Sam Ryder has been shooting the music video for his new single ‘Somebody’. This is his second single, following his Eurovision entry ‘Spaceman’ which became the highest charting UK Eurovision entry in over 25 years reaching number two in the UK charts. For his latest single, he filmed in London and asked his fans to get involved. “I’m filming something super exciting for my new single ‘Somebody’ next week in London and I’d be so stoked if you guys could be involved!” he posted on Twitter. The single has had lots of attention over festival season with the Ryder taking to Instagram to say “This reaction to ‘Somebody’ over the festival season gets me every time. Thank you to the fabulous legends who have sung their heads off with us.”
In an interview with BBC News, Ryder said he used an “old-fashioned mailing list situation,” and “sent out an email saying ‘hey do you wanna come and sing with us?” Fans could sign up via a link to get an invite to join Sam and his team. “A bunch of people came down,” he said “we just sang the song over and over again. I think I sang it about 50 times today.”
His two singles are the first released from his upcoming album There’s Nothing But Space, Man! which is set to be released on 14th October. ‘Somebody‘ is co-written by Sam with Jon Green and Max Wolfgang who also co-wrote Sam’s Eurovision 2022 entry. “I didn’t really know that I was making the album,” he told NME, “Last year, I wrote about 100 songs, and not all of them are good, it’s just the nature of writing songs.” “Some of my favourites we’ve put together for an album. It’s done, you’re just curating the thing. You’ve got this collection of work and you’re putting it together now, and then making the final touches and then listening back to ones and going, ‘God, that line’s a shocker, I’ll have to change that next week’.”
Sam’s success at Eurovision means the UK is set to host the 2023 edition of the contest. “It’s really exciting that it’s on home soil,” he told the BBC, “but it’s also really important to remember why it’s being held here and the responsibility that we have to throw the best party that shows off and celebrates all of the beauty and rich history of Ukrainian culture.”
