Rydel Lynch

Rydel Lynch

Lynch in 2013
Background information
Birth name Rydel Mary Lynch[1]
Born (1993-08-09) August 9, 1993
Littleton, Colorado, United States
Genres Pop rock
Occupation(s)
  • Actress
  • singer
  • instrumentalist
Instruments Vocals, keyboard, piano
Years active 2009–present
Labels Hollywood Records[2]
Associated acts R5
Website www.rydellynch.com

Rydel Mary Lynch (born August 9, 1993) is an American television actress, singer, dancer, and musician. She is one of the founding members of the pop rock band R5.

Early life

Lynch was born August 9, 1993 in Littleton, Colorado, the daughter of Stormie and Mark Lynch. She is the second oldest and only girl of the five siblings. She learned to play the keyboard, double shaker and the tambourine, as well as learning how to dance.[3] She has appeared in several commercials. Her second cousins are entertainers Derek and Julianne Hough.[4][5][6]

Career

Acting

She made her acting debut in Sunday School Musical as a Crossroads Choir Member.[7] She appeared in School Gyrls as a cheerleader along with her brother Riker Lynch. She appeared in A Day as Holly's Kids as Holly's Actual Kid 2. She appeared in the pilot episode of the television series Bunheads as a Vegas Showgirl.[2] Rydel told Teen Ink about Bunheads, "I'm one of the dancers and if it gets picked up, it'll air on ABC Family."[2] She also appeared in an episode of Violetta in 2015 and performed "Heart Made Up on You" with R5.

Music

In 2009, R5 was formed with Rydel, her brothers Riker, Rocky and Ross Lynch, and family friend Ellington Ratliff with her younger brother Ryland Lynch as their manager.[8][9] In April 2012, R5 signed a deal with Hollywood Records.[2] They went on a 10-day tour entitled West Coast Tour in which she regularly performed a cover of "Call Me Maybe".[10] In early 2013, R5 released a four-song EP entitled Loud.[8]

Their first studio album, Louder was released on September 24, 2013.[11] Rydel spoke about the album, saying "We wanted to put out a fun album."[8] Rydel was featured as the lead vocalist in the songs "Never" from R5's debut EP Ready Set Rock and "Love Me Like That" which was featured on Louder.[12] The song is described as the "cheerleader hip-hop jammer" and "an irresistible party track that's a whole lotta rhythm and a little bit blues".[13] The song received generally positive reviews.[14][15][16][17] R5 went on their fifth tour titled Louder Tour with Rydel regularly performing "Love Me Like That" and covers of songs such as a duet of "Sleeping with a Friend" by Neon Trees with her bandmate and boyfriend Ellington Ratliff.[18][19] Rydel and along with R5 won the special award Radio Disney Showstopper at the Radio Disney Music Awards.[20] On July 22, 2014, R5 released their new EP called Heart Made Up on You.

Rydel also has a song that is on R5's second studio album, Sometime Last Night, called "Lightning Strikes", which she performed regularly on the "Sometime Last Night" tour. She and the rest of the band also appeared as Ross Lynch's band for the music video of the song "Heard It on the Radio". She also made an appearance in Taylor Mathews's "Head Over Feeling" video, and was featured in the R5 movie "All Day, All Night" which was released on April 16, 2015.

Influences

Lynch cites All Time Low, Neon Trees and The Script as influences. Rydel cites Neon Trees and Walk the Moon as her favorite bands.[3]

Personal life

As of September 2013, she is dating her bandmate, Ellington Ratliff.[21]

Filmography

Television roles
Year Title Role Notes
2008 Sunday School Musical Crossroads Choir Member
2009 School Gyrls Cheerleader
2011 A Day as Holly's Kids Holly's Actual Kid 2
2012 Bunheads Vegas Showgirl Episode: "Pilot"; uncredited
2015 Violetta Herself (with R5) Season 3, episode 70

Discography

Main article: R5 discography

References

  1. ↑ Rydel Lynch (October 24, 2011). "@GleeksloveR5 Mary and aug 9th 1993 =D". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Kristen Kraemer (July 4, 2012). "10 Things to Know About Ross Lynch and His Band, R5!". Teen. Defy Media. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Adele Jennings. "Exclusive: Interview with the band R5 including Disney Channel's Austin & Ally star Ross Lynch". Mirror. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "R5 Dishes On Being Cousins To Derek Hough & Julianne Hough". Access Hollywood. NBCUniversal. November 21, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Ross Lynch And His Family At The Fall Out Boy Concert". Dis411. June 13, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  6. ↑ Jay Bobbin (March 16, 2015). "'Dancing With the Stars' Julianne Hough wants to be truthful without tearing the dancers apart". Zap2it. Tribune Media.
  7. ↑ "Sunday School Musical". Netflix. (subscription required (help)).
  8. 1 2 3 "Artists – R5". Hollywood Records. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  9. ↑ Ryland Lynch [rylandlynch] (April 26, 2014). "Every one wish the Best Manager in the world a happy birthday for me :) @boomansworld 🎉🎉🎉" (Tweet). Retrieved April 27, 2014 – via Twitter.
  10. ↑ "Radio Disney Presents The 2012 R5 West Coast Tour". Disney Dreaming. May 2, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Louder (Deluxe): R5: MP3 Downloads". Amazon. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
  12. ↑ Mohammed Sherif (September 19, 2013). "R5 reveal credits for debut album 'Louder'". Hamada Mania. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  13. ↑ "About". R5. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  14. ↑ Tim Sendra. "Louder - R5". AllMusic. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  15. ↑ "All Music Louder Review". R5. February 19, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  16. ↑ Rachel Ho (September 26, 2016). "Review: Louder by R5". Musichel. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  17. ↑ Amanda Joyce. "R5: Louder Review". Portrait Magazine. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  18. ↑ "November 16, 2013 – Los Angeles, CA: Club Nokia". R5. Archived from the original on April 15, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Love Me Like That". Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  20. ↑ Zach Johnson (April 27, 2014). "Radio Disney Music Awards: Selena Gomez, One Direction, Fifth Harmony and Taylor Swift Win Big!". E! Online. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  21. ↑ "RYDEL LYNCH CONFIRMS SHE IS DATING ELLINGTON RATLIFF IN 'R5: ALL DAY, ALL NIGHT'".

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