ONR.

Robert David Shields, known professionally as ONR, is a Scottish musician, songwriter and producer currently signed to Seeker Music.

Early life and career ONR is originally from Renfrewshire, but has spent most of his life living in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. As a teenager, he signed a publishing deal in Los Angeles, set up his own record label, and released an album. He would later form a band called Finding Albert, and composed music for various film and television projects including Sky Sports. In mid-2016, he began releasing music under the ONR. moniker through the Los Angeles indie label, Leftwing. Soon after, he signed a record deal with Capitol Records.

Influences on ONR. include David Bowie, Kate Bush, Echo & the Bunnymen, Arcade Fire, OMD, Simple Minds and Interpol. Early on, he received support from LA radio stations, KCRW and KCSN. He released his first major label single, "Jericho," in August 2017 and played the main stage at the Electric Fields Festival soon after.

He released his second single "5 Years Time" in November 2017. He followed that with the release of "American Gods" in February 2018.

He signed to Warner Records in 2019. In August 2020, ONR released "Kill TV" on Warner Records which featured guitarist and producer Nile Rodgers. The two struck up a friendship after meeting at Abbey Road Studios. Rodgers said of working with ONR "it was almost like Daft Punk, I played one song and after they were like, 'well, here's another one and here's another one'... I said, ‘wow, this guy has really got something.'"

ONR has toured across Europe with artists including Bastille, Jake Bugg, Lewis Capaldi and Mondo Cozmo.

In 2023 Shields was given the PRS Foundation "Hitmaker Award", the organisation's award for rising songwriters and producers.

Shields is a keen environmentalist and conservationist. In 2024, in collaboration with world-renowned nature sound recordist Martyn Stewart, Shields wrote and produced the album "Imperfect Cadence", capturing the natural soundscapes of Scotland over fifty-years. The album was praised worldwide, receiving positive reviews from Billboard, NPR and Esquire. Label: Warner Format: Digital download

Singles + List of singles showing chart positions, year released and album name Single Year Peak chartpositions Album USAlt. USRock "Jericho"2017—— "5 Years Time"——"American Gods"2018——"Love in Suburbia"——"Sober"(featuring Carina Jade)2020——"Human Enough"——"Crash Landing"——"Kill TV"(featuring Nile Rodgers)——"Must Stop (Falling in Love)"(featuring Sarah Barthel)2339"Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy"——"It Gets to a Point"2021——"Cold In My Shadow"2023——"Chemical"2024——"A Life"2024——

As featured artist + List of singles showing year released and album name Single Year Album"Temper Temper"(with Sander van Doorn) 2020