Jonah Kagen is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Savannah, Georgia. His single "God Needs the Devil" topped the Billboard Alternative Airplay chart in May 2025.Jonah Kagen Snags First Billboard No. 1 With 'God Needs the Devil'. Billboard, May 17, 2025. Later in 2025, he released his second album, Sunflowers and Leather, which was written while traveling the United States with an Airstream trailer.How a Breakup, Wanderlust, and Matthew McConaughey Inspired the Making of Jonah Kagen's Forthcoming Album. American Songwriter, July 25, 2025.
Life and Career Jonah Kagen was born in Savanah, Georgia, on January 10, 2000, to Alan and Kristin Hagen. He attended Shattuck-St. Mary's School in Faribault, Minnesota, where he played four years of varsity soccer. He graduated from Shattuck-St. Mary's School in 2018. He went on to attend Cornell University and received his Bachelor in Arts in psychology in 2022. During his time at Cornell, he played on the soccer team, being named to the All-Ivy second-team and co-captaining the team in his final season.
Discography
Albums Georgia Got Colder (2022) Sunflowers and Leather (2025) Eternity of Anything (2026)
EPs Made Up My Mind (2023) The Roads (2023) Black Dress (2024)
Singles
broken (2021) Moon (2021) Summer Feeling (2021) Wish You Did (2021) Catching a Dream (2021) Drowning (2022) Turbulence (2022) Barcelona (2022) hill that i'll die on (2022) graveyard shift (2022) 18 (2022) Pollution (2023) God Needs The Devil (2024) Matches (2024) The Reaper (2025) Burn Me (2025) Mississippi River Bluebird (2026) Talkin' About Jesus (2026)
Billboard Chart Peak Positions Title Year Peak chart positions Album USAAA US Airplay USAlt. USRock "The Roads" 2023 — — 24 — The Roads "God Needs the Devil" 2024 22 9 1 30 Black Dress "You Again" 2025 37 — — — Sunflowers and Leather
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