Alex Warren was nine when his father died of cancer. His mother fell into alcoholism, and at 17 he was out on the street, sleeping in friends’ cars. The Californian first made his name as a creator on YouTube and TikTok before he began releasing his own songs in 2021. His breakthrough came in 2025 with Ordinary: the ballad topped charts around the world and has since passed two billion streams on Spotify. The album You’ll Be Alright, Kid tells of losing his parents and of healing and hope, with hits such as Carry You Home, Bloodline with Jelly Roll and On My Mind with ROSÉ. It reached number one in the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands and Norway. Then came the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist and a Grammy nomination in the same category, followed in 2026 by his first arena tour. In August 2026 he released his second album, Wildchild, which went straight to number one in the UK. At the Jazz Open, Alex Warren performs on the Schlossplatz – one of only two concerts in Germany; the other takes place in Berlin.