![]() ![]() I haven’t had any huge inconveniences because of COVID. JR: Not yet, I’ve mainly just done festivals so far, so it’s kind of been pretty self-contained, I would say. In hotels, maybe not getting to see the cities where you perform, has that been QRO: How about the logistics, about staying It’s wild seeing this many peopleĬome out and want to hear me sing. It feels like, during the pandemic, I was sort of Played a festival before, then come out of the pandemic playing festivals, JR: It was really interesting to have never Road? Especially at the relatively ‘tender age’ of 21? Now that there are concerts again – what is it like being on the QRO: I believe this is your first longer-termĮxperience on tour, though you did a couple of shows with Dayglow, before the pandemic President, and everyone was talking about it, so I guess it was that idea ofįlipping someone like that on their head or something (being a little JR: Oh, yes – but it was a while after he ran for QRO: Yes, of course, he did organize Utah’s Was so popular there, basically because he’s Mormon, because he’s not even from Jack Rutter: It was kind of just indirectly, because he Of the Church of Latter Day Saints, and Mitt Romney is arguably the most famous Momney.” I know you’ve said that it doesn’t really mean something specific, butĪ way for you to stick it the man, but you grew up in Salt Lake City, the Capital QRO: First, I have to ask: The name: “Ritt Rutter seems to be handling it with grace, as he moves from a life in Salt Lake City to the Big Apple, and he’s looking forward to what’s next. This 21-year-old is doing what he has always wanted to do, but it comes at a price – the pressure to live up to your dreams. From backing music on a viral Tik Tok challenge, to a record deal and tour – Rutter has been on a whirlwind journey over the past two years. Learn more at Patreon.While at Shaky Knees, QRO sat down with Jack Rutter, a.k.a. There are a bunch of exclusive perks only for patrons: playlists, newsletters, downloads, discussions, polls - hell, tell us what song you would like to hear covered and we will make it happen. Cover Me is now on Patreon! If you love cover songs, we hope you will consider supporting us there with a small monthly subscription. It was pretty therapeutic.”Ĭheck out more from Ritt Momney at his website. Keeping a similar drum line also allows this cover to retain the soulful quality of the original whilst being undeniably unique and fresh.īeyond its viral success, the cover signified a moment of hope amidst challenges for Rutter, who said that between COVID and his own struggles with depression he “couldn’t handle writing a depressing song… I started playing around with the idea of manifesting happiness instead of projecting my own sadness. ![]() While Rutter’s voice lacks Rae’s earthy grit, he retains her laid back delivery. The filters which warp Rutter’s vocals and the synths which chime into the instrumentals subvert the down-to-earth quality of the original. The production has a very different kind of effervescence here than in Rae’s 2006 classic. In a Rolling Stone interview, Rutter described the track’s popularity as “an almost overnight shift”. Originally released independently in April, the summery track achieved viral success on TikTok – it currently has over 23 million streams on Spotify. Utah-based teen band turned solo project Ritt Momney has released a cover of Corinne Bailey Rae’s R&B hit “Put Your Records On.” Only 20 years old and one LP into his career, main man Jack Rutter has seen this breakthrough hit land him a major-label record deal.
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