JP Saxe
A Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist whose songs turn love, loss and overthinking into conversation, with the independent album Okay Piano Guy out now.
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Overview
- From
- Toronto, Canada
- Creates
- Songs, albums and live piano performances
- Breakout
- “If the World Was Ending” with Julia Michaels, 2019
- Latest album
- Okay Piano Guy, 2026
Mini bio
How it started.
JP grew up in Toronto with music in the family: their grandfather was cellist János Starker. At 14, JP had a weekly Sunday brunch gig at Statler’s piano bar, then spent years playing open mics around Greater Toronto. Micah Barnes became an early singing and songwriting mentor.
The song that traveled.
The 2018 single “The Few Things” helped lead to a headline tour and an Arista deal. Then came “If the World Was Ending,” co-written and sung with Julia Michaels and produced by FINNEAS. Released in 2019, it became JP’s breakout and earned a 2021 Grammy nomination for Song of the Year.
Building a body of work.
JP released Dangerous Levels of Introspection in 2021, with Maren Morris on “Line By Line” and John Mayer playing guitar on “Here’s Hopin’.” A Grey Area followed in 2023, including collaborations with Camilo, Lizzy McAlpine and Tiny Habits. Its opening epigraph adapts a poem by their friend Yesika Salgado.
Back at the piano.
After the paired 2025 releases Articulate Excuses and Make Yourself At Home, JP returned with Okay Piano Guy in October 2026. Their first independent full-length album puts piano at the center. JP describes songwriting as a way to make the complicated feelings of being a person easier to share.
Creditschronological, newest first
Albums and projects
- 2026Okay Piano GuyRecording artist
- 2025Make Yourself At HomeRecording artist
- 2025Articulate ExcusesRecording artist
- 2023A Grey AreaRecording artist
- 2021Dangerous Levels of IntrospectionRecording artist and songwriter
Songs and collaborations
- 2026Broken PartsCo-artist with Jonita Gandhi
- 2026Feel Like ThatFeatured artist with Lawrence
- 2025STRANGERSLead artist, featuring TINI
- 2019If the World Was EndingSinger and co-writer with Julia Michaels
Awards
Quotes
I think the scarier a feeling is to share, the more necessary it becomes to do so.JP Saxe, BeatRoute, October 20, 2026
On deciding which personal feelings to share in songs. Source: https://beatroutemedia.com/jp-saxe-okay-piano-guy-interview/?single_sidebar=1
Trivia
- JP taught themself piano and guitar using Beatles and Gershwin songbooks.
- An early weekly gig was Sunday brunch at Statler’s piano bar in Toronto, at age 14.
- JP says the words usually come before the melodies and music.
- Poet Yesika Salgado helped turn one of her poems into the opening epigraph of A Grey Area.
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