OnTourTalks: Portaferry’s Ryan McMullan chats to OntourNI about his new EP

Portaferry’s Ryan McMullan releases the Ruthless Cupid EP on 10th April.

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OnTourNI chats with Ryan

How are you adapting to not being out and about playing live? And can we expect any social media acoustic gigs soon?

Yeah it’s strange not being out playing shows. I find The isolation very paralysing creatively, so the sooner I can get touring again, the better! I played a gig on my socials already but I will definitely do another soon.

Can you share any stories or memories of growing up in Portaferry?

Haha, what happens in Portaferry, stays in Portaferry. No it’s a great place to grow up. Most of my memories from home involve running around playing sports or hide and seek or two man hunt. We were very active kids, staying in doors was just not an option. It probably explains why this lockdown is proving troublesome. it will be nice to get back to it once this pandemic settles.

Is the Cupid EP about love then?
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These songs reflect a handful of times where it felt like Cupid has been toying with me. Amusing himself by throwing me into situations where I’m either out of my depth, hoping for reconciliation, or unable to escape the truth that even at the end, I’m still holding on to even the worst of my attempts at love

And the current single has been views 115k+ times! Another love theme?

‘In A Heartbeat’ ‘was written to sum up a stage I think we all kind of go through sooner or later: the understanding that something that once was, is now no more. But even at the end knowing it still has a hold on you, so much so, that no matter how toxic it is, or how little sense it made, you’d still run back to it in a desperate attempt to salvage it.

Over the last few years Ryan McMullan has been making a name for himself as a gifted songwriter and exceptional singer. 2019 was a huge year for the Portaferry native, with the success of his single ‘Rebellion’, and ‘Make A Mark’, his collaboration with Beoga. He has toured non-stop, playing his own sold-out shows in Dublin and Belfast and playing support slots with The Coronas on their Long Way Home tour in Ireland. He also opened for Snow Patrol in the USA, Europe and Asia and stood in as an honorary member of the band when guitarist Johnny McDaid was recovering after surgery. It’s no wonder that Ryan is now being recognised as one of Northern Ireland’s biggest and brightest talents.