Alden Gardner Robinson (born May 10, 2001), better known as aldn, is an American artist from Reston, Virginia. aldn’s music consists of a blend of hyperpop, rock, emo, and glitchcore, taking inspiration from “really obscure SoundCloud artists,” along with popular emo bands My Chemical Romance and Fall Out Boy.

The 2024 single “؜icantbelieveiletyougetaway” off of his debut album, strung out symphony, saw massive success after going viral on TikTok, being his most played song to date.

aldn started making music at the age of 11, creating Lo-Fi and Dubstep beats on Ableton and publishing them on SoundCloud. In November 2019, aldn released his first song containing his vocals, titled “so easy”, on the 20th. After gaining traction from switching from instrumentals to tracks with vocals, aldn signed to Pack Records and released his first breakout song “glittr,” gaining popularity within the underground scene.

In 2021, aldn released his debut EP greenhouse, featuring close friends midwxst and glaive on the tracks “happy ever after” and “what was the last thing u said”, respectively. Around October, aldn signed to Geffen Records and Simple Stupid Records, and a month later, aldn released his second EP predictable.

In February 2022, he started touring as an opener along with midwxst for glaive’s Old Dog, New Tricks Tour. Right after touring, he experimented with adding rock elements and live instruments into his music and started production on his “more alternative leaning” EP good grief, which was written within the span of two weeks. Since then, aldn has adapted a more rock approach to his music, incorporating the genre into many of his songs.

He started briefly working with Good Luck Have Fun to release two more EPs, post spring self destruction in 2022, and the end in 2023.