Jordan Mark Witzigreuter (born November 14, 1989), known professionally as The Ready Set, is an American singer-songwriter and musician from Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States.
[4] He has released six studio albums, Syntax and Bright Lights, Tantrum Castle, I'm Alive, I'm Dreaming, The Bad & the Better, I Will Be Nothing Without Your Love and Cherryland, nine extended plays and nineteen singles.
He is best known for the commercially successful single "Love Like Woe" from his major label debut, I'm Alive, I'm Dreaming.
[5] Witzigreuter is also a part of the synthpop band Nekokat, alongside Cameron Walker, and Jess Bowen of the Summer Set.
[6] In 2021, in collaboration with Walker, Witzigreuter created the music label Swim Team Records.
[9] Witzigreuter was born and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, a location he frequently mentions in his music.
[14] In 2007, Witzigreuter began making music independently in the basement of his childhood home under the name the Ready Set.
His first performances took place at The Mocha Lounge in Fort Wayne, Indiana, a coffee shop where he worked.
[28] An early version of "Love Like Woe" was sent to Wentz who took one listen to it and decided to sign him to the label.
[30] Recording for his third studio album started in 2009, where he flew out to Los Angeles, Miami and Atlanta, working with different producers.
[37] The Ready Set's major label debut and third studio album, I'm Alive, I'm Dreaming, was made available for streaming on June 8.
[40][41] In support of the album's release, Witzigreuter went on tour in the fall of 2010 with Cartel, Hey Monday, This Century, and We Are the In Crowd.
[42] In November 2010, Witzigreuter was a part of the Punk Goes Pop Volume 03. compilation album performing the track, "Airplanes".
[51] On October 7, The Ready Set released his EP, Feel Good Now which was produced by Ian Kirkpatrick.
[54] He joined A Rocket to the Moon, Forever the Sickest Kids and the Summer Set for a Philippines tour in February.
[56] In the spring of 2012, The Ready Set and Breathe Carolina co-headlined the Blackout Forever Tour with support from Ashland High.
[72] In 2015, Witzigreuter started a side project band Nekokat with singer-songwriter Cameron Walker-Wright and drummer Jess Bowen of The Summer Set.
[6] Following a one-year hiatus of releasing music under the Ready Set, Witzigreuter signed with Hopeless Records in November 2015.
[74] He felt that he was in a "weird spot at the end of 2014," feeling like he wasn't "progressing" as an artist and cited burn out as a reason for taking a break as the Ready Set and starting Nekokat.
[90] In October 2021, Witzigreuter and Nekokat collaborator Cameron Walker contributed writing credits to the single "Rock with You" on South Korean band Seventeen's mini-album Attacca.
[95] In August 2023, Witzigretuer released a hyperpop track "ACT 2", which serves as the third single from his sixth studio album.
[97] In October 2023, Witzigreuter joined Boys Like Girls on a reimagined version of their song, "The Outside".
[98] In support of the album's release, Witzigreuter performed a concert show at the Echo in Los Angeles on May 7, 2024.
[101][102][103] Witzigreuter has stated that he typically likes to blend his sound ranging from pop to hip-hop to hardcore punk.