Joshua Karpeh[1] (born January 30, 1993), known professionally as Cautious Clay, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.

[1] His maternal grandfather is an obstetrician who performed as a percussionist while studying as an undergraduate exchange student at Lincoln University in Chester, PA in the 1950s.

[1] Karpeh learned music production at George Washington University by remixing beats for friends.

[3] He plays multiple instruments including the saxophone, flute, guitar, bass, keyboard and drums.

[17] "Cold War" was sampled on the song "London Boy" for Taylor Swift's seventh studio album Lover (2019).