ABC/Paula LoboRyan Tedder is feeling the pull of Hollywood: The OneRepublic frontman tells Forbes that in addition to music, he’s lining up new projects in TV and film, including a top-secret project with a “well-known actress.”
Ryan admits that being on screen has been a dream of his since he was a kid, but he’s only been able to make it a reality recently. He signed an exclusive deal with NBC about a year ago and has been developing a show called Songland, which will start airing in May. He’s an executive producer, but he’ll also be on camera.
“It’s all about music; it’s pulling back the curtain on songwriting and producing for the first time,” he says. “It’s like what the Food Network did for food; this does for the songwriting process. Every episode has a different well-known artist. I love doing it.”
Ryan says he’s also being courted by the movie industry.
“I’m definitely not stopping OneRepublic but I recently also got asked to co-executive produce a film with a very well-known actress and her production partner…I’m not at liberty to say who that is right now, but it’ll be a musical,” he says. “So, I’m loving this, man.”
But in addition to film and TV projects, Ryan promises more music from OneRepublic this year too, telling Forbes the band will “do an album, if not two albums, in 2019.” And on top of all that, he’s still managing to carve out time to work with other artists.
He says, “You know, I’m still percolating and doing records with Ed Sheeran and Paul McCartney and Major Lazer and Pink, some of the Jonas Brothers and some urban guys, kind of all over the musical map.”
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