Still in his early 20s, Cameron Winter is quickly becoming one of the biggest names in music. Rolling Stone has called him “a nimble and mighty vocal contortionist with one of the most distinct voices in music,” while Pitchfork has lauded him as “songwriter par excellence.” So it’s probably about time we learn a little more about him, shall we?
Here are 18 things to know about Cameron Winter.
1. Cameron was born on March 4, 2002 in Brooklyn.
2. He’s a Pisces!
3. His mother is Molly Roden Winter is a writer, notable for her memoir “More: A Memoir of Open Marriage.” His father is Stewart Winter, a composer.
4. He started writing songs when he was 10 years-old. “It was just sort of like an A.I., like spitting out sad stories,” he said of his process then.
5. Cameron attended the Brooklyn Friends School. “I did my homework, I liked music, I doodled, I had a pretty normal childhood,” He told i-D. “I found time for whippets and stuff.”
6. Cameron and his friends Emily Green, Dominic DiGesu, Max Bassin and Foster Hudson formed the band Geese in 2016. Cameron plays keyboard and guitar in the group, as well as serving vocalist.
7. Geese intended to break-up after they all graduated high school in 2020. However, when Geese signed with Partisan Records, the group decided to stay together.
8. If Geese hadn’t been signed, Cameron intended to go to Boston University for college and pursue a degree in communications.
9. Geese has released four records: “A Beautiful Memory” (2018), “Projector” (2021), “3D Country” (2023), and “Getting Killed” (2025). Following the release of “3D Country,” the group has been heralded as “legit indie-rock prodigies” and “NYC’s most promising young rockers.”
10. Cameron’s debut solo album “Heavy Metal” came out in December 2024 to serious acclaim.
11. Initially, Cameron was nervous “Heavy Metal” would flop due to the response from his label and friends. “I’d never faced that much pushback and I didn’t know how to handle it,” he told the New York Times. “I’d sunk so much time into this, I just felt like an idiot.”
12. Cameron recorded the album in three different Guitar Centers in New York City. He also claims the album has contributions from a 5-year-old bassist.
“There’s this musician friend I have whose nieces and nephews all play instruments from a really young age. One day he brought his nephew along and we were like, it’d be cute if he could pick up this giant bass that was way too big for him,” Cameron recalled for The Guardian. “We showed him what to play and then he just did it! He ended up replacing a bunch of the bass that we had on the record.”
13. He’s already been compared to the likes of Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits and Van Morrison.
14. Please enjoy this photo of Cameron with a menorah!
15. Cameron made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2025, playing to a sold-out crowd. It was filmed by Paul Thomas Anderson and Benny Safdie.
@aealber13 I don’t think I’ll ever recover from this 🥹 #cameronwinter #carnegiehall #lovetakesmiles #nyc
16. He made the cover of New York Magazine’s “Reasons to Love New York” issue for 2025.
17. God, Jesus and religion are recurrent themes in Cameron’s lyrics and music. “God is real, God is real, I’m not kidding, God is actually real … I’m not kidding this time, I think God is actually real,” Cameron sings in his song “$0.”
18. So… does Cameron consider himself to be religious? “Yeah, it seems like it?” he responded to an interviewer with the Guardian.
