She uploaded her first TikTok video during her freshman year of college. This mental shift of accepting her voice proved to be an opportunity for Chalnick.
“And here was this idea that wasn’t perfect anymore. “I mean, my voice was my everything, it was how I expressed myself.” Chalnick said. Suffering a severe respiratory infection leaving one of her vocal chords slightly weak, Chalnick found herself feeling extremely discouraged. That was until near the end of her senior year of high school when she lost her voice. She was fearful of being her own worst critic and previously opted out of uploading anything online. “She created a platform so people could be artistic and continue to do what they loved to do.”īeing an online persona wasn’t always the goal for Alexa Chalnick. “I was so over-the-top excited for her because she had worked so hard all during COVID-19 trying to make something to help other people,” Sheri Chalnick said. This led to the whole class exploding in cheers.
Chalnick was mid-instruction when she received a call from Alexa Chalnick and placed her on speakerphone to announce her iHeart Radio award nomination. Her mother and music teacher, Sheri Chalnick, was beaming with pride after finding out about her daughter’s nomination. Pursuing a Bachelor of Music with a focus on voice in the Ithaca College School of Music, Chalnick has garnered a TikTok following of over 990,000 through her unique songwriting challenges, skits and singing videos. “Past Alexa worked really, really hard during the quarantine and she was pushing so much content out.” “I was absolutely shocked,” Chalnick said. 27, she learned about her nomination through an Instagram post. Having not the slightest idea what it was for, Chalnick sent iHeart radio a headshot. What started as simply posting singing videos to TikTok has led to an opportunity to be a part of a nationally recognized award show.Ī couple weeks prior to the nomination, iHeart radio, a radio station that is part of the largest radio broadcaster in the U.S., messaged Chalnick on Instagram asking her to email a photo of herself to use in an announcement. The last thing junior Alexa Chalnick expected while sitting in her car waiting for her allergy appointment was to be an iHeart radio award nominee for Best TikTok songwriter.
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