Alex Warren

Biography

Alexander Warren Hughes (born September 18, 2000) is an American singer, songwriter, and YouTuber. He was a founding member of the collaborative TikTok group The Hype House from 2019 to 2022. He began independently releasing music in 2021 before signing with Atlantic Records the following year. His 2024 single "Burning Down×Burning Down20 September 2024 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Burning Down2:59" from his debut extended play, You'll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter 1) (2024), was his first song to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. His 2025 single "Ordinary×Ordinary7 February 2025 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Ordinary3:07" topped the Billboard Hot 100 and numerous other charts, including in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, for several weeks. He was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2026.

Early life

Alexander Warren Hughes was born on September 18, 2000, in Carlsbad, California. He has two sisters and one brother. His father died from kidney cancer when he was nine years old, and his mother, whom he has described as an alcoholic, kicked him out of the house at age 18, leaving him homeless and frequently sleeping in friends' cars. She died in 2021. He was raised Catholic.

Social media

Warren began making YouTube videos at age 10 and started posting skateboarding-focused content to Instagram in May 2015. He was a co-founder and member of the Los Angeles–based TikTok collective The Hype House, the name of which he came up with, in November 2019. By then, his YouTube channel had more than 600,000 subscribers, where he posted first-person-view prank videos, while his TikTok account had 3.8 million followers. In early 2020, social media users, particularly fans of YouTuber David Dobrik, accused Warren of copying Dobrik's video style, mannerisms, and laugh. He was nominated for the Streamy Award for First Person in 2020. Also in 2020, Warren became the host of AwesomenessTV's reality competition series Next Influencer on YouTube, in which participants lived in a TikTok content house.
Warren starred in Hype House, Netflix's reality series about the titular collective, which premiered in January 2022. His storyline primarily focused on his struggles to maintain his popularity on social media and his attempts to do so through prank videos, including staging a fake wedding with Kouvr Annon. By early 2022, his YouTube channel had more than 2.6 million subscribers, while his TikTok account had 14 million followers. He left the Hype House in 2022, which disbanded later that year. Warren said there had been a "falling out" within the collective and that he was not paid for his contributions. Also in 2022, he created the Locked in with Alex Warren podcast. By 2024, his TikTok account had more than 16.3 million followers.

Music

Warren has cited Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes as inspirations who influenced his decision to become a musician. He has also cited Benson Boone and David Kushner among his musical influences. In June 2021, Warren independently released his debut single, "One More I Love You×One More I Love You11 June 2021 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1One More I Love You3:37", which he began writing at age 13 about the death of his father. It was followed by the singles "Screaming Underwater×Screaming Underwater10 September 2021 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Screaming Underwater2:26", released in September 2021, and "Remember Me Happy×Remember Me Happy17 December 2021 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Remember Me Happy2:21". In August 2022, Warren signed a record deal with Atlantic Records and began working on the self-produced docuseries I Hope You're Proud, chronicling the period leading up to his signing. His debut single through the label, "Headlights×Headlights2 September 2022 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Headlights2:53", was released the following month. His singles "Give You Love×Give You Love8 June 2023 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Give You Love3:03", "Change Your Mind×Change Your Mind14 July 2023 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Change Your Mind2:54", and "Chasing Shadows×Chasing Shadows2 December 2022 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Chasing Shadows2:44" were released in June, July, and December 2023, respectively.
In February 2024, Warren released the single "Before You Leave Me×Before You Leave Me16 February 2024 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Before You Leave Me2:562Yard Sale2:54", which became his first entry on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 80. His single "Save You a Seat×Save You a Seat29 March 2024 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Save You a Seat3:18" debuted at number 11 on Billboard's Digital Song Sales chart in April 2024, marking his first appearance on a Billboard chart. His single "Carry You Home×Carry You Home31 May 2024 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Carry You Home2:47" was released on May 31, 2024. The song became Warren's second charting single in the United Kingdom, peaking at number nine on the UK Singles Chart in April 2025, and also charted on Billboard's Pop Airplay, Adult Pop Airplay, Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, and Canadian Hot 100 charts. He performed it at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade later that year. His September 2024 single "Burning Down×Burning Down20 September 2024 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Burning Down2:59" became his first entry on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 69 in October, and was included on his debut extended play You'll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter 1). The song also peaked at number 28 on the UK Singles Chart in March 2025. A remix featuring Joe Jonas was released in December 2024. You'll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter 1) was released on September 27, 2024.
In February 2025, Warren released the single "Ordinary×Ordinary7 February 2025 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Ordinary3:07". It soon became popular on TikTok and, the following month, Warren performed it on the Netflix reality television series Love Is Blind's season 8 reunion episode, which was the show's first musical performance and led to an increase in streams for the song. "Ordinary" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the charts in several other countries, including Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom, it became the longest-running number-one song on the UK Singles Chart of the 2020s, surpassing Ed Sheeran's "Bad Habits", as well as the longest-running uninterrupted number-one song on the chart by an American male solo artist. Warren's international Cheaper Than Therapy Tour began in February 2025 and concluded in August 2025. In April 2025, Warren teased a collaboration with American singer Jelly Roll at the Stagecoach Festival in Indio, California, titled "Bloodline×Bloodline22 May 2025 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Bloodline3:02". On June 27, he released "On My Mind×On My Mind27 June 2025 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1On My Mind3:10" with Rosé as the third pre-release single from his first album You'll Be Alright, Kid.
Warren was nominated for Best New Artist at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards and performed "Ordinary" during the ceremony in February 2026. His performance was briefly disrupted by a malfunction with his in-ear monitors, causing him to fall out of sync with the backing track before recovering and completing the performance. Also that month, Warren released the single "Fever Dream×FEVER DREAM26 February 2026 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1FEVER DREAM2:33".
Warren received eight nominations at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards, including Pop Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for "Ordinary". During the ceremony, he performed "Fever Dream" before accepting the Breakthrough Artist of the Year award, which he dedicated to his late parents while thanking his wife, Kouvr Annon, and his supporters.
On April 4, 2026, Warren began his Finding Family on the Road Tour, his first arena tour, which visited North America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania.
In June 2026, Warren announced his second studio album, Wildchild×WILDCHILD28 August 2026 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1EMERALD EYES2:372SAME STARS3:203PASSENGER2:404RESCUER3:195CRY WOLF2:426FINE PLACE TO DIE3:077ARE YOU HAVING FUN, ALEX?1:278I MISS YOU MORE3:049ONLY THING LEFT3:3510FEVER DREAM2:3311WON’T GO BACK AGAIN2:4812LAST TIME3:1713WILDCHILD4:08, scheduled for release on August 28, 2026, through Atlantic Records. The album was preceded by the singles "Passenger×PASSENGER4 June 2026 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1PASSENGER2:40", "Fine Place to Die×FINE PLACE TO DIE30 April 2026 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1FINE PLACE TO DIE3:07",, "Fever Dream", and "Rescuer×RESCUER7 August 2026 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1RESCUER3:19". Warren will host the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards on November 14, 2026.

Mental health and faith

Warren has been open about his struggles with anxiety, detailing his experiences in songs such as "Headlights×Headlights2 September 2022 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Headlights2:53". He has also spoken about experiencing depression following his mother’s death in 2021. Raised Catholic, Warren now identifies as a Christian and has said that his faith and worship music have influenced both his personal life and songwriting. He has described music as a form of therapy that helped him process grief and childhood trauma.

Marriage

Warren began dating Kouvr Annon, a fellow former member of the Hype House whom he met on Snapchat, in 2018. At the time they met, Warren was homeless and living in his car. Four months later, Annon moved from her parents’ home in Hawaii to California to live with him. The couple became engaged on New Year's Eve in 2022 and married on June 22, 2024, in Escondido, California. Warren has said that Annon inspired several of his songs, including "Carry You Home×Carry You Home31 May 2024 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Carry You Home2:47" and "Ordinary×Ordinary7 February 2025 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Ordinary3:07". They reside in Nashville, Tennessee.