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ICYMI - Who TF Is Grammy-Nominated Alex Warren?

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3.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode host Kate Lindsay is joined by Yahoo News senior entertainment writer, Kelsey Weekman, to answer the question on everyone’s lips: Who is Alex Warren and why is every store playing his music? The Hype House OG is nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammys, and is part of a growing wave of musicians making “secular praise music.” Where did Alex Warren come from, and how did he pull off a musical career pivot when so many other TikTokkers failed? 

This podcast is produced by Daisy Rosario, Vic Whitley-Berry, and Kate Lindsay.


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0:00.0

Hmm. Mr Thing loves winter. Fluffy slippers, hot chalk, the heating on.

0:05.4

Uh-oh, that didn't sound good. Looks like the boilers packed in.

0:09.1

Thankfully, Mr. Thing has British Gas Home Care cover, which means unlimited repairs for his boiler, heating, electrics and more.

0:15.5

So he's covered for whatever winter throws at him. And right now it's 50% off for the first six months.

0:24.6

Search British Gas Home Care, one of the ways we're taking care of things. Teas and C supply, no claims within the first 14 days, ends 1st of December,

0:27.6

new customers only, remaining six months at full price. Hey, I'm Kate Lindsay, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I, or in case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture.

0:51.0

And back in the studio with me today, we have Kelsey Weekman, senior

0:55.9

entertainment reporter at Yahoo News. Hello, Kelsey. Hello, Kate. I'm so happy to be here.

1:01.3

I'm glad to have you. As an entertainment reporter, I know that you also have seen that the Grammy

1:07.0

nominations were recently announced and all the sort of usual suspects are there.

1:11.2

We have Bad Bunny, Kendrick Lamar, Chapel Rhone, Doche, Sabrina Carpenter.

1:15.2

They're all over these lists.

1:16.8

Gang's all here.

1:17.7

But of course, I'm scouring, and I'm sure you are as well, as someone of Internet culture background.

1:22.8

Scouring for that Internet culture angle.

1:25.2

And Kelsey, five years ago, did you ever think we'd see the headline

1:27.9

Grammy-nominated artist Addison Ray? Well, no. And I want to say, yes, maybe two years ago. I could

1:35.6

have seen that, but certainly not five years ago. No, it was a very different world.

1:44.1

Right, because five years ago, she was a member of the hype house, which was sort of a new, new TikTok content house.

1:52.1

We'll talk more about it later.

1:54.0

But she was very much just a TikToker doing dances.

1:57.7

There's that iconic video of her, like, dancing in the street and telling fans to like wait.

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