 The account received attention, amassing roughly 52,000 followers as of February 2018.In 2016, under the name Alex Christine, AleXa participated on the "Rising Legends" online audition run by "Soompi" with assistance from JYP Entertainment and competed again in 2017 when "Soompi" partnered with Cube Entertainment.Despite placing #1 in the dance category for both years, she did not place in either of the companies and instead signed with ZB.