Andrew W.K.

Andrew W.K. is the rare artist who turned pure joy into a coherent worldview. Born in Stanford and raised in Michigan, this multi-instrumentalist welded rock, metal and pop into anthems that essentially command you to have a good time. It would be easy to dismiss the party-everything persona as a gimmick, but I think that misses the point. Underneath the relentless positivity is a genuine, almost philosophical commitment to encouraging people, which is why he became a motivational speaker too. He took something supposedly shallow and made it sincere. I find that combination of silliness and conviction genuinely endearing.

Name (English)

Andrew W.K.

Name (Japanese)

アンドリュー・W.K.

Reading

あんどりゅー・W.K.

Born

May 9, 1979 (age 47)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Goat

Origin

Stanford, California, United States

Occupation

singer / pianist / motivational speaker / guitarist / record producer

High school

Community High School

• Official sitehttps://www.andrewwk.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/andrewwk/
• Xhttps://x.com/andrewwk
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20W.K.
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BCW.K.
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q505898

Tags

• California
• singer
• pianist
• motivational speaker

Last updated

2026-06-16

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.