RuthAnne revealed that the song is ready to go and involves an eighteen people tween choir, full of young Irish talent that participated in the nationwide talent search. She commented in the interview saying the aim of IWIH is “to bring some positivity to Christmas in Ireland this year.”

When asked what the song would be, RuthAnne turned the question back on presenters Rebecca and Brendan and asked what they thought the song would be. While everyone had assumed the artists would be covering a classic Christmas song, they began to doubt themselves. Rebecca said she thought an original Christmas song would be exactly what everyone needs, RuthAnne replied saying; “I’m not gonna say much more but you’ll all be very nicely surprised when it comes out.”

RuthAnne’s newest song Remember This came out on the 23rd of October. She had written the song a year and a half ago but never did anything with it, she then rediscovered the song during lockdown. She said she cried when she heard it because of how much it summed up this year so she decided to reproduce it and release it. She also said; “It felt like the right fit to start the next chapter of my music with.” A new chapter that will show a woman who knows what she wants, she has assured fans that this will be an empowering album.

RuthAnne is a singer-songwriter, who has created hugely famous songs like Jo Jo’s Too Little Too Late, Niall Horan’s hit Slow Hands and Work Bitch performed by Britney Spears. RuthAnne is also a Grammy-nominated for her work on John Legend’s album A Legendary Christmas. In March 2018, RuthAnne released her debut single The Vow, which was featured in shows like Love Island and Grey’s Anatomy.

The group, Irish Women In Harmony joined together this summer to release a cover of The Cranberries’ hit Dreams to raise money for SAFE Ireland. They raised €250,000 for the charity and remained in the Irish charts for over two months. The group, who was set up by RuthAnne was also set up to highlight the inequality in the Irish music industry.

A date still hasn’t been announced for the track from the Irish Women in Harmony, but you can check out Remember This below.

Fans were excited to hear the news, one fan tweeted; “Ahhh im so excited!!! Cant wait for this. New era is going to be amazing!” Other Irish artists also commented on RuthAnne’s news, including Erica Cody, who said; “We are ready” followed by heart eyed emojis.

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MY NEW SINGLE is coming Oct 23rd called ‘Remember This’ aaaahhh the next chapter begins and it’s going to be a special one…#Rememberthis Pre-save link in bio NOW.

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This will be RuthAnne’s first track since her 2019 debut album Matters of the Heart. The album featured wonderful singles such as Unrequited, Superman, Love Again, It Is What It Is, Liquid, Take My Place and The Vow, which featured in the season finale of last year’s Love Island.

To celebrate the one-year anniversary of the album, RuthAnne performed live versions of You Don’t Have a Heart, Honest Man and Move Me in The Church Studios. She posted the beautiful versions to Instagram over the course of last week talking about how much each song meant to her. She also constantly thanked her fans for the constant support they’ve shown her over the years.

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Happy 1yr anniversary to my debut album #mattersoftheheart to celebrate & thank you all for your support here is a special live acoustic I filmed last year at @churchstudios featuring @vibevillage beautiful vocals & the iconic @heisx.a.vier on keys we had so much fun doing this and it’s one of my faves off the album! There will be more coming this week. Love you all, R xxx special thank you to the fab vibe village singers @mattmaijah @desri_7 @meeshlolo @laylaelaineley @tarnarenae @richy.stefan & shoutout to my co-writer/producer @sonnyjmason for writing & arranging & producing this one with me

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RuthAnne is also a part of the 39-piece Irish group, Irish Women in Harmony. The group joined together this summer to release a cover of The Cranberries’ hit Dreams to raise money for SAFE Ireland. They raised €250,000 for the charity and remained in the Irish charts for over two months.

The group, who was set up by RuthAnne was also set up to highlight the inequality in the Irish music industry. In an Instagram post on the IWIH account they said; “We are seeing the change and making the change so keep moving with us and let’s get more Irish female artists on radio, on festival line ups, on tv, in the press. We need to support our own because the talent we have in this country is outstanding. Lets continue to leave an Irish music legacy for the artists to come.”

The collaboration has also opened the conversation about female representation in the Irish music industry. Organiser and producer, RuthAnne took to her social media to say how proud she was to create this union, saying; “We felt it was time to raise our voices together in unity as the women in music from Ireland and come together to support the domestic abuse victims & survivors.” 

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Irish Women in Harmony ‘Dreams’ coming this Thursday 18th June in support of @safeireland #womensupportingwomen I am so excited to announce this. About a month ago I starting dm-ing Irish female artists & wanted to get a group of us together to do something special, remotely but together in spirit and before I knew it we had 32 Irish female artists & 7 Irish female musicians covering an iconic Irish song by legends @thecranberries #dreams and I produced it. From some of the female trailblazers in Irish music to the emerging female artists from this country. Go follow our brand new community @irishwomeninharmony for Irish female creatives & join us cos I know there are so many more out there & this is just the beginning. We felt it was time to raise our voices together in unity as the women in music from Ireland and come together to support the domestic abuse victims & survivors. During lockdown home has been our safe place but for so many home is a hostile, dangerous and violent environment with domestic abuse rates raising 25% since lockdown and we have to help. All proceeds from this song are going to @safeireland. You can swipe to presave the single now in my bio. Can’t wait for you to hear it. Stay tuned for premiere details. To donate €4 now text SAFE to 50300. Shoutout to @rionagh & @catherineroyle from @mcdproductions for this beautiful artwork!!

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Contributer and singer-songwriter Stephaine Rainey spoke to Hot Press to say how in Ireland female artists are usually pitted against each other so this song shows the unity that should exist in the industry.“We need more Irish women headlining the 3Arena. There is absolutely no reason why it can’t happen.” She went on to say “Every other country is producing female superstars – when did Ireland stop doing that? There is so much talent – it just needs focus. We need support.”

Music duo Morgan McIntyre and Gemma Doherty, better known as Saint Sister, also talked to Hot Press and highlighted their experiences, saying; “It’s a shame we still have to shout for women’s voices and their instruments to be heard and recognised.” They went on to say how powerful media representation is and how we need to amplify female voices to achieve gender equality in music.

Other contributers to the song have spoken out on social media about their own anger, and about how they feel left behind by the Irish music industry as a whole. Singer-songwriter Orla Gartland quote tweeted a playlist from Eirewave.ie on the 22nd of May. Eirewave is an online only radio station which aims to play exclusively Irish artists. The playlist detailed the top played Irish music, which did not have a single female artist on it and said “hi just wondering if anyone at @eirewave has ever met or heard of a woman before.” 

Following the release of the song, Gartland posted to Instagram saying: “growing up in Ireland there were so few female musicians on Irish radio & TV, billed at gigs and festivals.. it’s hard to imagine yourself doing a job when you don’t see or hear others that look like you.”

 

 

 

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As the conversation continues, it will be interesting to see the response from the big names in the Irish music industry and what we can do going forward to support Irish female voices.

Check out the Irish Women in Harmony’s cover of The Cranberries’ Dreams in aid of SAFE Ireland below. SAFE works to save women and children from domestic violence in Ireland.