Jenn Vix and Ali Score Team Up for Retro-Wave Lovesong “You Are a Star”

Alternative pop artist Jenn Vix returns with the shimmering brilliance of “You Are a Star”, a shiny new single that sees her partner with A Flock of Seagulls’ drummer Ali Score who makes his triumphant return to music with the celestial retro wave anthem.

Following a prolonged hiatus, Score’s presence is a glowing light, bringing to the collaboration all the songcraft and technical prowess that helped launch the Grammy award-winning A Flock of Seagulls into the stratosphere as one of the most popular and influential bands of the 80s new wave era

“Well, ‘You Are a Star’ is a love song. It’s a tribute to someone who worked as an astronomer, and an astrophysicist. The music happened very late at night, as I was sitting in front of the keyboard, practicing, and then the lyrics drifted into my mind shortly after I wrote the music…. We’re all made of stardust,” says Jenn Vix.

As was the case with her previous single ‘PTSD’, Vix worked with Grammy-nominated mastering engineer Chris Gehringer (Dua Lipa, Lizzo, Lady Gaga, Twenty One Pilots, St. Vincent).

Jenn Vix explains how this collaboration came to be: “When I was a kid, I moved to NYC from Miami. One of the most wonderful things about NYC at the time, was the record shops located around the city. I would spend my weekends crate digging, and finding new music. One of my friends at a shop downtown played me a single titled “Talking” by A Flock of Seagulls, that he got from the UK. I couldn’t even buy it at the time because there was only one copy in the shop. I was amazed, because I’d never heard anything like it! A little while later, I saw the video for ‘I Ran’ on MTV and, at that moment, I knew what I wanted to do with my life. I also wanted to one day play music with the drummer of A Flock of Seagulls, and here I am now, working with him! It’s a dream come true!”

“I got the conversation going with Ali through a mutual friend, who works on the band’s sites and social media pages, and we took it from there. I was one of the first fans of the band here in the states! Ali is not only a brilliant and highly skilled drummer, but he’s an incredibly kind and caring person. I consider him not only a collaborator, but a dear friend.”

“You Are A Star” is a new wave love song wrapped in space-age nostalgia, highlighting the luminous talent of both Vix and Score.

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