Canadian pop chameleon Allie X made her debut in the early 2010s with an edgy electro-pop sound heard on singles, "Catch" and "Prime." Adopting bold personas and striking imagery, the singer/songwriter toyed with genre boundaries in a fashion similar to Charli XCX and Lady Gaga, issuing her first full-length CollXtion II (the sequel to 2015's CollXtion I EP) in 2017. Juggling her own solo career with songwriting work for other artists, she was also a frequent collaborator with Australian pop singer Troye Sivan.