The backing track to his song, a synth-heavy pop-punk number called “Going, Going, Gone,” begins to play at an absolutely deafening volume. “People wonder what it’s like being a touring rock star,” Morris says, laughing as he points to the two — two! Knox Morris became simply Knox. For every Knox Morris, there are countless others who never get the algorithmic breaks or the rock star meet-cutes. On his Going Going, Gone tour, Knox plays the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC, in April 2025.