Begonia is the stage name of Alexa Dirks, a Canadian pop singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba.[1] She is most noted for her 2019 album Fear, which was longlisted for the 2020 Polaris Music Prize[2] and shortlisted for the Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2021.[3]
Formerly a member of the Juno Award winning band Chic Gamine,[4] Dirks launched her solo career in 2017 with the EP Lady in Mind.[5] The EP's single "Juniper" reached #1 on the Radio 2 Top 20.[5]
The single "Hanging on a Line" was released in June 2019 as a preview of Fear.[6] She undertook a Canadian tour over the summer, before releasing Fear in September.[7]
Her album Powder Blue was shortlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize,[8] and received a Juno Award nomination for Adult Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2024.[9]