--- title: Ansel Elgort Is About to Become Famous for His Music Too description: The young actor is making a play into the world of pop music with a new cover and upcoming song releases, mixing EDM with original ballads. canonical: https://time.com/4393929/ansel-elgort-is-about-to-become-famous-for-his-music-too/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-05T21:21:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:04.418Z og:title: Ansel Elgort Is About to Become Famous for His Music Too og:description: Watch out, Bieber: this actor has some serious singing and songwriting skills. og:url: https://time.com/4393929/ansel-elgort-is-about-to-become-famous-for-his-music-too/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ansel Elgort Is About to Become Famous for His Music Too twitter:description: Watch out, Bieber: this actor has some serious singing and songwriting skills. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Ansel Elgort Is About to Become Famous for His Music Too  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 5, 2016 9:21 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 5, 2016 9:21 PM UTC Twenty-two-year-old actor [Ansel Elgort](http://time.com/2817903/ansel-elgort-fault-in-our-stars-jimmy-fallon/?iid=sr-link3) first made a splash in pop culture as the male lead in 2014’s tearjerker [_The Fault in Our Stars_](http://time.com/2822847/the-fault-in-our-stars-movie-review/?iid=sr-link2), opposite [Shailene Woodley](http://time.com/40912/fault-in-our-stars-shailene-woodley-ansel-elgort/?iid=sr-link1). Since then, he’s played to the teen audience with a role in the [_Insurgent_ series](http://time.com/3748737/insurgent-movie-review/?iid=sr-link7) and in angsty high school movie [_Paper Towns_](http://time.com/3969840/paper-towns-movie-and-book/?iid=sr-link5). But Elgort — who comes from artistic stock — is apparently not satisfied to set his sights on Hollywood stardom alone. Instead, he’s been testing the waters as a musician and singer. (Plus, [he can tap dance](http://time.com/2817903/ansel-elgort-fault-in-our-stars-jimmy-fallon/).) First there was his DJ persona, [Ansolo](https://soundcloud.com/ansolo); he’s played a number of [high-profile festivals](https://twitter.com/Ansolo%5FMusic?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) under that moniker. But now we have a straight-up play as a vocal artist. On Monday, Elgort posted an Instagram video of himself playing piano and singing to Shawn Mendes’ “Treat You Better.” More importantly: in the caption, he announces a further drop of a single called “Home Alone” on Soundcloud next week — and an official release “later this month.” You can bet that Elgort’s musical star is just beginning to rise: he’s got the singing chops, production skills, and name recognition to be a pop force to be reckoned with. He teased the project on his official Twitter, where he has more than 3 million followers: > [](https://twitter.com/AnselElgort/status/750030250244014081) A Facebook Live video gave us some further insight into his process of developing and mixing tracks; he sings a stripped-down version of an original song, and then shares the produced version that he’s made on his computer. It’s very tropical house. Bieber, watch out. He also performed a version of the upcoming single “Home Alone” at Ultra Korea a few weeks ago, giving us a peek into the mix of DJ dance track and ballad-style singing when performed live. 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