April’s Artist of the Month is… Alex Warren

Alexander Warren Hughes, born on September 18, 2000, in Carlsbad, California, is an American singer, songwriter, YouTuber, and influencer. He was once part of the TikTok group the Hype House. His father passed away from kidney cancer when he was nine, and he later left home due to his mother’s alcoholism, resulting in homelessness. 

Warren began making YouTube videos at the age of 10 and shared skateboarding content on Instagram starting in May 2015. He co-founded the Hype House in November 2019 and gained over 600,000 YouTube subscribers and 3. 8 million TikTok followers around that time. In early 2020, he faced accusations of copying YouTuber David Dobrik’s style. Warren was nominated for a Streamy Award in 2020 and hosted AwesomenessTV’s reality series “Next Influencer,” featuring participants in a TikTok content house. By early 2022, he had more than 2. 6 million YouTube subscribers and 14 million TikTok followers, and he launched the “Locked in with Alex Warren” podcast.

He released his first single, “One More I Love You,” in June 2021, followed by two more singles. In 2022, he signed with Atlantic Records, releasing the single “Headlights,” which led to further singles and chart success. He began a relationship with Instagrammer Kouvr Annon in 2018, got engaged in December 2022, and married on June 22, 2024. Warren identifies as Christian, citing worship music as an influence for his songs.