Chrissy Costanza

Christina Nicola Costanza (born August 23, 1995) is an American singer, songwriter, musician and YouTuber. She is best known as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the rock band Against the Current.

Personal life

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

Costanza began her education at The Village School in Waldwick, where she completed both elementary and middle school. She then attended Immaculate Heart Academy, a private all-girls Catholic high school located in Washington Township. In 2013, she enrolled at Fordham University, where she studied for one year.

In 2015, Costanza was in a relationship with Cameron Hurley of We Are the In Crowd. They broke up in 2019, which partly inspired the Against the Current song "That Won't Save Us".

In February 2021, she started dating Tucker Roberts, president of Spectacor Gaming and son of Comcast CEO Brian L. Roberts. Costanza confirmed their relationship in September 2021. They currently live together in Los Angeles with 3 cats. They became engaged on April 14, 2024.

Career

2010s

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. Meanwhile, Costanza made a self-titled YouTube channel and started posting beauty videos. During mid-2013, Against the Current went on tour with Alex Goot.

Against the Current released their first EP ''Infinity'' in 2014. On June 6, Costanza made an appearance on ''Access Hollywood''. In February 2015, Against the Current released their second EP ''Gravity''. At the end of April 2015, Against the Current had signed a record deal with Fueled by Ramen. At the end of August, they embarked on their first world tour, the "Gravity World Tour". Against the Current released their debut album '' In Our Bones'' on May 20, 2016. In May, following the release of their debut album, Costanza performed live with Alex Goot on his tour on several occasions. 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, said that the band were "writing their future", and described Costanza as "Their Fearless Frontwoman". At the end of June, ''Rock Sound'' announced that Costanza 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.

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 Festival in August after which the band made their first appearances at Lollapalooza 2019 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 and again on New Year's Eve at the Bilibili New Year's Eve Concert in Beijing. Costanza performed the songs "Each Goal" and "Hero Too" as the character Kyoka Jiro in the anime series ''My Hero Academia''.

2020s

From July 2020 to May 2021, Costanza was the host of the show ''Guest House'' on streaming media channel VENN. At the end of 2020, Costanza teamed up with the winners of the 2019 ''League of Legends'' World Championship, FunPlus Phoenix, to release "Phoenix" as their 2021 anthem (This song being different to the 2019 song used for the 2019 ''League of Legends'' World Championship with the same name).

On January 10, 2022, Against the Current collaborated with the ''League of Legends'' European Championship (LEC) for a song called "Wildfire", with casters Vedius and Drakos as guest vocalists, as part of a promotion for the LEC's 2022 Spring Season.

On July 23, 2024, video game publisher Square Enix and Costanza jointly announced her collaboration with composer Masayoshi Soken and his band the Primals for the song "Give It All", which features in the raid series "The Arcadion", part of the video game expansion '' Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail''.

In September 2024, Costanza and rock band Yellowcard created a pop-punk cover of "A Whole New World", which appeared on Walt Disney Records' '' A Whole New Sound'' compilation album.

On October 9, 2024, Costanza released her debut solo EP ''VII''. The album's tracklist contained songs released previously, including her debut single "7 Minutes in Hell" which featured Voilà. On November 15, 2024, Costanza released the single "Perfect Crime".

On December 31, 2024, a music video titled "Mavuika: The Vow of Blazing Blood" was released by the official YouTube channel of the action role-playing video game ''Genshin Impact'', featuring Costanza as the lead vocalist.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Other appearances

References

External links

K!1620: AGAINST THE CURRENT – 2016’S HOTTEST BAND!
''Kerrang!''. Retrieved 2016-05-17.

MEET AGAINST THE CURRENT: FROM YOUTUBE TO YOUR NEXT OBSESSION
''fuse.'' Retrieved 2016-04-10.

Chrissy Costanza
on YouTube

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1995 births
Living people
Immaculate Heart Academy alumni
Singer-songwriters from New Jersey
21st-century American singer-songwriters
21st-century American women singers
American people of Italian descent
American women pop singers
Beauty and makeup YouTubers
American YouTube vloggers
American pop rock singers
Pop punk singers
American women singer-songwriters
American women punk rock singers
YouTubers from New Jersey