Pure Pop Perfection Plus Ryan Tedder Picks

“This is a love song I wrote for Jay-Z,” announced the OneRepublic frontman Ryan Ted.

In a performance full of surprises, the American band delivered their catchy national anthem at Abu Dhabi’s inauguration with glamour Zoom Music Festival.

Nothing is more captivating than his performance Beyonce’s halohe wrote it for her after she called him out of the blue to express her admiration for her rapper sidekick.

“She said I wanted you to write a song for this person I love,” Ted said. “I didn’t know she was dating anyone, so I googled it.

“It turns out she was watching Jay-Z. So that’s what I wrote for him.”

The two-night event kicked off Friday at Yas Links, Yas Island, with the band taking the stage in front of a sold-out crowd of 6,000.

Energetic singer Tedder — sharp, polished, and all-black — came to thunderous cheers and blasted OneRepublic’s many radio-friendly songs.

Their backstage catalog mixes cute rock (too many guitars for easy pop, too many strings for something harder) and Calvin Harris-style club beats, with some piano solos thrown in.

It was the site’s second festival in as many weeks and fans flocked to the capital for the first time since then Almost all Covid-19 restrictions lifted. Two weeks ago, despite Liam Gallagher’s last-minute exit, Show at Club Social Perform with the Kaiser Chiefs, Clean Bandit, and Example, and more.

Amplified keeps pace with welcome OneRepublic returns to UAE On their first world tour, the band dives right in from the night children and good life“We’ve played Dubai too many times,” Tenner said 10 minutes after taking the stage. “This is the first time we’ve had the pleasure of performing in Abu Dhabi. It’s the beginning of the concert and I’ve told you we’ll be back.”

they continue to pass stop and starefrom the 2007 breakout album dream out loudand the most recent help meAnd, just then, Tedder prepared a “special surprise.”

Despite being formed in 2002 and rising through the ranks of MySpace (remember?) as an unsigned act, the band only really took off after its release dream out loud and place an order Apologize.

In addition to the band’s 15-year career, Ted made a name for himself as one of the greatest pop songwriters of his era, writing the aforementioned halo with adele Rumor has itLeona Lewis bleeding Love with Ellie Goulding burn, to name a few. Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, the Jonas Brothers and Demi Levato join the list of stars he’s worked with. And, after promising “only good vibes tonight,” Ted jumped at the opportunity to play a medley of his best hits, which are well known by others.

Needless to say, the crowd roared with delight as he walked up to the piano and showed off his extraordinary vocal range – this man was an extraordinary talent.

With the exception of a recent rogue reporter (“No, I won’t say who or which country we’re in”) who think they’ll be on One Direction, the band attracts fans from 7 months to 70 years old.

Top Gun star tom cruise Introduced on a huge video screen I’m not worriedTedder was specifically asked to write before the end of the OneRepublic evening counting stars and if I lose myself.

Amplified will continue on Saturday with fellow American Cas. With any luck, they’ll continue another love story that Witcher writer Ted has for fans. Of course, that’s not all there is to Jay-Z.

The Zoom Festival returns on Saturday, opening at 7pm.Tickets start from Dh149 and can be purchased at life net

Updated: November 12, 2022, 6:29 am