Ryan Tedder
Ryan Benjamin Tedder is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, guitarist, pianist, and composer born in Tulsa in 1979.
Tedder attended Colorado Springs Christian Schools before going on to study at Oral Roberts University. He co-founded the pop rock band OneRepublic and serves as its frontman, roles that established him as a working presence across both performance and production in the English-language music industry. His work as a record producer extended well beyond his own band, positioning him as an active figure across multiple projects in pop music.
Among the works associated with Tedder is the album Fantastic, and he has received the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. His output as a composer and songwriter reflects a consistent engagement with pop music as a primary genre, which runs alongside his continued role leading OneRepublic.
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I think the true test of a pop song, for me, and I’ve talked to a lot of other writers about this, is you take your demo, you pop it in your car and you drive down Sunset Blvd. to Santa Monica, and that’s the Hollywood car test.
I started selling corn dogs, ended up in the music industry. That’s how it all started.
Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level – but I’m not a fan of contemporary Christian music.
I am not opposed to doing a side project, like Death Cab for Cutie, where it’s completely different from my own band.
Nobody works harder than Lady Gaga. Nobody. She is unbelievable. I don’t know how she sleeps, or when or if.