Ryan McCartan On How A Bad Breakup Inspired Him

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00:00What's up you guys? My name is Ryan McCartan and I am here at Hollywood Life for a little interview and performance action.

00:07I went through a really bad breakup and through the grieving process of that I needed something to fall back on.

00:19And for my entire life art has been something that I've fallen back on.

00:23I'm really fortunate to have art to help me sort of turn misery into momentum, right?

00:30And this new album that I have coming out, it's a five song album and each song represents a stage of grief.

00:40And I was sort of writing them in real time and I didn't really realize it but when all was said and done and I looked at the work in hindsight,

00:48I was like, oh wow, this is me when I was depressed, this is me when I was angry.

00:52Changed my mind was me when I accepted, you know?

00:56I accepted, okay, I'm moving on, I'm taking my own life back and my own self back to anyone who has felt heartbreak

01:07and who has felt like they're going crazy and has gone through all of these stages of grief, you know?

01:12I'm really excited for them to listen but then, you know, sort of on a more macro-focused way of thinking about it,

01:20I also just want my audience to come to me when they want to listen to dope songs.