Born in Essex in 1989, musician Sam Ryder found the popularity that covered Tiktok hits during the 2020 lockdown. In 2022, he represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest, which ended the second in Ukraine with his hit space man. The following year, he was appointed for the best new artist at the Brit Awards. Ryder led Ovo Arena, Wembley, on November 6, and his new single, Oh Ok, is gone now. He lives in Essex with his partner, Lois Gaskin-barber.
Took it to The underworld in CamdenNorth-West London, when I was in a band called this morning after my friends from school. The gig is probably scary – but what’s lacking in tightness, we certainly make up for enthusiasm.
When I look at this picture, I see youthful pride. I probably wasted after the gig and stayed all night. The foot in the amp – it looks like I’m playing part of a rock star. I am convinced that we will do this, and I have no uncertainty, which is a total strength at 19. As you get older, the type of mindset can cause problems – pride and a detachment from the truth. But when you are young, it triggers your dreams. If I wasn’t discouraged, what else would I have? I came from a family working in class, I didn’t have a foot at the door. What I have is my ambition and the stories I can tell.
Music after music is a companionship of Iron Maiden, Sum 41 and Megadeth, but I can’t write anything as good as those bands. That didn’t stop us from touring the Mainland Europe, mostly playing with anyone. The successor works wholeheartedly in an industry that I do not enjoy. Instead, we borrowed the van of my band from his job, and played wherever anyone would let us in.
My dad was a carpenter, my mother worked in boots And then as a maid to the tooth. They are grafted every time they can. My parents have no connections to the music world, but they did everything they could to help me get there, like driving me to gigs. Shortly, I had a job at McDonald’s, but I fought with some people who came into the drive-thru one night. I always have long hair, besides a fortunate haircut I have as a kid where I look like Mr Spock. Maldon in Essex can be a angry atmosphere for anyone who looks like a “alternative”. My dad didn’t want me to make changes there, so I ended up working part-time with him with the carpenter and working on building sites.
After breaking the metal band, I joined a punk band called Close Your Eyes. This is a proper rock’n’roll lifestyle – drinking, smoking, being a nuisance and barely singing the next day. But after a few years of tour, my bands met their girlfriends and started putting their instruments for something better. Lois, whom I have been with for 13 years, is my first real girlfriend. Before I could meet her, all I wanted was a road life. Not to actively avoid the woman’s attention – I’m not awkward, with braces and a mullet. No one will come! But that means I have a lot of spare time to get megadeth songs in my room.
In the mid -20s, the illusion ended And I promised myself that I would stop joining the new bands on the brink of destroying. I was like a flea behind a series of dead dogs, and it was about the ego. I just want people to see that I’m traveling through the world, so they think, “Wow, he’s been a successful actor since leaving school!” The truth is, I have no kind of foundation or the same in my life. I have no money either. I remember, after a tour, which was in line with Nando and trying to pay for my order, but my card refused. I went to the ATM and realized that I was on top of my overdraft. At that moment, I thought, “It feeds me. Something needs to change.” I continue to see friends on Facebook moving to new homes or celebrating work promotions. Meanwhile, I can’t afford a chicken wrap at a business park in Leicester.
After that, I decided to focus on my own music and began to recording my parents’ fall. It was after Mum suggested that I start a wedding band. For eight years, my friends and I have done a business outside of it. I learned the care of my voice and what it meant to be a musician, rather than just pretending to be a rock star. There is no ego, because no one cares about what I’m doing in musical. Things will always go wrong. Sometimes, a couple told us another first dance from what they really wanted and we had to know the new place, and there were times when big families exploded and we had to continue playing. But, mostly, we just make a lot of people happy.
Take up to my 30s for my solo career to get rid of. It was in the lockdown, and I posted Tiktok videos from my parents’ fall. The stars aligned, my profile got a lot of traction and I was exploded in response. This is incredible, but also a strange sensation, as I begin to make peace just playing weddings. Instead, my life changed overnight.
After the Newsletter Promotion
In January 2022, I called about making an eurovision from the President of the Record Label I was there. My immediate reaction was, “Sick. I like Eurovision.” After that others, more negative voices crawl to: “What about understanding? It’s a poisonous chalice. You’ll ruin your career.” In the end, I trust my heart. On the eve of the results, I was with the Ukrainian flag in my pocket. The marks will come in and it will close. But I know I can’t climb and accept the award. Eurovision is always about putting a spotlight on something that needs it, and I obeyed, however we scored high, Ukraine was the real winner.
At the beginning of my career, I accidentally built a brand around myself. This type of sunny, optimistic person. It is not strict about who I am, because no one in the world is like all the time. We all have times. It’s not fake, either – I’m that -Stoke to have this opportunity. I thought that bringing negativity to a conversation was a bad custom and I should put a smile on my face, no matter how much I felt. Now, I’m trying to have more real connections to people, and I don’t feel the pressure to be an endless positive cartoon.
There It’s still days When I feel immense deficiency of self -confidence and losing my spark, but now I know how to get the balance back to my life. This is why I wanted to live in the countryside, why I didn’t subscribe to famous friends and keep my circle small, because all the people present at the beginning are still here today.
I may not have been the biggest band in the world, because I thought I was close when that picture was taken, but without that failure I would not have tasted the defeat. It’s scary, but it’s the best suit of armor you get.
