" as their first single since signing with Fueled by Ramen.

2016

Against The Current released their debut album In Our Bones on May 20, 2016.[5] In May, following the release of their debut album, Chrissy performed live with Alex Goot on his tour on several occasions. In June, Against The Current traveled to the UK to perform on Radio 1's Rock All Dayer.[6] While they were in the UK, Against The Current was asked to play a last minute set at the Download Festival.[7] Kerrang!, a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music, says that the band are "writing their future", and described Chrissy as "Their Fearless Frontwoman".[8] At the end of June, Rock Sound announced that Chrissy would receive her own column in their monthly magazine[9] 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.[10]

2017- Current

Against the Current recorded the song "Legends Never Die" for the video game League of Legends, as a tie-in for the 2017 League of Legends World Championship. Against the Current released their second studio album, Past Lives in 2018. Against The Current returned to Reading and Leeds Festival [11] in August after which the band made their first appearances at Lollapalooza 2019 [12] and Pentaport Rock Festival . Costanza collaborated with Cailin Russo on the song "Phoenix" for the 2019 League of Legends World Championship, which she then performed at the finals in Paris, France [13] and again on New Years Eve at Bilibili New Years Eve Concert [14] in Beijing, China. Costanza performed the songs "Each Goal" and "Hero too" as the character Kyoka Jiro in the anime series My Hero Academia.[15]

Discography

Studio albums
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[16]		 US
Alt
[17]		 US
Rock
[18]		 US
Heat
[19]		 CAN
[20]		 UK
[21]
In Our Bones 181 15 20 2 83 28
Past Lives — — — — — 86

EPs
List of EPs, with selected chart positions
Title Details Peak chart positions[22]
US
Alt		 US
Ind		 US
Rock		 US
Heat
[23]
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
2013 "Closer, Faster" Infinity (EP)
"Guessing" Non-album singles
2014 "Gravity" Gravity (EP)
2015 "Outsiders" Non-album singles
2016 "Running With The Wild Things" In Our Bones
"Runaway"
"Wasteland"
"Forget Me Now"
"Young & Relentless"
"Steal The Night" In Our Bones Japan Bonus Track
"Zombies"
2017 "Legends Never Die"
2018 "Strangers Again" Past Lives
"Almost Forgot"
"Personal"
"Voices"
"NIJI" Past Lives Japan Bonus Tracks
"Eyes Like Gun"
2019 "Phoenix" (ft. Cailin Russo)
2020 "Each Goal" (credited as "KYOKA JIRO Starring Chrissy Costanza") TV Anime "My Hero Academia" 4th Original Soundtrack
(TVアニメ『僕のヒーローアカデミア』4thオリジナルサウンドトラック)
"Hero too" (credited as "KYOKA JIRO Starring Chrissy Costanza")

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)[24]
  • 2014 Asia/Australia Tour – with Alex Goot (co-headliner, 8/19-9/5, Asia and Australia)[25]
  • The Outsiders Tour – with The Ready Set, Metro Station, The Downtown Fiction (supporting act, 10/21-11/22, United States)[25]
  • Against The Current Tour (headliner, 12/1-12/8, United Kingdom)[25]
2015
  • Glamour Kills Spring Break '15 Tour – with Set It Off, As It Is, ROAM (co-headliner, 2/26-4/8, United States)[25]
  • Gravity World Tour - with Vinyl Theatre, Jule Vera, Sykes, Nekokat (headliner, 8/26-11/21, Asia, Europe, North America)[25]

2016

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