#ryan tedder

Hi guys! I was looking to see if there was a 1R community, because I've been a huge fan since I was little, but it seems there isn't, which is shocking to me :(

So, for any 1R fans out there, would you be interested in either making/joining a community?

"MOVEURBODY 춤춰" by HYO

DV:

Despite enlisting the hottest producers of ten years ago (Ryan Tedder, Mike Will, (the deepest of possible sighs) Diplo), BTS forgot to write toplines for most of their new album. It's a self-important slog of a record, 40 minutes that feel almost twice as long. Adding insult to injury, it's dropping just after what's generally considered to be a surprisingly weak year for K-pop. If the biggest boy band in the world can't turn things around, who can?

(Re)enter HYO, who's dropped a handful of singles since Girls' Generation ended, but wasn't on my radar until "MOVEURBODY," the biggest banger I've heard so far this year. To be clear, HYO and producers Czaer and Haechi aren't giving us something we've never heard before - this is an electropop banger and not trying to be much more. But unlike so many others, "MOVEURBODY" is overflowing with energy, irresistibly focused on its singular purpose of filling a dancefloor, and has the hooks to make good on its intent. This is a song that could stand to be twice as long without wearing out its welcome, and I'm sure some DJ has already made that happen. That it's sitting with 100K views on YouTube (as compared to 13M for the last BTS single) doesn't change that this is a much more exciting signpost for what K-pop can be in 2026.

MG:

OneRepublic - Waking Up

Despite how much I like 00s and 2010s pop, there are a few bands and artists I forgot about, one of which being OneRepublic. I know of OneRepublic, and I’ve heard a few of their albums; I picked up 2013’s Native last summer, and I didn’t really care for it. They went into a more pop direction, but to be fair, frontman Ryan Tedder was becoming a pop songwriter powerhouse. He helped propel Maroon 5 to the stratosphere with 2012’s Overexposed, as well as his own band. Their debut album, 2007’s Dreaming Out Loud, introduced the band to the world, especially with the hit single “Apologize.” I know that song, but I don’t think I’ve heard the whole album. I do remember picking up their second album, 2009’s Waking Up, and I remember not being a huge fan of it. I liked it okay, but I just never got into Tedder’s voice. He’s not a flat vocalist, per se, but he’s kind of boring, which reflects their sound as well; they’re just not a super interesting band,

I ended up finding a copy of Waking Up at a local Goodwill a couple days back; I wasn’t sure if I should get it, but I usually grab anything that isn’t crappy Christian music at Goodwill, especially if it’s in good shape. The disc was a bit scratched, but it wasn’t in horrible shape, so I thought I’d get it. I’m not the biggest fan of these guys, but what’s the worst that could happen for $1.59? Honestly, nothing at all, because this album isn’t actually half bad. It’s better than I remember, but it’s not an album that I’m dying to go back to. The big single from this was “Good Life,” and it’s a catchy little pop-rock song, but the rest of the album is kind of repetitive and derivative. They do experiment with some other sounds, such as cinematic strings and theatrics, as well as more synth-driven songs, but I’m not all that crazy about it.