Alex Warren Is Kindly and Earnest Enough to Make You Root For Him
Rolling Stone | 01.09.2026 22:20Alex Warren had last year’s biggest hit single with “Ordinary,” a song whose title was a cleverly unflamboyant statement of principle. The 25-year-old California singer-songwriter staked out his turf by taking pride in the ordinariness of his hit, from the mild-mannered vocals to the drama-free sincerity of his romantic imagery. As he declared in his credo of a hook, “We’ll make the mundane our masterpiece.” It was a song that dared you to roll your eyes at it, but then made it feel stupid and obvious to do so. Not a bad trick.
