No Vacancy has been added to Today's Top Hits so hopefully it'll break the top 100 soon and maybe grab a Hot Hits UK add

Echoing the love for 'No Vacancy' and the need for it to smash

It should be top 200 tomorrow - they did say that they haven't gone to UK radio with it though.

It should be top 200 tomorrow - they did say that they haven't gone to UK radio with it though.

As in, they've decided not to promote it as a single? Or that they haven't gone to radio with it yet because its impact date is a bit later down the line?

Aren't they releasing songs every two weeks now? They can't make everyone a single and send it to radio, they'll maybe just pick and choose depending on how they do on streaming.

Edit: Just re-read they aren't releasing every two weeks necessarily, just putting out songs whenever they feel like it, maybe every week, two weeks or month, just whenever they create a new song. They are moving away from traditional album releases.

Great to see Lil Uzi Vert on the rise, fast becoming one of my favourite songs at the moment. Whoever said he sounds like an early Lil Wayne is spot on! Wouldn't surprise me to see it crack the official Top 40 soon.

Aren't they releasing songs every two weeks now? They can't make everyone a single and send it to radio, they'll maybe just pick and choose depending on how they do on streaming.

Edit: Just re-read they aren't releasing every two weeks necessarily, just putting out songs whenever they feel like it, maybe every week, two weeks or month, just whenever they create a new song. They are moving away from traditional album releases.

No, what they said is that they might switch to that model in the future, but for now they're still under contract with their record label to deliver one more album

But we are changing the entire scope of how we release music and approach touring.
I had the idea even before our last album of releasing "songs"... when we want, as often as we want, however we want. Not albums, songs. It's always frustrated me that by the time u get to a 3rd, 4th or 5th single off an album that song may have been produced 2-3 years ago....and sounds dated. What if 3 months into an album you write a song that feels relevant NOW?? Albums aren't built to be flexible or get out of their own way. So here's what we're gonna do. Starting tomorrow we will be dropping new music as often as humanly possible... monthly, weekly sometimes, and it will be VARIED and with collaborations and may feel bonkers at first. Some will be remixes others will be just me on piano or guitar. Some will sound super trendy and new, some will sound classic and old school or very "OneRepublic". News flash: I am ADD AF and always have been. It is IMPOSSIBLE for me to stick to one lane or one style or sound, I am incapable of it and so are the rest of the guys. That's part of my anxiety, "what this album supposed to sound like?!!" No more. We like too many styles of music to "sound like OneRepublic" 24/7. Newsflash 2: l have honestly never known what our sound is, not once. I leave that up to your interpretation of it. All I'm ever chasing is goosebumps or emotion or fun. Love, God, Hope. What else is there? In whatever shade or color that is-- Currently I'm chasing it. I'm a songs guy, the sound is always evolving.
So.... some of these songs you're absolutely gonna love... some you might totally hate, some will be a breath of fresh air and some you'll skip. And guess what? It doesn't matter. that's the point. All the songs will be me singing and us playing. So it's Us. We won't be chasing trends but we will react to what's around us, we won't be trying to re-write songs from our past but some will unavoidably sound nostalgic. SONGS.
So whats 'No Vacancy' and where did it come from? I had a series of sessions with my friends Tor and Mikkel (Stargate) in early January. The 2nd song we wrote was No Vacancy. The session didn't start as a song for OneRepublic, we were trying to write a Gotye style song for Selena actually, but when I sang the chorus it just felt right. The lyric idea started with me thinking about my kids and then I realized it was kinda just relatable to anyone. It had a Police vibe I loved... Tor sped it up and added the plucky guitar chords. A month later we ended up doing a concert in the Caribbean and that's where I finished the lyrics and vocals and instrumental bits. As I said I react to what's around me, thus the island vibe and palm trees etc....(and yes I realize I'm pronouncing "Vacancy" an odd way but how the hell else can it rhyme with "so damn empty!!??"). It's not a first single, it's a song for April. It's fun, it's summer, it's a song some will love and some wont- I honestly don't care. WE like it . My goal for now is I want people to bliss out. We are in some dark times, we wanna make some lifted music that helps people feel happy. Feel connected, feel human, and love each other as much as possible. BLISS. OUT.
'No Vacancy' likely won't sound like the next song we drop... or it may. We have more new music scheduled 2 weeks from tomorrow, so here's the deal:
To all our fans: we hope you enjoy our new approach to releasing music, you will be hearing it as we make it. There are no "first singles", there are no "album cycles", there's us getting inspired, writing a tune, and getting it to you fast as we can. Because of Streaming services we can finally do what I've wanted to do for years. Some songs you will love, some you may loathe, but guess what?? Wait another couple weeks and you'll have something new that may just be your favorite thing ever. We will tour when it makes sense, put out artwork when it's good, and we are making merch WE wanna wear... for you. We will go to radio with songs when it feels like we should, not before. And we will tour... but not so much we end up hating life.
Love you, hope you enjoy No Vacancy, it's simply one shade of a sound that we like this month, and tomorrow, I'm gonna write something totally different.
XO
Ryan T.