#ryan tedder

The Shine soundtrack is so good and I feel like not enough people are talking about it???

And it's CRAZY that RYAN TEDDER, the frontman of Onerepublic, and one of the highest grossing song writers of the past couple decades was the Executive Producer of the OST for a Thai BL???? Like seriously, this is the man's wikipedia page. The streams for the songs he's written or performed are in the MULTI-BILLIONS. He's worked with basically every pop superstar you can think of Adele, Taylor Swift, Blackpink, etc.

I don't know tons about the music industry, but I know that executive producer means he oversaw the project from start to finish and was deeply involved in the overall direction.

And the songs are BANGERS. Seriously, I'm addicted to Far Side of the Moon, Half of Everything, Am I In Love?, Hold Your Hand, and Dawn. They're all SO good. And they've been releasing a music video each week for the song that was featured the most in that week's episode. PLEASE give these songs a listen if you haven't already.

Here's Half of Everything

and Far Side of the Moon

I also think it's cool that Ryan Tedder and Robert Grace (who was the actual songwriter for a lot of the album) didn't write EVERY song. Like Half of Everything is written/produced/performed by all Thais.

I think this is the most effort and probably money that has been put into a Thai BL OST ever??? If there's another you can think of let me know, but seriously, go through the music videos and the album and you will be impressed.

Now how did BOC get global pop-producing powerhouse Ryan Tedder and his team to work on the album? Clearly Slot Machine is the connection here. If you know Kinnporsche, then you know the iconic Free Fall by Slot Machine. Slot Machine is one of Thailand's most iconic bands. Clearly, doing Free Fall for BOC worked well for them.

They're signed to Tero Music which is the Thai subsidiary of Sony Music, and Sony Music is one of the big three music companies in euro-american markets (and I think also globally??). Ryan Tedder is also signed to Sony Music and is one of their producers. Slot Machine released an english language album in fall 2024, Walk the Earth (also highly recommend) that was also produced by Ryan Tedder and written by Robert Grace. Ryan Tedder at the time said he was a fan of Slot Machine and Thai music.

So I'm guessing BOC asked Slot Machine to do a song again and Slot Machine was then the connection to get Tero Music (Sony) to bring Ryan Tedder onto this project as well.

Ryan Tedder, songwriter and co-founder of Runner Music, dives into how making a hit song used to work. Back in the day, years of development, a record deal, a few hit songs and an appearance on a late night show almost guaranteed your album would sell. Now, social media gives artists direct power, A&R influence has faded and viral hits can come from a bedroom or even a single loop. via billboardontherecord

Thank you for this question. I think if she got away as a Haylor song that had some details changed to make it a generic 1D song.

It is likely from February 2014 - fans first posted it was registered in November 2014 (after it didn’t appear on Four), although the band recorded it. While making WTNY and I Know Places with Taylor in Conway Studios he also saw Harry there (Four was in production)

Ryan has specified at least 4 other writing meetings with them:

29 January 2012 - W hotel in Westwood LA - to Zach Sang, that sounded early. 1D stayed at the W in 2012. No mention of a song just annoyed about the similar band names.

19 April 2013 - Manchester - to Capital FM - Right Now (OneRepublic was in London, One Direction in Manchester and Midnight Memories was in production. ...also after that date is when he went back to the US to get the Peace ring and Taylor wrote I Wish You Would). He says he wrote 'something else with one of them' presumably Harry as Right Now refers to CBBH and Harry loved it.

February 2014 - Conway Studios LA - to New York Post 2019 - when Taylor and Harry were there. The rest of the band was in the UK. I think this is when She Got Away was likely written. Harry wrote it with Ryan Tedder and Noel Zancanella, both who worked on Welcome to NY. Ryan also said he saw Harry and Taylor at the studio then (I know places & welcome to NY from the same sessions, we also know Harry was there when JABOYH was written while hanging around Conway in January 2014. Style, Shake it off were also recorded then. It’s widely reported this song was for Four, fan first posted about it being registered in November 2014 after Four released without it.

London hotel - to Ryan Seacrest - Solo Harry, he talked about him traveling with no entourage.

She Got Away Lyrics

Jennie in She got Away seems like a composite rather than an actual person. She is enigmatic, contradictory and mysterious. She is very much of the Diana/Georgia Rose archetype who is a vessel that 1D's fans could see themselves in or aspire to be. Harry's love of older music is clear, it's very Bob Dylan-inspired storytelling through characters, wandering and the places named.

Verse One: Liam & Harry] I met this girl the other night On the streets of New Orleans She said I'm trying to find myself On the run from Tennessee She had a diamond in one ear And patches on her jeans Oh yeah, oh yeah, the girl she got to me

The first verse reminds me of Taylor in the 'On the run from Tennessee' especially if the song is written in the same session as Welcome to New York, she was on the run from country music, the success of Red and her home of Tennessee.

The 'Diamond in one ear and patches on her jeans 'is a perfect description for this transitional era of Taylor - on the success of her last Country-pop album singing about moving to New York for a complete pop album. This line is very much Taylor at that time. It is a brilliant line as it works for the 1D listener who is an evolving young woman.

Jennie has a way with words Yeah, she always speaks in quotes She said that she ain't ever Met a man like me before She told me she just won a trip to Mexico Oh yeah, oh yeah On the radio Oh yeah, oh yeah Someday she will go

She has a way with words is a girl who writes, speaks in quotes is someone who writes heavily in references and metaphor... sounds like someone we know. 'She said she ain't never met a man like me before / she won a trip to Mexico' this sounds like the intended listener is fan fiction writers, coming up with the scenario where they meet Harry.

The 'never met anyone like me' line to me has me wondering how many of Taylor's Exes would come back to the studio to hear her next album be recorded and spend days collaborating on writing love songs about her while she does.. I think that's still a list of 1.

[Chorus: All] When I close my eyes I swear that I can see her Then they open wide And she’s a world away And I swear she’s mine So does every man who meets her Oh yeah, oh yeah She’s the girl that got away Oh yeah, oh yeah But she’s coming back someday

The chorus has Harry and the muse separated by the world, he is dreaming of her, it fits nicely with the fanfiction listener. There's a nice call out to 'half the world away'.

The 'so does every man who meets her' reminds me of Fool's Gold's 'you turn it on for everyone you meet' but here it is loving. And a nice 'she's coming back someday' adorable for writing this the same week as Style's 'Everytime we crash down we come back again'

[Verse Two: Harry & Niall] Jennie likes a coffee late at night It helps her sleep She doesn't cook but She's got a million recipes She's got a tattoo Doesn't know what it means Oh yeah, oh yeah When she was with me

Coffee late at night - need I say more?? The sleep also is a nice call back to Little Things. Jennie is chaotic and sounds hyperproductive... yeah...

The tattoo is cute, a clear 'not Taylor or anyone he'd dated.' unless the tattoo is on him and she doesn't know who it was for. 'when she was with me'

[Bridge: All] What I feel, what I feel, I feel for her Ain't going away What I feel, what I feel, I feel for her Ain't going away What I feel, what I feel, I feel for her Ain't going away What I feel, what I feel, I feel for her Feel for her, feel for her