Jack Kays is an American singer-songwriter from Cincinnati, Ohio, born 15 December 1998. His music leans indie rock, pop-punk, emo and hip-hop, he plays ten instruments and works as a cook as well. The breakthrough single Morbid Mind arrived in May 2020, followed by a deal with Columbia Records, the 2021 album Mixed Emotions and the EPs voice memos and My Favorite Nightmares, the latter made with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker. Deadbeat! from 2025 took him out on the Washed Up Dried Out tour. His new album Call It What You Want came out on 2 October 2026 through his own Jack's Jams, distributed by Stem. He recorded the whole record live: twelve songs in the studio in eight days, no changes and no re-records. The European leg of his tour runs through April 2027, and he plays Prague at Café V lese on 23 April.
In an interview with MELODIC Kays described the album Call It What You Want as a live recording: all twelve songs came together in the studio in eight days, no changes and no re-records.
The album Call It What You Want arrived on 2 October 2026, with the songs coming out through Jack's Jams, distributed by Stem, after his Columbia Records years. The singles To Be American, I've Got A Gun and Mirror came first.
