Who is hot chelle rae lead singer

These types of journeys still happen. Search term. Billboard Pro Subscribe Sign In. Top Artists. Top Charts. Hot Songs. Billboard Top Videos. Top Articles. By Fred Bronson. Follow Billboard. All rights reserved. Ryan Follese has only been on the country scene for almost a year's worth of singles and a 6-song EP, but his relationship with country music goes far beyond September Follese began writing his own songs at about 7 or 8 years old -- "really stupid songs," he laughs -- working his way to becoming a solo artist around the age of But when he hit his late teens, an opportunity arose to form a pop-rock band called Hot Chelle Rae , and he put his country roots on the back burner: "I feel like I did what most kids do when they start a band -- I rebelled against what my parents did.

As a super family-oriented guy, Follese always had moments of feeling too far removed from his loved ones. Even so, when things died down with HCR, he continued writing for other artists in Los Angeles -- but once his mom was diagnosed with breast cancer in , he knew it was time to put his own career on hold. I needed to be at home in Nashville where my roots are -- it was kind of an easy decision. No matter how anyone felt, though, Follese knew that was what felt right for the storytelling he wanted to do as an artist.

That's important because I feel like [fans'] bulls--t meter is a lot better than people give them credit for. In reality, Follese's music isn't a shocking departure from the music he made with Hot Chelle Rae -- especially since he was the voice of the group to begin with.

Sign In. Edit Hot Chelle Rae. Showing all 6 items. Jump to: Mini Bio 1 Trivia 5. When Ryan and Nash met they almost didn't start the band because they're polar opposites but looked past their differences to form "Miracle Drug" that would later be "Hot Chelle Rae". Ian Keaggy, the bassist, moved to Ireland for six months before having a 'feeling' he should come back to Nashville.

Hot Chelle Rae started right after. The band was originally known as an unsigned group called Miracle Drug.