FEARLESS WELCOMES MINUTE AFTER MIDNIGHT TO THE LABEL’S GLOBAL ROSTER
ARTIST SHARES VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE “MASOCHIST” — WATCH
FEARLESS RECORDS is thrilled to welcome MINUTE AFTER MIDNIGHT to the label’s global roster.
Minute After Midnight is the brainchild of Derrick Ryan, having sprouted from the fertile musical grounds of Nashville in 2016.
To celebrate the new partnership, the artist has shared the video for new single “MASOCHIST.” Watch it here.
With “Masochist,” feeling bad feels oh so good!
The track is deceptively upbeat, with mid-tempo, alt rock x pop melodies and a playful, perfectly measured sprinkling of synths, electronics, and riffs. You will find yourself bobbing your head and singing along to the song’s existential chorus, which asks, “Why am I like this?” It’s a banger through and through, seamlessly weaving a tapestry of pop, rock, and emo.
“It’s a song that makes you smile while simultaneously breaks your heart, it sounds uplifting, but at its core is a brutally honest, sad confession,” Ryan explains. “Writing ‘Masochist’ felt like ripping open my chest and letting the world see the beauty in my self-destruction — an anthem laced with nostalgia that exposes a vulnerable glimpse into my inner world.”
Minute After Midnight’s 2023-released single “Ghost” catapulted to 7.6 million Spotify streams and landed on the SiriusXM Octane airwaves. The song and Minute After Midnight’s plentiful, hook-laden alt rock melodies, which play with textures, captured the attention of powerhouse label Fearless Records, who promptly signed the artist to a global record deal. Minute After Midnight cross-pollinates both an intimate, created-in-my-bedroom vibe with room-filling production sound. It’s this exercise in contrasts that defines “Masochist.” Ultimately, it’s a pop rock banger that indicates where Minute After Midnight is headed — musically and professionally.
