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Alejandro Aranda (born August 11, 1994), known by his stage name Scarypoolparty, is an American singer, musician, and reality television personality from Pomona, California, and runner-up on the seventeenth season of American Idol. His debut album Exit Form was released on November 22, 2019.

Alejandro Aranda was born on August 11, 1994 in Pomona, California. While he has attested to having two parents as well as a sister, not much is known about his past. In an interview with Launch Left, he talked about his family and the fact that he was not close to them. However, he drew a lot of inspiration from his past to determine the type of person he wanted to be.

He started playing the piano and picked up guitar around the age of 19 or 20. Busking on the streets of Pomona, CA he got comfortable with being himself in front of people, he also played at Open Mic Nights and backyard concerts, basically wherever he could. Of this time, he said it took him a year to get comfortable with singing and playing in front of people. He won artist of the year with CSUN and Five of Five Entertainment in 2017.

He started taking music seriously when he almost injured his hand in a factory working and the sleeve of his shirt was caught. He said of this incident:

“When I turned 20, I almost lost my hand,” Aranda, now age 25, reveals to Yahoo Entertainment. “I was working at a warehouse and I got my hand stuck in the conveyor belt, and I could've really lost my hand. … It got stuck in between, and then it caught my flannel shirt; I was wearing a long sleeve and it caught. If I wasn't wearing that, it would have basically ran my whole hand through it.”

While Aranda was thankfully able to extricate himself from the machinery without any serious injuries, the situation served as a wake-up call. The incident was referenced in the lyrics of his song "Millennial Love".

On Mar 15, 2016 he posted Blesser on YouTube (hair in bun). Many consider this to be his most brilliant song to date. The judges were so blown away by his performance that Lionel Richie called it “History in the making.”

His song “10 Years” premiered March 17, 2019 on YouTube. The song “10 Years” was written for a friend going through a divorce.

In 2017, he was named Artist of the Year by California State University. This was the first time he had a break in the music industry.

In 2018, Twin Shadow asked him to go on the road with him as a musician. He played festivals and even made an appearance on the Conan O’Brien Show.