Ryan McMullan Releases‘Real Love’
on 20 August
taken from his forthcoming album‘Redesign’due out 26 August (pre-save now)Announcing UK, European, Australian, US and Irish tour from 16 MayRising star Ryan McMullan releases new single ‘Real Love’ on 20thMay. The Portaferry nativeduets with Beoga singer and co-writer Niamh Dunne on this wonderful song which startswith a ballad feel and builds to a propulsive chorus. Lyrically ‘Real Love’ explores the end of arelationship: ‘when you know you know’.Ryan explains, ‘Written with the talented people of Beoga, ‘Real Love’ is about knowing it’sover, but not being ready to leave. It was thefirst of two songs written with members ofBeoga that made it on the record. Recorded in Bannview Studios, Portglenone, it alsofeatures the incredible vocals of all-round wonderful human that is Niamh Dunne. As wewrote the song, we liked the idea of exploring it as a possible duet, and after one listen Iknew Niamh’s vocal needed to be on this song. It was a joy to create, and a lot of fun tosing.’‘Real Love’ is the second single to be taken from Ryan’s forthcoming debut albumRedesignwhich will be released on 26thAugust. The process of recording the album was shown in thedocumentaryDebutwhich was directed by award-winningfilmmaker Brendan J. Byrne andshown last year at Galway Film Fleadh and on the BBC. Thefilm centres around a four-dayrecording and listening session in Cruit Island, County Donegal at the end of 2019, whereRyan and his team assessed all the songs competing for a place on the album. Threadedthrough this is the story of Ryan’s nascent career and journey to stardom.Ryan says, ‘I’m so excited tofinally announce the release date of my debut album. Afterwhat has felt like a decade of promises, itfinally gets itstime and I’m very happy that we’vegot here at last. It was recorded all over the world, but its mainstay was Bannview Studios inPortglenone, with producer extraordinaire Seán Óg Graham.’And with the release of ‘Real Love’ comes the announcement of a huge world tour insupport ofRedesign. Ryan’s fans should keep an eye on his social channels for theannouncement oftickets, dates and venues on 19thMay.‘I can’t wait to play Redesign in front of audiences all over, from Derry to Dublin, New York toBerlin,’ Ryan says. ‘I couldn’t be happier to be releasing music and playing shows!’Some might even say, it’s a dream come true.