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Cook was born in Houston, Texas, raised in Blue Springs, Missouri, and currently lives in both homes in Kansas City, Missouri and Los Angeles, California.[2][3] His parents are Beth Foraker (née Frye) and Stanley Cook.[4] He is the middle of three brothers—[5][6] the late Adam being older and Andrew younger. He is of German, Irish, and English descent.[7]

Cook's interest in music began at a young age. He began singing in second grade, when his elementary school music teacher gave him a part in a school Christmas performance. He proceeded to perform in virtually every Christmas and PTA program.[8] He received his first guitar, a Fender Stratocaster, at the age of 12.[9] He also participated in choir and drama programs in middle school and high school. At Blue Springs South High School, he performed in musicals, including The Music Man, West Side Story, and Singin' in the Rain.[8][10][11] In addition to this, he was an active member in the Blue Springs South High School National Forensics League (or NFL), where he qualified for the national tournament twice for duo interpretation, an event that relies on performance and interpretation of a literary work.

He was also an avid baseball player during high school and once gave up a home run to Albert Pujols in an American Legion Baseball game.[12] After an injury, he focused more on music. He earned a theater scholarship to the University of Central Missouri, but he abandoned theater after two semesters, graduating from the school in 2006 with a degree in graphic design.[13][14] While in college, he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa.[15] After his college graduation, he relocated to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to pursue a career in music, telling his family, "I just want to give myself until I'm 26 years old to get a job.

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