Morgan Isaac Karr, better known by his stage name morgxn, is an American

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singer-songwriter based in

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Early life

Morgxn was born and raised in

Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and t ...

. After college, he moved to New York City to act in theater. He was an understudy in the original Broadway cast of '' Spring Awakening'', before moving to Los Angeles to write and record his own music. Morgxn came out to themselves as queer at 19.

Career

Morgxn contributed vocals on two

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tracks in 2015: "Fighting For" and "Change Your World". His debut single "Love You With the Lights On" was released in June 2016. He collaborated with Janelle Kroll on her 2017 single "Looose", and makes an appearance in the video. His 2018 single "Home" featuring

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, a re-recording of his own song from 2016, peaked at #19 on the ''Billboard''

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chart, and #25 on the ''Billboard''

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chart. His first album, ''Vital'', was released on May 18, 2018. The song "alone/forever" features the indie electronic band

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, and the album's final track is a slowed-down cover version of

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's " Boys Don't Cry". Morgxn made his national television debut on January 8, 2019, on ''

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'', performing "Home" with Walk the Moon. He also performed "Me Without You" on the show. On January 25, 2019, he released ''vital : blue'', an EP of pared-down versions of some of the songs from his album ''Vital'', and a new song with Nicholas Petricca. On May 17, 2019, he released the single "A New Way". The music video premiered on the

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website. On August 2, 2019, he released the single "OMM!" which stands for "Out of My Mind". On July 16, 2020, he released his first single "Wonder" as an independent artist.

Tours

Morgxn opened for

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in 2016, for Great Good Fine Ok and

Phoebe Ryan Phoebe Holiday Ryan (born September 21, 1990) is an American singer and songwriter. In 2015, she released a mashup of R. Kelly's "Ignition" and Miguel's "Do You", followed by her first single "Mine" from her debut EP of the same name. She signed ...

in 2017, and for

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and

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in 2018 He played at

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and Firefly Music Festival in 2018. In 2019 he toured with Robert DeLong, A R I Z O N A and performed at

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Discography

Albums

EP

Singles

Appearances

* "Fighting For" by

, on '' Club Life: Volume Four New York City'' (2015) * "Change Your World" by Tiësto, on ''Club Life: Volume Four New York City'' (2015) * "Looose" by Janelle Kroll, on ''Outsider'' (2017) * "Somber" by Violet Days (2018) * "Cross Your Mind" by Wingtip (2018) *”Running up that Hill” cover by Meg Myers (2019)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morgxn Living people 1980s births Year of birth uncertain American male singer-songwriters Singers from Nashville, Tennessee Hollywood Records artists American indie pop musicians 21st-century American singers LGBT people from Tennessee Singer-songwriters from Tennessee American LGBT singers