Royal & the Serpent | |
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![]() Royal & the Serpent performing in 2021 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Ryan Jillian Santiago [1] |
Born | May 25, 1994 |
Origin | New Jersey, U.S. |
Genres | pop-punk [4] |
Occupation(s) |
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Years active | 2017–present |
Labels | Atlantic |
Website |
royalandtheserpent |
Ryan Jillian Santiago (born May 25, 1994), known professionally as Royal & the Serpent, is an American singer and songwriter.
A New Jersey native, Ryan Santiago was born on May 25, 1994. [3] She was raised both Catholic and Jewish. [5] Santiago took up competitive dance as a child, until she "shattered both [her] heel plates" after jumping off a stage while performing when she was 14 years old. [6] [7] She subsequently delved into musical theater. [6] In her teenage years, Santiago learned how to play the guitar and began writing songs. [6] She attended her first concert on the Oops!... I Did It Again Tour at the age of six. [8]
At the age of 18, Santiago moved to Los Angeles, where she attended art school and worked as a bartender in a restaurant. [6] [9] [10] [11] She has credited encouragement from a co-worker, who later became her first manager, for motivating her to pursue a professional career as a musician. [6] [9] [10]
In 2017, Santiago independently released "Temperance", her debut single under the stage name Royal & the Serpent. [6] On her moniker, she has explained that "'Royal & the Serpent' translates to 'Me + My Ego'". [12] In 2018, she released her second single, "Together", [13] and was featured on the song "Wicked" by music producer Tommee Profitt. [3] By the end of 2019, she had signed with Atlantic Records. [6] [7]
"Overwhelmed", Royal & the Serpent's first single on Atlantic, was released in June 2020, [14] [15] and her debut EP get a grip was released in October. [16] That year, she joined English singer Yungblud's Weird Time of Life virtual tour as a supporting act. [17] Royal & the Serpent's second EP Searching for Nirvana was released in June 2021. [18]
In January 2022, Santiago was featured as a guest vocalist on "pity party" by Stand Atlantic. Her third EP, IF I DIED WOULD ANYONE CARE, was released on January 28, 2022. [19] Later that year she performed as a supporting act for Demi Lovato on her Holy Fvck Tour as well as grandson on his Death of a Tour tour. [20] [21]
In 2023, Santiago performed as a supporting act for Fall Out Boy on their So Much (for) Stardust tour. [22] Instead of releasing a full album, she plans to release a dual-single every month from May 2023 through the end of the year. [23] [24] [25] While on tour, she released a limited-edition compilation album featuring songs from her previous EPs IF I DIED WOULD ANYONE CARE and Happiness Is An Inside Job. [26] [27]
Title | Details |
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HOW TO GROW A RAT [28] [27] |
Title | Details |
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get a grip [29] |
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searching for nirvana [30] |
|
IF I DIED WOULD ANYONE CARE [31] |
|
Happiness is an Inside Job [32] |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
US Alt. [33] |
US Rock [34] | ||||
"Temperance" [35] | 2017 | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"Together" [13] | 2018 | — | — | ||
"Weddings & Funerals" [36] | 2019 | — | — | ||
"Salvador Dali"
[37] (with Marky Style) |
— | — | |||
"Idk"
[38] (with Marky Style) |
— | — | |||
"Underneath the Mask" [39] | — | — | |||
"MMXX" [40] | 2020 | — | — | ||
"overwhelmed" [41] | 6 | 20 | get a grip & searching for nirvana | ||
"Bad Kids"
[44] (featuring Yoshi Flower) |
— | — | Non-album single | ||
"i can't get high" [45] | 2021 | — | — | searching for nirvana | |
"fuck u" [46] | — | — | |||
"GO F*CK URSELF" [47] | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
"CHIPS"
[48] (featuring American Teeth) |
— | — | |||
"IM NOT SORRY" [49] | — | — | IF I DIED WOULD ANYONE CARE | ||
"LUCID DREAMS"
[50] (with Beauty School Dropout) |
— | — | Non-album single | ||
"FUCKBOI REJECTS" [51] | 2022 | — | — | IF I DIED WOULD ANYONE CARE | |
"Happier in Hell" [52] | — | — | Non-album single | ||
"IM FINE" [53] | — | — | Happiness is an Inside Job | ||
"Death of Me" [54] | — | — | |||
"Love Abuser (Save Me)" [55] | — | — | |||
"Happiness 4 Dummies" [56] | — | — | |||
"ASTROTURF" [57] | 2023 | — | — | RAT TRAP I : the blueprint | |
"ONE NATION UNDERDOGS" [57] | — | — | |||
"JUNKIE" [58] | — | — | RAT TRAP 2: the burn | ||
"SLUG" [58] | — | — | |||
"Utopia" [59] | — | — | RAT TRAP 3: the band-aid | ||
"Sweet Tooth" [59] | — | — | |||
"u ruined frank ocean 4 me" [60] | — | — | RAT TRAP 4: the burden | ||
"separation anxiety" [60] | — | — | |||
"oops" [60] | — | — | |||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
---|---|---|---|
US Dance [61] | |||
"Wicked"
[62] ( Tommee Profitt featuring Royal & the Serpent) |
2018 | — | Cinematic Songs (Vol. 4) |
"Nectarines"
[63] (MELVV featuring Royal & the Serpent) |
2020 | — | Non-album singles |
"Wild"
[64] (J.Pollock featuring Royal & the Serpent) |
— | Woman | |
"Eat Spit!"
[65] (Slush Puppy featuring Royal & the Serpent) |
2021 | — | Non-album singles |
"Sound the Alarm"
[66] ( The Knocks featuring Rivers Cuomo and Royal & the Serpent) |
29 | ||
"
abcdefu"
[67] ( Gayle featuring Royal & the Serpent) |
— | ||
"Starphucker"
[68] Beauty School Dropout featuring Royal & the Serpent |
— | Boys Do Cry | |
"Talk"
[69] Louis the Child featuring Royal & the Serpent |
2022 | — | To Believe |
"pity party"
[70] ( Stand Atlantic featuring Royal & the Serpent) |
— | F.E.A.R. | |
"Bitch"
[71] ( GG Magree featuring Royal & the Serpent) |
— | Dichotomy | |
"Eat Me"
[72] ( Demi Lovato featuring Royal & the Serpent) |
— | Holy Fvck | |
"Be Happy"
[73] ( Sleeping with Sirens featuring Royal & the Serpent) |
— | Complete Collapse | |
"SOS"
[74] ( Mod Sun featuring Royal & the Serpent) |
2023 | — | God Save the Teen |
"Punkstar"
[75] (Jutes featuring Royal & the Serpent) |
— | Ladybug | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Royal & the Serpent | |
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![]() Royal & the Serpent performing in 2021 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Ryan Jillian Santiago [1] |
Born | May 25, 1994 |
Origin | New Jersey, U.S. |
Genres | pop-punk [4] |
Occupation(s) |
|
Years active | 2017–present |
Labels | Atlantic |
Website |
royalandtheserpent |
Ryan Jillian Santiago (born May 25, 1994), known professionally as Royal & the Serpent, is an American singer and songwriter.
A New Jersey native, Ryan Santiago was born on May 25, 1994. [3] She was raised both Catholic and Jewish. [5] Santiago took up competitive dance as a child, until she "shattered both [her] heel plates" after jumping off a stage while performing when she was 14 years old. [6] [7] She subsequently delved into musical theater. [6] In her teenage years, Santiago learned how to play the guitar and began writing songs. [6] She attended her first concert on the Oops!... I Did It Again Tour at the age of six. [8]
At the age of 18, Santiago moved to Los Angeles, where she attended art school and worked as a bartender in a restaurant. [6] [9] [10] [11] She has credited encouragement from a co-worker, who later became her first manager, for motivating her to pursue a professional career as a musician. [6] [9] [10]
In 2017, Santiago independently released "Temperance", her debut single under the stage name Royal & the Serpent. [6] On her moniker, she has explained that "'Royal & the Serpent' translates to 'Me + My Ego'". [12] In 2018, she released her second single, "Together", [13] and was featured on the song "Wicked" by music producer Tommee Profitt. [3] By the end of 2019, she had signed with Atlantic Records. [6] [7]
"Overwhelmed", Royal & the Serpent's first single on Atlantic, was released in June 2020, [14] [15] and her debut EP get a grip was released in October. [16] That year, she joined English singer Yungblud's Weird Time of Life virtual tour as a supporting act. [17] Royal & the Serpent's second EP Searching for Nirvana was released in June 2021. [18]
In January 2022, Santiago was featured as a guest vocalist on "pity party" by Stand Atlantic. Her third EP, IF I DIED WOULD ANYONE CARE, was released on January 28, 2022. [19] Later that year she performed as a supporting act for Demi Lovato on her Holy Fvck Tour as well as grandson on his Death of a Tour tour. [20] [21]
In 2023, Santiago performed as a supporting act for Fall Out Boy on their So Much (for) Stardust tour. [22] Instead of releasing a full album, she plans to release a dual-single every month from May 2023 through the end of the year. [23] [24] [25] While on tour, she released a limited-edition compilation album featuring songs from her previous EPs IF I DIED WOULD ANYONE CARE and Happiness Is An Inside Job. [26] [27]
Title | Details |
---|---|
HOW TO GROW A RAT [28] [27] |
Title | Details |
---|---|
get a grip [29] |
|
searching for nirvana [30] |
|
IF I DIED WOULD ANYONE CARE [31] |
|
Happiness is an Inside Job [32] |
|
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
US Alt. [33] |
US Rock [34] | ||||
"Temperance" [35] | 2017 | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"Together" [13] | 2018 | — | — | ||
"Weddings & Funerals" [36] | 2019 | — | — | ||
"Salvador Dali"
[37] (with Marky Style) |
— | — | |||
"Idk"
[38] (with Marky Style) |
— | — | |||
"Underneath the Mask" [39] | — | — | |||
"MMXX" [40] | 2020 | — | — | ||
"overwhelmed" [41] | 6 | 20 | get a grip & searching for nirvana | ||
"Bad Kids"
[44] (featuring Yoshi Flower) |
— | — | Non-album single | ||
"i can't get high" [45] | 2021 | — | — | searching for nirvana | |
"fuck u" [46] | — | — | |||
"GO F*CK URSELF" [47] | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
"CHIPS"
[48] (featuring American Teeth) |
— | — | |||
"IM NOT SORRY" [49] | — | — | IF I DIED WOULD ANYONE CARE | ||
"LUCID DREAMS"
[50] (with Beauty School Dropout) |
— | — | Non-album single | ||
"FUCKBOI REJECTS" [51] | 2022 | — | — | IF I DIED WOULD ANYONE CARE | |
"Happier in Hell" [52] | — | — | Non-album single | ||
"IM FINE" [53] | — | — | Happiness is an Inside Job | ||
"Death of Me" [54] | — | — | |||
"Love Abuser (Save Me)" [55] | — | — | |||
"Happiness 4 Dummies" [56] | — | — | |||
"ASTROTURF" [57] | 2023 | — | — | RAT TRAP I : the blueprint | |
"ONE NATION UNDERDOGS" [57] | — | — | |||
"JUNKIE" [58] | — | — | RAT TRAP 2: the burn | ||
"SLUG" [58] | — | — | |||
"Utopia" [59] | — | — | RAT TRAP 3: the band-aid | ||
"Sweet Tooth" [59] | — | — | |||
"u ruined frank ocean 4 me" [60] | — | — | RAT TRAP 4: the burden | ||
"separation anxiety" [60] | — | — | |||
"oops" [60] | — | — | |||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
---|---|---|---|
US Dance [61] | |||
"Wicked"
[62] ( Tommee Profitt featuring Royal & the Serpent) |
2018 | — | Cinematic Songs (Vol. 4) |
"Nectarines"
[63] (MELVV featuring Royal & the Serpent) |
2020 | — | Non-album singles |
"Wild"
[64] (J.Pollock featuring Royal & the Serpent) |
— | Woman | |
"Eat Spit!"
[65] (Slush Puppy featuring Royal & the Serpent) |
2021 | — | Non-album singles |
"Sound the Alarm"
[66] ( The Knocks featuring Rivers Cuomo and Royal & the Serpent) |
29 | ||
"
abcdefu"
[67] ( Gayle featuring Royal & the Serpent) |
— | ||
"Starphucker"
[68] Beauty School Dropout featuring Royal & the Serpent |
— | Boys Do Cry | |
"Talk"
[69] Louis the Child featuring Royal & the Serpent |
2022 | — | To Believe |
"pity party"
[70] ( Stand Atlantic featuring Royal & the Serpent) |
— | F.E.A.R. | |
"Bitch"
[71] ( GG Magree featuring Royal & the Serpent) |
— | Dichotomy | |
"Eat Me"
[72] ( Demi Lovato featuring Royal & the Serpent) |
— | Holy Fvck | |
"Be Happy"
[73] ( Sleeping with Sirens featuring Royal & the Serpent) |
— | Complete Collapse | |
"SOS"
[74] ( Mod Sun featuring Royal & the Serpent) |
2023 | — | God Save the Teen |
"Punkstar"
[75] (Jutes featuring Royal & the Serpent) |
— | Ladybug | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |