Singer, songwriter, producer and OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder has been speaking to Notion Magazine and appears on the cover of the latest issue.<\/p>\n
In the interview Tedder opens up about his success and his temptation to leave the singing behind before he had huge hits with Apologize and Leona Lewis\u2019 Bleeding Love, which he co-wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember life being very difficult before that moment [OneRepublic\u2019s first hit \u2018Apologize\u2019 and Leona Lewis\u2019 \u2018Bleeding Love].\u00a0 At that point OneRepublic had been signed and dropped three times and were relying on MySpace to gain a fanbase.\u00a0 The success of \u2018Apologize\u2019 felt like a great equalizer, a big screw you to our old label who said we wouldn\u2019t be a success.\u201d<\/p>\n
He goes on to compare that success to the popularity and success Pharrell Williams is experiencing now: \u201cBefore that, I almost resigned myself to the fact that I wasn\u2019t meant to be a singer as well as a songwriter.\u00a0 My expectations had been shattered so many times that I only ever hoped for the worst.\u00a0 I told my wife I was happy just being a producer, and then nine days later I went to Germany with OneRepublic to do some promo and I didn\u2019t return home for 18 months.\u00a0 It was the equivalent to what Pharrell is experiencing now.\u00a0 \u2018Blurred Lines\u2019 and \u2018Happy\u2019 was like \u2018Bleeding Love\u2019 and \u2018Apologize\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
During the interview he also talks about the success he\u2019s had with Adele and particularly the emotion of her song Turning Tables. \u201cAfter we worked on the song I went back to my hotel room in London and I texted her saying \u2018I\u2019m listening to your demo and I\u2019m getting choked up\u2019.\u00a0 She said, \u2018I\u2019ve been crying my eyes out for the last 20 minutes.\u2019\u00a0 We both thought we\u2019d nailed it.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter that it wasn\u2019t a radio hit.\u00a0 In a perfect world, the two would coincide.\u00a0 Most artists would be lying if they didn\u2019t say that was the goal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tedder\u2019s band OneRepublic release their new single Love Runs Out on 27th July. You can read the full interview in Notion Magazine. Check out Tedder on the cover below:<\/p>\n The OneRepublic frontman talks about his career to so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[11824,8324],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Ryan](\"https:\/\/8ce250469d.nxcli.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/notionryan.jpg\")