HE kicked off his singing career 13 years ago on The X Factor but failed to hit the big time.
But now Rylan Clark is having another shot at music after carving out a career as a TV and radio presenter.
2
2
I can reveal he flew to Los Angeles last month to spend time in the studio.
Rylan was working with music legend Diane Warren, who has written a string of huge hits including Cher’s If I Could Turn Back Time, Aerosmith’s I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing and Leann Rimes’ How Do I Live.
Over her career, Diane has also worked with Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston. . . and now Rylan’s the latest diva on her list!
A music insider said: “His first love has always been music.
“He has been writing songs for years, so when the chance for him to get into a studio with Diane came up he couldn’t say no.
“He was out in Los Angeles for four days and they had a great time together.”
Last spring, Rylan revealed he had been secretly releasing music under a pseudonym.
He explained: “I write music. So I’ve done quite a lot of songs.
“Some have been released, but not under ‘Rylan’ and they’ve done well, which is fun.
“I’ve released a couple of tracks that I’m happy with.”
Despite his secret success, the Radio 2 DJ said he was cautious about jacking in his day job to pursue pop full time.
Rylan added: “I’ve been really lucky over the last 12 years, I’ve been successful in my career. I’ve done really, really well.
“And this hand is telling me, ‘Don’t tell people it’s you because they’ll prejudge’.
“But then there’s this sort of curiosity killed the cat hand going, ‘Could you do it all again, like from scratch?’.”
He made quite an impression on the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012, and was seen with long blond hair in the auditions stage, a far cry from his slicker look today.
Next week Rylan will be in Basel, Switzerland, providing the commentary on the Eurovision semi-finals.
He joins Scott Mills from 8pm on BBC One on Tuesday and Thursday.
If his music career takes off, you never know, Rylan could be our entry next year.