Young as she is, Alyssa Grace has already made a name for herself — and she’s still growing. In 2026, the 19-year-old heartstring-plucking singer-songwriter from Torrance, CA, burst into feeds, playlists, and airwaves the world over by drawing on timeless songcraft to tell her own 21st century tale, handcrafting tunes steeped in acoustic tradition yet amplified by her generation’s telltale candor. The music itself is welcoming and affecting, but Alyssa’s singing is downright gripping. Her voice soothes as often as it shakes with pain, longing, or anger, and her verses flow easily through hooks and back again — seamless storytelling that leans equally on striking metaphor and unflinching detail. She’d sound at home on dusty vinyl or in a viral post.
Though she’s been writing songs since she was a child, it’d be fair to call Alyssa’s rise meteoric. Even she was surprised. She was still waiting tables when her breakout track “bloodstream” hit the Billboard Hot 100 (both U.S. and Canada, while reaching the Top 40 in the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand) after earning 2 million streams on release day. A vivid depiction of the internal struggle to overcome emotional trauma, the song had already exploded on TikTok alongside her other freshly released chart-climbing singles: “dog with a bone,” a spare cut about toxic love, and humbly lush heartbreaker “picking petals.” By June, with three songs to her name, Alyssa hit 4.5 million monthly Spotify listeners. She has since eclipsed 8 million.
The numbers are impossible to ignore — on TikTok, she’s tallied over 4 billion views to date across all songs — but they shouldn’t distract from her gifts. In July, Alyssa released her debut EP, spilling my guts, which places those unexpected hits within a powerful narrative about self-doubt and self-growth, the thin line between attachment and addiction, and what it means to both love and be loved. She worked with producers like Steven Martinez (Sara Keys, Alec Benjamin) and Idarose (Joji, Suki Waterhouse) to refine her raw sound, and pushed her lyrics to go deeper inspired by the way her fans made her songs their own. It is, in fact, that ability to connect, to give listeners the feeling of being genuinely understood, that explains it all.
Within six months of emerging, Alyssa: entered the Hot 100; amassed hundreds of millions of streams; sat for interviews with GENIUS, Ones To Watch, and SiriusXM Hits 1; saw her face cover both Spotify’s Pop Rising playlist and an NYC billboard about it; and, beyond booking her first headliners–and selling them out within minutes–, was invited onto Alex Warren’s Australia/New Zealand summer arena tour. And while it’s a cliché to say so, it’s hardly ever been truer: Alyssa Grace is only just getting started.
About El Rey Theatre
The El Rey Theatre is an original art deco theater in the heart of the Miracle Mile, one of Los Angeles' preserved art deco districts. The El Rey was built in 1936 and designed by Clifford Balch. After over 50 years as a first run movie house, the El Rey was converted into a live music venue in 1994. A registered Historic-Cultural Monument, the El Rey has sweeping staircases, an art deco lobby, VIP balcony lounge and a grand ballroom equipped with a full stage.
The El Rey is a general admission, standing room venue, unless stated otherwise in specific show details.
Advance tickets are sold through TheElRey.com and TheElRey.com/store. We have a box office the night of the show for will call, which opens at the same time as doors. The only time we sell tickets at our box office is the night of the show, when doors open, providing they have not sold out ahead of time.
The El Rey is an all ages venue.
