Korean-American K-pop star AleXa has wanted to be on stage since she was a kid, but her search for fame in South Korea was also fuelled by another reason – to help her mother find her birth family.

You might know K-pop star AleXa from the reality competition show American Song Contest, where she won for her clever, EDM-tinged song “Wonderland” in 2022, but now she’s taking things in a ...