Ireland: Listen to Ryan O’Shaughnessy's new single ‘Lucky One’

Ireland: Listen to Ryan O’Shaughnessy's new single ‘Lucky One’
Sunday, 31 May 2020

  • The Irish Eurovision 2018 representative, Ryan O’Shaughnessy is back with a brand new single titled 'Lucky One'.

    Just two years ago we saw the talented Irish act, Ryan O’Shaughnessy, at the world’s greatest song contest,  performing“Together". Now, Ryan has dropped his new single “Lucky One” after two years, coming home from a long trip in America, filled with amazing experiences.

    The song was co-written by O’Shaughnessy himself and Hustle Standard, produced by Hustle Standard and recorded near the Los Angeles International Airport just before the California movement restrictions was implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    The official music video released along with the new singleis comprised of footage from O’Shaughnessy’s recent trip to South America, showcasing his experience through photos and videos. 

    Ryan speaking about the meaning of his new track and its music video, in an interview to Celebmix said: 

    "Funnily enough, The Hustle Standard and I wrote the song two weeks before the lockdown was announced, so the world in my eyes was already a little disconnected. When co-writing, writers share their deepest thoughts and feelings, and during that session, I felt elated with gratitude for having the outlook on the world that I do. I wanted to get across the idea that there are so many questions and mysteries in this world and that’s the beauty of it all. We can’t be happy 100 per cent of the time but the journey back to happiness is where we show our strengths. With the video, I wanted to make a collage of moments from my journey through South America in 2019 which helped me to realise how lucky I really am to be able to see the world for the beautiful place it is."

    Lyric of 'Lucky One'

    It's like a shake me moment
    How did it come to this
    No physical connection
    Is there something that we've missed

    The mind is a mystery
    And I'm no scientist
    If monarch butterflies migrate
    And water turns to mist

    Maybe I'm the crazy one
    For looking at the world the way I see it
    Or maybe I'm the foolish one
    Or maybe I'm just brave and didn't know it
    Cos when I find it gets too tough
    I find my way back up
    Maybe I'm the lucky one
    Maybe I'm the lucky one

    Did you ever have a dream you're flying
    Do dreams even have time
    Or ever think that maybe we keep dreaming when we die

    What if there's a simple reason for us to be alive
    And Jimi came to show us all that we can kiss the sky

    Maybe I'm the crazy one
    For looking at the world the way I see it
    Or maybe I'm a foolish one
    Or maybe I'm just brave and didn't know it
    Cos when I find it gets too tough
    I find my way back up
    Maybe I'm the lucky one
    Maybe I'm the lucky one

    I feel like this world keeps on changing
    And we keep changing with it too
    Nothings really black or white when you're looking from the outside
    And we're just passing on through

    Yeah, I'm the crazy one
    For looking at the world the way I see it
    Yeah, I'm the foolish
    Yeah, I'm just brave and now know it
    Cos when I find it gets too tough
    I always find my way back up
    Maybe I'm the lucky one
    Guess that I'm the lucky one

    Yeah, I'm the crazy one
    For looking at the world the way I see it
    Yeah, I'm the foolish
    Yeah, I'm just brave and now know it
    Cos when I find it gets too tough
    I always find my way back up
    Maybe I'm the lucky one
    Guess that I'm the lucky one

     

    About Ryan

    He began his career at the age of 8 in television, where he played the orphan Mark in the Irish soap opera television series Fair City. About 10 years after, he decided it was time to turn his focus from acting to music. He studied at the DIT (Institute of Technology of Dublin) and conducted a course on music at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music in Dublin, as well. He describes himself as a “flexible singer”.  There, he wrote numerous songs and took part in The Voice  where he auditioned  for this competition, performing a self-written song called “No Name”.  

    Later the same year he competed in the semi-final of Britain’s Got Talent  with an original song entitled “First Kiss”. He received the most votes and qualified to the final. In the final, he delivered “No Name” for the second time and won 5th place. Soon after, he took part in the Irish songwriting competition ‘The Hit’ and released the song “Who Do You Love”.

     

    Ryan in Eurovision 

    In 2018 Ryan was internally elected by, RTE, to represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon. On Altice Arena stage he performed his entey "Togerther", a song about same-sex relationships, marking Ireland’s most successful Eurovision entry in over 6 years, as he qualified to the Grand final where he finished 16th .