Stacey Ryan

Stacey Ryan (born August 18, 2000) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She initially received public attention in January 2022 after posting a snippet of her single, "Don't Text Me When You're Drunk", and asking users to finish the lyrics. Her subsequent single, "Fall in Love Alone", topped the Billboards Indonesia Songs chart in 2022. She was signed to Island Records. She released her debut EP, I Don't Know What Love Is on April 7, 2023.

Early life and education Stacey Ryan was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the suburban town of Vaudreuil-Dorion. Ryan was a trumpeter in École secondaire de la Cité-des-Jeunes' wind orchestra and jazz band. She graduated high school at age 16 after which she enrolled in a 3-year college program for jazz interpretation. She studied voice and guitar while in college.

Career In December 2021, Ryan posted a clip of her then unfinished single, "Don't Text Me When You're Drunk", and offered an "open verse challenge", asking users to finish the song with their own lyrics. Around 40,000 users created duets, contributing to hundreds of millions of views on the app. On an episode of The Tonight Show, host Jimmy Fallon sang his own verse to the song. Ryan was signed to Island Records, and, in January 2022, she released a studio version of the song with Zai1k, a musical artist and TikTok user who had collaborated with her open verse challenge.

In the spring of 2022, Ryan toured with the band Lawrence. which was later postponed to Spring 2023. In May 2022, she released the single, "Fall in Love Alone", which would eventually top the Billboard Indonesia Songs chart later in the year. In July 2022, she performed at the Montreal International Jazz Festival. In November 2022, Ryan embarked on a mall tour of Southeast Asia, including the Philippines and Indonesia. A remix of "Fall in Love Alone" featuring Indonesian artist Ziva Magnolya was released that month. She also opened for Duran Duran in 2022.

In 2024, Ryan revealed that she was dropped by her label. She then signed with TikTok's SoundOn Distribution to distribute her music to streaming platforms. On February 3, 2025, Ryan announced on Instagram her first single released as an independent artist, "Everything Everything", would be coming March 7 of that same year. She announced on June 30, 2025 that her debut album would be released on August 15, 2025, titled Blessing in Disguise.

Prior to the album's release, Ryan released five singles: "Everything Everything", On August 15, she released her debut studio album, Blessing in Disguise.

Discography Studio albums + List of studio albums Title Details Blessing in Disguise Released: August 15, 2025 Label: Independent Formats: Digital download, streaming

Extended plays + List of extended plays Title Details I Don't Know What Love Is Released: April 7, 2023 Label: Island Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles + List of singles as lead artist, showing year released, peak chart positions and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album(s) IND SUR "Bust Your Windows" 2020 — — — "Dancing Queen" 2021 — — — "Just the Two of Us" — — — "Don't Text Me When You're Drunk" 2022 — — — "Fall in Love Alone" 1 156 21 I Don't Know What Love Is "Deep End" — — — "Over Tonight" 2023 — — — "Bad for Me" — — — "Dream Boy" — — — "Baby It's Not Christmas without You" — — — "River" 2024 — — — "Everything Everything" 2025 — — — Blessing in Disguise "Like Someone in Love" — — — "Homewrecker" — — — Blessing in Disguise "Good to Be Alone" — — — "Sweet Talker" — — — "Bad Omen" — — — "It's Christmas" — — — "Wish Song" 2026 — — — "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.