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reg Scott recently appeared and won during the most recent Season 2 of NBC’s Songland where his song “Miracle” was chosen for pop recording artist Bebe Rexha and was just announced that it is going to be used as the theme song of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics Games; alongside co-writer/producer Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic. His latest solo song, “I Still Do” was just released and is climbing the music charts!
You work alongside co-writer/producer Ryan Tedder (OneRepublic). How is it working with him and when it comes to songwriting, what is each person’s role? When it came to re-tooling the song. We really wanted to tackle the verses lyrically and melodically to fit Bebe Rexha’s style. Ryan, Andrew (his writing partner) and I went at it together and I sang the new parts as they fed me lyrics. I will say, there was some added pressure that the song had the Olympic weight on it.
The public discovered your talents on NBC’s “Songland” television show and we can say that it was an incredible success story for you! When you signed up for this show, were you expecting something so incredible? Well, I knew it was the opportunity of a lifetime, and I had the chance to show the world what I had been crafting back when I was tugging on my Dad’s shirt on stage as a toddler.
“Just to be able to put food on the table with music is a win around here.”
Are you currently living a dream? What song title would best describe your life today? I swear this isn’t a shameless plug but, “Miracle” now a Bebe Rexha song, is the title of my life. The song is about not giving up on your dreams. All the perseverance and drive it takes to achieve your goals! That’s what I’m all about.
If you had to remember only one thing from this adventure, what would it be? Ok first I was invited to Ryan’s Hollywood studio to work on the second version of my song ‘Miracle’. I thought I was just going to your typical everyday studio but the gates opened up and I was overtaken by the foyer looking straight out through the house to a dreamy zin like Buda overlooking a serene crystal white pool. The water separated two of the four studios in the house. His assistant offered me an espresso and I took a moment by the Buda to try and comprehend what the “F” was happening. If that wasn’t enough, I go to use the
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Did I know my song was going to be the theme song for the Tokyo Olympic games? Um, wow… I didn’t expect that! Life changing.
bathroom and I saw the Grammy Ryan won for Adel’s 21 album. Winning a grammy is my ultimate goal and has been a dream of mine my whole life. For that to be my line of sight while relieving myself was as surreal as you would think. After washing my hands, you know I had to pick that bad boy up. I looked in the mirror and had a Wayne’s World moment. “It will be mine. Oh yes. it will be mine.” Haha! Tedder was so quick and confident in the studio and that really resonated with me. What I took from it all is just go for it and let your intuition step in and trust your abilities.
