Jesse Welles or simply Welles, is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Born in Arkansas, Welles released his debut studio album Red Trees and White Trashes, on which Dave Cobb was a producer for three songs. In 2024, Welles garnered attention on social media for writing and performing folk protest songs, including "The Poor," "Cancer" and "The Olympics," as well as "War Isn't Murder," a protest song about the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Recently he was seen performing at a New York City subway  station. The  song he sang was called War Isn’t Murder.