{"id":2046528,"date":"2025-09-24T14:46:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T14:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2046528"},"modified":"2025-09-24T14:46:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T14:46:30","slug":"alex-warren-brings-his-song-of-the-summer-to-indianapolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/alex-warren-brings-his-song-of-the-summer-to-indianapolis\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Warren brings his song of the summer to Indianapolis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The neon yellow of the sign swaying in Section 200 caught Alex Warren\u2019s eye, but he couldn\u2019t quite make out the writing. Squinting was no use, so Warren asked the audience to shout out what the sign said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The bulk of the crowd fell quiet as those closest to the sign obliged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cKIDNEY FAILURE AND SEPSIS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And that\u2019s when it all clicked.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Alex Warren performs Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at Everwise Amphitheater in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Until about halfway through Warren\u2019s Sept. 23 Indianapolis stop on his Cheaper than Therapy tour, I questioned the hype. Why does this guy \u2014 who seems nice enough and does have a generational voice but mostly just stood there and waved at phone cameras \u2014 have one of the biggest songs in the world and people going absolutely feral for him?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Then \u201ckidney failure and sepsis\u201d tied it all together. The 15-year-old kid in Section 200 holding the sign said he lost his dad to those ailments when he was nine years old, the same age Alex Warren was when he lost his own father.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Grief dominates Warren\u2019s discography, but on his tour\u2019s first U.S. stop after a run in Australia and New Zealand, Warren turned that grief into the great connector between himself and the sold-out Everwise crowd. The show \u2014 one of Warren\u2019s longest sets on record at 18 songs and a solid hour and a half \u2014 ran through most of his newest album \u201cYou\u2019ll Be Alright Kid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The tour will continue to 13 more cities on its U.S. leg with pop upstart Maude Latour opening. She put on an impressive, high-energy set of her own before Warren, with highlights from her newest album \u201cSugar Water\u201d and other tracks.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Maude Latour performs Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at Everwise Amphitheater in Indianapolis.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"745\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/EoxPg1PGkeeUD8vKiuhyZg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTc0NTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/indianapolis_star_natl_articles_522\/0e6620f6c4fdc1eb4b9eac2005d02d36\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Maude Latour performs Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at Everwise Amphitheater in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">You\u2019d be forgiven for writing Warren off as a TikTok fluke, because he really is the blueprint for one. He came up as one of the members of the Hype House, a group of flashy teenagers who shacked up in a Los Angeles mansion together and spent their days renegading their way to viral superstardom, before venturing out of that bubble to make his own music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Then last February, Warren released the breakout to end all breakouts. \u201cOrdinary,\u201d a sweeping, plucky ballad that describes his relationship as so epic that even the angels are jealous, reigned as No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 10 nonconsecutive weeks beginning in June. The song has since waffled between No. 1 and No. 2 where it currently sits, and Billboard named it the 2025 Song of the Summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And yet Warren is almost the diametrical opposite of a traditional pop star, which is what makes him the perfect prototype for industry success in the modern age. He makes folky, choir-inspired music that\u2019s closer to the contemporary Christian genre and stomp-clap-hey than to anything usually on Top 40 radio. But because his tunes provide a perfect backtrack for inspirational clips of dog adoptions or fairytale weddings, people on social media organically pushed his music to the forefront.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All this aside, Warren in a live setting is a technical marvel. He&#8217;s got a booming, soulful baritone \u2014 molasses-thick and syrupy sweet \u2014 that sounds studio-perfect on stage. Warren howled through the slower songs like \u201cEverything\u201d and growled on grittier, up-tempo cuts like show opener \u201cBurning Down,\u201d hitting everything and not once losing pitch. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong>More Reviews: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/concerts\/2025\/09\/23\/shaboozey-kicks-off-great-american-roadshow-in-indianapolis\/86116940007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Shaboozey gets 'Tipsy' as he brings 'A Bar Song,' more to Indianapolis on tour kickoff;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Shaboozey gets &#8216;Tipsy&#8217; as he brings &#8216;A Bar Song,&#8217; more to Indianapolis on tour kickoff<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Warren was equally at home on faster blues rock-inspired songs like \u201cBloodline\u201d and \u201cThe Outside\u201d and on deep, sentimental cuts like \u201cCatch My Breath\u201d and \u201cSave You a Seat.\u201d The songs were high in energy and emotional payoff with closer \u201cOrdinary\u201d packing a particularly powerful punch between the elaborate stage production and the impassioned audience delivery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That powerhouse voice is almost at odds with Warren\u2019s easygoing, class clown personality. His onstage movement is pretty minimal, with a great backing band and stage effects punctuating the highlights for him. Imagine if the funny kid who sat next to you in Stats 101 opened his mouth and sounded like Michael Bolton. \u201cRaise your hand if you\u2019re a child and you\u2019re here,\u201d he prompted at one point, shocked at the number of hands that went up on a school night. He immediately followed that with a song about his deceased parents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That\u2019s the Alex Warren schtick: Bad jokes and audience banter before launching into a gut punch. He\u2019ll wink for the cameras and shout out birthdays, then lay bare his own struggles in a deeply personal song like \u201cWho I Am.\u201d This mix has endeared him to an audience of mostly teenage and 20-something girls who were screaming every word back to him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong>More Reviews: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/concerts\/2025\/08\/29\/luke-bryan-stops-in-noblesville-on-country-song-came-on-tour\/85746627007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Country star Luke Bryan brings on the southern charm at high-energy, hit-fueled Ruoff stop;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Country star Luke Bryan brings on the southern charm at high-energy, hit-fueled Ruoff stop<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Seriously, Everwise sounded like a sold-out NFL stadium with how fervently these fans sang along with Warren. It\u2019s not just the TikTok success that makes him so beloved; it\u2019s that his music touches on raw, human experiences and emotions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The \u201ckidney failure and sepsis\u201d kid wasn\u2019t the only attendee who shared a personal tragedy. Signs in the audience spoke of ex-boyfriends, dead sisters and a mom whose three-month-old son recently passed away. That fan requested Warren dedicate \u201cEternity,\u201d which he wrote for the dad he lost to cancer and the mom he lost to alcoholism, to her son, and he readily accepted. That one elicited more than a few sniffles and group hugs in my vicinity.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Fans react as Alex Warren performs Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at Everwise Amphitheater in Indianapolis.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"983\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/pYB0YIXjf3gtMaBsy2yUMQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTk4MztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/indianapolis_star_natl_articles_522\/72e443ed371259e44663ed586c06a781\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Fans react as Alex Warren performs Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at Everwise Amphitheater in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Warren&#8217;s material can lean trite and falls into clich\u00e9 more often than not, but who am I to sit here and scrutinize the nuts and bolts of songs that brought some fans to tears? Warren\u2019s set was the platonic ideal of a live show: an audience seeing the person who changed their life right front of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Is Alex Warren my favorite artist? No, not really. But he plays music that&#8217;s meaningful to a whole host of people. And watching those people engage with the artist who made such a personal impact feels like live music\u2019s whole point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Contact IndyStar Pop Culture Reporter Heather Bushman at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/mailto:hbushman@gannett.com\" data-ylk=\"slk:hbushman@gannett.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">hbushman@gannett.com<\/a>. Follow her on X @hmb_1013.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/concerts\/2025\/09\/24\/alex-warren-performs-ordinary-more-in-indianapolis-stop\/86117051007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alex Warren performs 'Ordinary,' more in Indianapolis stop;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Alex Warren performs &#8216;Ordinary,&#8217; more in Indianapolis stop<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The neon yellow of the sign swaying in Section 200 caught Alex Warren\u2019s eye, but he couldn\u2019t quite make out the writing. Squinting was no use, so Warren asked the audience to shout out what the sign said. The bulk of the crowd fell quiet as those closest to the sign obliged. \u201cKIDNEY FAILURE AND [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2046529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[333913,379384],"class_list":["post-2046528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-alex-warren","tag-kidney-failure"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Alex-Warren-brings-his-song-of-the-summer-to-Indianapolis.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2046528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2046529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2046528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2046528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2046528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}