Irish singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Cian Ducrot has shared his new single, “Half Of Me”, which you’ll try beneath.
“A part of Me” is Cian’s heartfelt tribute to his greatest good friend Phily who ended his personal life, reflecting on these shared moments that outline a friendship – and they’re recollections that can by no means be forgotten. Cian additionally expresses remorse that there wasn’t an opportunity to speak him out of a choice that may’t be taken again. That’s one of many cruelest parts of psychological well being battles: the battle prevents folks from searching for the assistance or beginning a dialog that would make all of the distinction.
Cian says, “I used to be making an attempt to jot down “A part of Me” for such a very long time however I by no means managed to get it proper. Shedding a good friend to suicide isn’t the best factor to place in phrases as there are such a lot of feelings of so many individuals you must contemplate. I knew how necessary the music can be to anybody who was going by the identical factor so I simply couldn’t get it fallacious. I believe finally there was a second the place I simply let go and I bear in mind all of the lyrics flooding out of what appeared to be nowhere and I knew then this was it, all the pieces I felt, all the pieces I needed to say and seize about our friendship, the individual he was, how he made us all really feel and the way he left us feeling it simply poured out into this music. I all the time thought Phily would dwell endlessly, hopefully this music can in his place.”
Ducrot has seen his earlier two singles – “I’ll Be Ready” and the Gold-certified “All For You” – fly into the High 20 of the Official Singles Chart, spending a mixed whole of greater than six months within the High 40, and exceeding 300 million whole streams to this point.
Cian can be making a global influence, with two High 10 singles in Eire, High 20 hits in Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway, and impacting on Spotify’s international High 200 after charting in 18 markets. His current UK tour was solely sold-out and he’s at present finishing an enormous area tour as visitor to Ed Sheeran. And to cap all of it, his social media following has exploded in current weeks, taking him to 4.3 million followers at TikTok and one other 1.1 million at Instagram.
Raised in Cork, Cian was surrounded by music rising up and shortly excelled himself, studying piano, classical guitar, saxophone, percussion, drums, violin and the flute. He studied at London’s Royal Academy of Music from the age of 9 and shortly felt break up between his classical coaching and his want to make pop music. He continued his research whereas writing songs and posting on social media, however his thoughts was made up following a profitable songwriting camp in Los Angeles.
The deciding issue between the 2 worlds was the power {that a} pop artist has to attach with their viewers – and that is still a giant facet of his artistry to this present day. He was removed from an in a single day success, nonetheless, usually borrowing cash, busking, browsing sofas and taking up random jobs to fund writing journeys to London and LA. His first breakthrough on TikTok led to his debut EP ‘Make Imagine’ and he grew in stature with each launch, particularly when “I’ll Be Ready” and “All For You” accomplished his journey from pub gigs in Cork to the higher reaches of the charts. And there’s much more to come back, starting with “A part of Me” and “Victory.”
Cian can be in rising demand as a collaborator, most lately that includes on Libianca’s “Folks” remix. He was invited to co-write with SZA in Los Angeles, the ensuing music set to be launched sooner or later, and he additionally co-wrote Lauren Spencer-Smith’s international hit and UK High 20 single “Flowers.”
Cian completes his tour as particular visitor to Ed Sheeran in Paris this Sunday. Later this month he heads to North American for a protracted sold-out headline tour, which he follows in Might with headline exhibits in Australia. His summer season plans are taking form with choose pageant dates peppered round one other sold-out headline tour, this time in Eire in August. His upcoming UK and Eire exhibits are beneath.
Ciaran Ducrot performs the next exhibits:
JULY:
twenty first – Tramlines Pageant
twenty third – Truck Pageant
twenty eighth – Dublin, Academy (SOLD OUT)
twenty ninth – Dublin, Academy (SOLD OUT)
thirtieth – Kilkenny, Set Theatre (SOLD OUT)
AUGUST:
1st – Cork, Cyprus Avenue (SOLD OUT)
2nd – Cork, Cyprus Avenue (SOLD OUT)
4th – Killarney, INEC Membership (SOLD OUT)
fifth – Limerick, Dolan’s (SOLD OUT)
sixth – Indiependence Music & Arts Pageant
eighth – Galway, Monroe’s (SOLD OUT)
ninth – Belfast, Limelight (SOLD OUT)
twenty fifth – Victorious Pageant.
Hearken to the very best of Cian Ducrot on Apple Music and Spotify.