(2013) and Cassy O' (2014), Ezra rose to prominence with the release of his hit single "Budapest", which reached number one in several countries.

His debut studio album, Wanted on Voyage, was released in June 2014, reaching number one in the UK and the top ten in seven other countries.

[2] Ezra's second studio album, Staying at Tamara's, was released in March 2018 and reached number one in the UK and the top ten in eight other countries.

[citation needed] His parents were teachers, with his father, Paul, teaching at Barnwell School in Stevenage.

[14] "Budapest" reached number six in Italy and was certified platinum by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry.

[15] He has played support spots for Lianne La Havas, Bastille, Sam Smith and Tom Odell.

[17] The album has also charted in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and New Zealand.

In January 2015 it was named the third best-selling album of 2014 in the UK after x by Ed Sheeran and In the Lonely Hour by Sam Smith.

[30] "Shotgun" was released as a digital download on 18 May 2018 and went on to become Ezra's first number-one song in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia, and was awarded a platinum certification.

During this period, the songs "Reinvent the Sky" and "Ask Your Sister" were released as exclusive b-sides to the "Shotgun" and "Paradise" vinyl record singles respectively.

On 12 January 2022, Ezra launched a new website by the name of 'Gold Rush Kid', which was a holding page for his third record.

[35] The follow-up to 2018's Staying at Tamara's was released on 10 June via Columbia, and was written and produced entirely in London by Ezra and his longstanding collaborator Joel Pott.

[37] Ezra cites Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie and James Baylin as his main musical influences.

[38] When the Gramophone Rings described him as having "a voice beyond his years", with "a soulful tone that somehow would feel more at home coming from an Alabama bartender than a 21-year-old Bristolian".

[40] A youthful obsession with Dylan prompted Ezra to seek out earlier American folk and blues artists.

[42] Some time after the release of his first album, Ezra met and later began dating Florrie Arnold; the relationship ended after three years.