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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Alex Warren Reveals Why He Thinks His Music Is Resonating With So Many People Right Now · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Alex Warren's debut album, You'll Be all Right Kid, finally
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  Speaker 2: arrives this week, and like much of his prior music,
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  Speaker 2: its songs won't shy away from tackling difficult subjects, namely
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  Speaker 2: grief and hardship, as Alex has already lost both parents
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  Speaker 2: despite being only twenty four, and endured a challenging relationship
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  Speaker 2: with his mom that he's still processing. But Alex thinks
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  Speaker 2: a primary reason songs like Ordinary are making such a
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  Speaker 2: massive impact is because he doesn't shy away from singing
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  Speaker 2: from the heart about his pain. He tells Rolling Stone,
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  Speaker 2: I felt like not many people write music about grief,
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  Speaker 2: and not a lot of people want to talk about
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  Speaker 2: daunting truths. People like my music so much because I'm
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  Speaker 2: very honest, but the things that I've gone through and
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  Speaker 2: these are songs to help them, but also heavily applicable
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  Speaker 2: by anyone, no matter how rich or poor you are.
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  Speaker 2: Everyone relates to loss. It's such a broad thing. It's
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  Speaker 2: really powerful, like dancing at a funeral, taking a traumatic
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  Speaker 2: thing that's happened in your life and turning it into
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  Speaker 2: something beautiful. That's Alex Warren whose album You'll Be Alright
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  Speaker 2: Kid is out tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.