Leave it to RYDYR to bring us an uplifting song during times where we find ourselves down.
The 24-year-old singer/songwriter just released a powerful song (and video) for his new single “See You Around,” a sunny bounce track with impressive vocal dynamics and sweeping chant that delivers an important message — you matter.
“See You Around” is the second single off his upcoming yet-to-be-named EP that will be dropping this year. The collection of songs, according to RYDYR, will feature bold and bright pop tunes, offset with alternative adventurousness and timeless rockstar ambition, rooted in live instrumentation and unfiltered lyrics.
You may remember RYDYR as Cole Pendery from the urban pop boy band IM5. The budding musician, who is now in his 20s, has grown immensely and now releases his work under the new moniker. RYDYR is Cole’s protection, mantra, superhero, and guiding light and took shape reflecting a vision hinted at by the chosen moniker-a respelling of his mother’s maiden name “Ryder.“
He ultimately settled on the palindrome “RYDYR,” meaning you can spell it the same way forward and backward and represents how he is the same inside and out. Striving to give listeners his truth through art and meaningful music, the name symbolizes being transparent to the process and embodies truth but also provides him a vehicle to step out of himself.
Ready for the next stage of his evolution, he wrote songs throughout 2018 and 2019 for his independent debut EP and recorded them alongside producer Zakk Cervini (Good Charlotte, Poppy). The first track, which Pendery released in March, was titled “Dream Alone,” which was about an internal dialogue with the latest version of himself.
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