NEAR TRUTHS: REALIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION
Underscoring the year's biggest stories (11/19a)
NEAR TRUTHS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Nervous time in the music biz and beyond. (11/16a)
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NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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WHAT IT IS: Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Stacey Ryan is a true pop anomaly. A trained jazz pianist who also plays guitar, bass, ukulele and trumpet, the 21-year-old matches her musicality with a sharp instinct for crafting emotionally potent pop tracks—evident with her debut single, “Don’t Text Me When You’re Drunk.” What started as a TikTok collaboration earlier this year with Zai1k, the track translated into over a quarter million pre-saves and hundreds of millions of views in the first few weeks of release. Newly signed to Island, the Montreal native is poised to deliver a body of work showcasing the full extent of songwriting prowess and musical imagination.
ALBUM: TBA
RELEASE DATE: 8/19
SINGLE: “Fall in Love”
LIVE: Recently supported Lawrence this Spring; performing Montreal Jazz Festival this summer; forthcoming EP release headline shows late summer
INTERNET: "Don't Text Me When You're Drunk" challenge reached 1/3rd of TikTok's entire audience in six weeks (300m+ people); nearly 500m monthly Spotify listeners; added to Spotify’s New Pop Picks, Next Gen Singer-Songwriters, more; TikTok duet with Jimmy Fallon
PRESS: Rolling Stone India, iHeart.com, more
BOOKING: James Wright, Jbeau Lewis, Joe Wohlfeld, Kyle Levinson, Sophie Roberts/UTA
PUBLISHING: Self Published
MANAGEMENT: Nils Gums/The Complex Group