Get to know the musician we can't get enough... Kita Alexander

Amid a busy tour schedule and life as a mother-of-two with prosurfer Owen Wright, Georgia Payne discovers what makes the Australian singer tick.

If you don’t know Kita Alexander yet, I promise that, like me, you’re going to fall in love. She gives off the energy of a cool, older sister you had growing up. She’s grounded, creative, and refreshingly candid about the messiness of balancing her growing music career with being a mum of two on the move. Kita’s journey into music wasn’t something she meticulously planned. Growing up, she was always a creative kid, into drama, music and visual arts, but the idea of becoming a professional musician only materialised after a spontaneous moment at a local open mic night. ‘Someone asked if they could pay me to sing,’ she recalls.‘That’s when I realised, ‘Oh wait, I can actually do this for a living.’’

Fast forward to 2025, and Kita’s just wrapped her tour with the inimitable Dua Lipa, performing to sold-out crowds across Australia and New Zealand. But don’t be fooled into thinking it all just fell into place. The opportunity was something that Kita had to seize. ‘I just reached out,’ she says, casually. ‘We’ve known each other for a while and have always been friendly. She said ‘yeah’, and I felt really lucky. ’And with equal measures of cool-headedness, she’s done all this while keeping her two young kids close. Motherhood hasn’t taken a back seat—it’s been part of the journey. ‘It’s honestly so awesome,’ she says, reflecting on having them on tour. ‘Halfway through my song ‘Hotel, ’I ask everyone to put their lights on. My daughter Rumi always does it first, and it reminds me she’s right there in front of me.’ Still, she’s honest about the challenges: ’I don’t know how I’d do it if this tour were longer than a month. I love having them close, but I haven’t been as present.’

Her recent show in New Zealand was a milestone; it was her first performance here, but she felt right at home. ‘I thought it’d be the opposite since no one had seen me perform here before, but the crowd was so warm and loving.’ Offstage, she’s been exploring the country’s natural beauty with her family, visiting Kitekite waterfalls and wrapping the tour with a trip to Waiheke Island. In our short time together, Kita strikes me as quite a chill person; someone who is in touch with the world around her. Before taking the stage, for example, she doesn’t hype herself up the way you might expect. Instead, she meditates. 'I find a high point in the venue and stare at it for about five minutes. It gets me in a chill zone,’ she explains.

And when asked about her dream day off, Kita was very real. ‘Sleeping in until 10. Reading in bed. Owen brings me a hot drink. The kids come in for a snuggle. Then a beach day, sunbaking, good food, and a nice dinner. And in bed by eight.’Looking ahead, Kita has a UK tour planned and is expecting a sell-out. Planning to do a European holiday while over there, kids in tow, Kita shows no signs of slowing down. Sure, life’s busy, but between fittings, writing sessions, and work on a new album (which we seriously can’t wait to hear), I’m sure that Kita Alexander’s rise to success is a trajectory that is on the up, even still.