NEW YORK, USA—Kicking off the new year with a bang, the highly anticipated single “Over Tonight,“ from singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Stacey Ryan, is finally unveiled on Island Records.
The captivating, R&B-influenced song tells the tale of a friends-with-benefits relationship gone awry: when one person inevitably begins to develop feelings for the other, a situation to which many people can relate.
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Stacey has the rare gift of turning heartache into beautiful, bubbly soul-pop ballads. Her breakthrough “Don’t Text Me When You’re Drunk” collaboration with Zai1k has garnered 19 million global streams, catapulting Stacey to the center of the year’s most viral TikTok trend. Her deeply personal account of an all-too-common dating experience, the track is a sparkling piece of soul-pop with effervescent textures, bright percussion, and mesmerizing piano work that brilliantly contrast Stacey’s emphatic refusal to compromise her needs.
In July, Stacey was one of eight acts personally chosen by Duran Duran to open their BST Hyde Park festival show in London. Her most recent single “Deep End,” a warm summery uptempo track, was released in August as an ode to the end of summer. “Deep End” follows up “Fall In Love Alone,” a look at potentially unrequited love, knowing the other person has a hard time committing and hoping they don’t fall in love…alone. The song became a massive smash in the fall of 2022, racking up a whopping 100 million global streams.
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Stacey Ryan’s consistently evolving body of work showcases the depth of her songwriting skills and distinctive creative vision. A classically trained jazz pianist who also plays guitar, bass, ukulele, and trumpet, she possesses an undeniable knack for lyrical storytelling, melodies that endlessly wander into unexpected places, a singular sense of rhythm and song structure that wholly reflects her jazz background.