Ricky Montgomery

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Ricky Montgomery
Born (1993-04-03) April 3, 1993 (age 28)
Los Angeles, California
OriginSt. Louis
GenresIndie-Pop, Alternative, Bedroom pop
Years active2014—present
LabelsWarner Records
Associated acts
Websiterickymontgomery.com

Ricky Montgomery (born April 3, 1993)[1] is an American Indie pop musician and songwriter. In 2020, his songs went viral on TikTok, leading to being signed with Warner Records later that year.[2]

Early life[]

He was born in Los Angeles. His mother was a teacher, and his father was a gaffer.[1] Early on, his parents got a divorce,[3] and, in 2005, he and his mother moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where he began to play in various bands at the age of 14.[1][2] In 2014, he gained a following on Vine, a short-form video service, posting comical original songs.[4] He found the site the day after the app had launched, from a CNN news article. He saw the site as a potential "springboard for a possible music career."[3] After finding success with that, Montgomery released his first EP, Caught On The Moon.[1][4] Soon after, he dropped out of college and returned to Los Angeles to pursue a musical career.[2]

He has a sister[3] and a girlfriend.[5]

Career[]

In LA, he released his first studio album "Montgomery Ricky" on April 1st, 2016.[2][6] Montgomery founded indie band The Honeysticks with a childhood friend of his[7] to experiment musically.[when?][2][4][8] The band name was derived from a snack Montgomery ate every Saturday morning when he was a kid, made of sticks of honey.[3] In 2018 he took the year off of making music and started social media marketing companies to earn more money,[5][9][10][self-published source?] and by 2020 was considering quitting making music entirely.[2][4] However, in mid-2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, his two singles—Mr Loverman and Line Without A Hook—went viral on TikTok.[2] With his explosion in popularity, he had been contacted by "virtually every single major label A&R in a matter of months."[4] And in December 2020,[4][11] he signed with Warner Records[2][12] after a large bidding war.[11][5][self-published source?]

I think because we had a really traumatizing year, these songs kind of found a moment, because they’re all, in their own way, about traumas in my life.

— Ricky Montgomery[7]

Since then, he has remixed two songs in 2021 from his debut album with fellow artists Chloe Moriondo and mxmtoon respectively.[4][7] Montgomery came in contact with mxmtoon after finding her perform one of his songs on the streaming platform Twitch, learning that she had been a fan of his Vine content before it shut down.[4] Moriondo had also been found by him from a song cover of Out Like A Light.[13]

Montgomery is planning on working on his second album,[4][5] as well as working with The Honeysticks more.[14]

Discography[]

EPs[]

  • Caught On The Moon (2014)

Singles[]

  • Out Like A Light (2017)[a]
  • Line Without A Hook (2021)[b]
  • Mr Loverman (2021)[c][13]
  • Talk To You (2021)

Montgomery Ricky (2016)[]

All tracks are written by Ricky Montgomery.

Montgomery Ricky
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."This December" 3:01
2."Line Without a Hook" 4:09
3."Cabo"Jon Heisserer2:27
4."Dont Know How"Dylan Schnitker3:03
5."Last Night" 4:03
6."California" 3:30
7."My Heart Is Buried In Venice" 3:04
8."Mr Loverman" 3:36
9."Get Used to It" 3:55
10."Snow"Jon Heisserer4:36
Total length:35:30

Notes[]

  1. ^ Montgomery says that this is the best song that he has written[15]
  2. ^ This is a remake of the song with the same title in the album "Montgomery Ricky" with singer mxmtoon
  3. ^ This song is a remake of the same song in his album "Montgomery Ricky" with musician Chloe Moriondo

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Montgomery, Ricky. "ricky montgomery". Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "Ricky Montgomery - Paradigm Talent Agency". Paradigm Talent Agency. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Myszkowski, Max (December 3, 2019). "The Honeysticks Sweeten Storke Plaza". Music. Daily Nexus. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Ginsberg, Gab (February 5, 2021). "Ricky Montgomery Signs With Warner Records, Debuts 'Line Without a Hook' With Mxmtoon: Exclusive". Billboard (magazine). Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Montgomery, Ricky (February 18, 2021). "Hello! I am singer-songwriter Ricky Montgomery. I wrote Mr Loverman and Line Without a Hook, two of the biggest TikTok songs of the last year. I also do music as a job. AMA!". Reddit - /r/Music. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  6. ^ Caulfield, AJ (April 2, 2016). "Album Review: Ricky Montgomery – "Montgomery Ricky"". The Young Folks. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c Crowley, Erin (February 5, 2021). "Ricky Montgomery & mxmtoon Team up for New Version of 'Line Without a Hook'". Melodic Magazine. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  8. ^ "Ricky Montgomery". Modern Music Maker. February 26, 2018. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  9. ^ Montgomery, Ricky (February 18, 2021). "Hello! I am singer-songwriter Ricky Montgomery. I wrote Mr Loverman and Line Without a Hook, two of the biggest TikTok songs of the last year. I also do music as a job. AMA!". Reddit /r/Music. Retrieved June 3, 2021. I did give up. Very publicly, in fact. Quit music for a full year and started a few businesses mostly by stringing together skills I had learned while promoting my stuff online. Had nominal success, made a pretty good living.
  10. ^ Montgomery, Ricky (February 18, 2021). "Hello! I am singer-songwriter Ricky Montgomery. I wrote Mr Loverman and Line Without a Hook, two of the biggest TikTok songs of the last year. I also do music as a job. AMA!". Reddit /r/Music. Retrieved June 3, 2021. Before I came back to music, I had a creative advertising agency called Hotwax that I was running with a guy named Nikoli (you might know him from doing tour photography and other stuff for Wallows).
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b Ricky Montgomery [@rickymontgomery] (December 21, 2020). "TLDR: I signed my first major label deal last week with @warnerrecords and I'm really happy. Keep reading for the long version..............ok long version I just got through a bidding war that involved possibly more than 50 group phone calls, learned A LOT, and feel like I've aged a year in the last 3 months. I hope to tell stories about this process one day, but for now I'm just thankful. And very happy to be here. More info coming very soon. For now, please accept me looking rough as fuck right after it happened on Friday". Retrieved June 3, 2021 – via Instagram.
  12. ^ "Ricky Montgomery" (Press release). Warner Records. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b March, Kim (March 5, 2021). "Ricky Montgomery and chloe moriondo Team Up on a Wistful Remake of "Mr. Loverman"". Flood Magazine. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  14. ^ Montgomery, Ricky (February 18, 2021). "Hello! I am singer-songwriter Ricky Montgomery. I wrote Mr Loverman and Line Without a Hook, two of the biggest TikTok songs of the last year. I also do music as a job. AMA!". Reddit /r/Music. Retrieved June 3, 2021. Yep! Timelines are a little messed up because of covid and this new unexpected chapter of the solo project, but The Honeysticks are still together (minus Caleb). Ben and Ryan will also probably end up being on all of the solo tours. We're all friends and play COD Zombies every night
  15. ^ Montgomery, Ricky (February 18, 2021). "Hello! I am singer-songwriter Ricky Montgomery. I wrote Mr Loverman and Line Without a Hook, two of the biggest TikTok songs of the last year. I also do music as a job. AMA!". Reddit /r/Music. Retrieved June 3, 2021. Out Like a Light. It's both an experimental arrangement and a very simple structure. The sort of songwriting I strive for, and wish I could create more reliably

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