Interview with RYALS
We had the pleasure of interviewing RYALS over Zoom video!\xa0
From Kyiv, Ukraine to New York City and far-flung corners of the world along the way, pop singer-songwriter\xa0RYALS\xa0is living proof that a dream and a lot of hard work can take you out of an oppressive situation and bring you anywhere you want to go.\xa0RYALS\u2019\xa0forthcoming EP\xa0Forward\xa0is the culmination of his years of hard work and struggles that have taken him to where he is now, ready to tell his story in music. The most important thing\xa0RYALS\xa0wants people to take away from this EP is that \u201cwe all only have one life to live and that we can\u2019t dwell on the hard times forever.\u201d He wants his fans to walk away from the EP with hope for a better future, saying \u201cIt is your perception that makes life brighter, you can manifest your life and don\u2019t let anybody tell you otherwise. You just keep moving it\xa0Forward.\u201d
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When asked about the motivation behind his upcoming\xa0Forward\xa0EP,\xa0RYALS\xa0said, \u201cForward\xa0is my life story: an oppressive society, battling homophobia, immigration, establishing my own identity, love and break ups, my mom\u2019s alcohol addiction and the pain of ultimately loosing her. There is so much happening in my life and the way I process it is to write about it. At the end of the day, it\u2019s my dream that got me through my adolescence and continues to get me through the hardest times of my life. The hard work that goes into sustaining a\xa0dream gives meaning to what I had to endure along the way.\u201d
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RYALS\xa0grew up in Kyiv, capital city of Ukraine. He earned a scholarship to a Bachelor of Arts in Acting and Musical Theatre from the Kyiv Academy of the Arts. After which, he performed in musical theater where he continued crafting his singing, dancing and acting skills. In between touring Ukraine in musicals,\xa0RYALS\xa0was cast for a role in the movie\xa0Let\u2019s Dance, which\xa0premiered nationwide. He then began his own career path as a songwriter and a performer with his first album\xa0State Of Liberty.\xa0He signed a contract with the Holland American Cruise Line and embarked on his journey around the world performing onboard the ship. While working on the cruise ship,\xa0RYALS\xa0was struck with the realization that there were other countries that had already started accepting homosexuality and people were able to be themselves.\xa0RYALS\xa0made one of the hardest decisions in his life to immigrate to America and start his life in the United States in attempt to reach his full potential.\xa0
After reestablishing his life and finding support in his husband, he was ready to get back to music, and this time with a strong established message. \u201cNo one ever deserves to be shamed, persecuted or killed because of their sexual orientation. I am grateful for all the people who fought and are continuing to fight for human rights. Thanks to them, a lot of people already are able to at least know how it feels to live a normal life. But there\u2019s still 72 countries on this planet where being part of LGBTQIA community is illegal and in 12 countries nowadays it\u2019s being punished by a death sentence,\u201d says\xa0RYALS. Now that\xa0RYALS\xa0can live his authentic life, he focuses on joining the activists that paved the way for him to continue fighting homophobia and supporting people like him who are going through the same issues he recently faced.\xa0RYALS\xa0and his husband work with Rainbow Railroad that provide immediate assistance to vulnerable people across the globe, and other human rights organizations that assist LGBTQIA people around the world.
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