Alex Warren

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Long before the record breaking hits, sold-out arenas, scores of awards, and earth-shattering success, Alex Warren was affectionately known to his late father as “Wildchild.” The Southern California native did anything he could to defy gravity. He scaled the tallest trees possible, or he’d vault through the air across the playground. In 2026, there’s still nothing that can keep him on the ground. He’s quietly beaten the odds, penned life-changing songs, and found a place in the hearts of millions worldwide. Now, the GRAMMY® Award-nominated multiplatinum artist tells his story on his aptly titled second full-length offering, WILDCHILD [Atlantic Records]. 

Musically, it bursts through the clouds with sky-high pop hooks, widens the aperture with cinematic soundscapes, and recharges spirits with the raw energy of a songwriter with nothing to prove and only truth in his heart.

“Growing up, I was always climbing, doing backflips, and jumping off things, so my dad referred to me as ‘Wildchild’,” he smiles. “It stuck with me until my mom passed away. When I was writing this body of work, I would often think of my parents. My dad knew he was dying, so he filmed this series of videos where he’s talking to me. On the first album, you were learning about who I was. This album teaches you who my parents were and who I am now.”

After years of grinding to be heard, he launched himself into the stratosphere with “Ordinary.” The 7x-Platinum single made history. Beyond holding #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Global 200 EX US chart for 10 weeks and #1 on the UK Songs Chart for 13 weeks, it concluded the year as “the top-selling song of 2025.” Moreover, it logged a record-breaking 16 weeks at #1 on US Pop Radio, achieving “the longest reign ever on the chart.” Most importantly, it paved the way for his Platinum-certified full-length debut LP, You’ll Be Alright. It bowed in the Top 5 of the Billboard 200 and yielded a procession of Hot 100 hits, including “Eternity,” “Bloodline” [feat. Jelly Roll], “On My Mind” [feat. ROSÉ], and “Burning Down” [with Joe Jonas] driving over 11 billion streams across his catalogue to date. Along the way, he lit up the stages of the American Music Awards, MTV VMAs, the BRIT Awards, and GRAMMY® Awards as well as The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Beyond unforgettable performances with Ed Sheeran at Coachella and Jelly Roll at Stagecoach, he headlined sold-out arena tours worldwide. 

Throughout 2025 and 2026, he pieced together WILDCHILD with clear intention. Once again, he worked with “day one” trusted collaborators Adam Yaron, Cal Shapiro, and Mags Duval in Nashville, TN and Los Angeles, CA. They took their time, allowing the songs to naturally take shape at Alex’s home studio, Gnome Recording Studios, Gold Pacific Studios and Woodshed Recording Studios.

“It’s funny because everyone would always ask me if there was a lot of pressure to make another song like ‘Ordinary’,” he says. “I actually have no pressure anymore. I had this weight lifted off my chest. That song changed my life, and I never had to worry about having another one like it because I’d be virtually impossible, so I have the freedom to experiment and have fun with music.”

He’s most definitely having fun on WILDCHILD. You could hear it on the likes of early releases a la “FEVER DREAM,” and “PASSENGER.” Blown away by the latter, People professed, “Alex Warren’s new era is here,” and UPROXX predicted, “it’s going to be another mega-hit.” 

On the single “RESCUER,” a finger-picked arpeggio reverberates from the body of an acoustic guitar. Heartbroken vocal transmissions climb over soft strings and vulnerable melodies, and he reaches out to his wife on the refrain, “My rescuer, everything in this world broke my heart till you broke the curse.”

“‘RESCUER’ goes back to when I was homeless,” he sets the scene. “My wife actually started living in a car with me, and my life got better immediately. I view her as this angel who saved me. The song is a ‘Thank you’ to her. I think it speaks any moment when people are getting into new relationships.”

The album opens in epic fashion with the upbeat and undeniable “Emerald Eyes.” Twinkling piano dissolves into the rhythm of steady beat, airtight bassline, head-nodding claps, and freshly funkified riff courtesy of none other than Nile Rodgers. The disco fever barely relents as he holds on tight, “And I can’t stop the feeling, I’m ready to dive right off the deep end in emerald eyes…”

“It’s my pump-up song,” he smiles. “It’s a love song, but it makes you want to dance like a song you’d hear at the club in the early two-thousands with a modern twist. There’s an ethereal hippie vibe on the bridge though. I’d like to think we were channeling Anderson .Paak meets Dua Lipa meets Nile Rodgers! Nile elevated it to another level altogether.”

Then, there’s the finale “WILDCHILD.” This journey unfolds from softly strummed acoustic chords and bold choir harmonies to a scorching and soaring solo from John Mayer—preceded by a voice memo of Alex’s father who asks, “Are you having fun, Alex?”

“‘WILDCHILD’ was difficult for me because my dad and I never had closure,” he sighs. “I was nine-years-old, and I didn’t get to say goodbye. I watched those videos of him for as inspiration. ‘WILDCHILD’ was written from his perspective. It was my way to get closure and hear him say that’s proud of me. When we were kids, he wanted us to do music. He’d enroll us in talent shows. When he was alive, the music was beautiful. When he died, the music stopped. If there was a goodbye, it would be this. My father was obsessed with John Mayer too, so I thought it would be cool to end on an instrumental with a solo from him. The last thing you hear is John ripping on the guitar.”

Alex’s story is for anyone who’s ever had a broken heart, healed, and still held on to hope for the future.

“I’m so proud of WILDCHILD,” he leaves off. “Creatively, this is where I wanted to go. If you relate to even one part of it, I’m happy. It touches on so many different elements, but there’s a message. I’m happy with who I am now, and I’m ready to take over what my dad didn’t get to finish as a husband and, someday, a father.”