Stacey Ryan’s “Blessing In Disguise” Is the Jazz-Pop Diary You Didn’t Know You Needed!

LA-by-way-of-Montreal singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Stacey Ryan just dropped her long-awaited debut album Blessing In Disguise today, and it’s giving us all the feels. Alongside the release comes a tender, homesick visual for the opener “Montréal”—a track that doubles as a love letter to her hometown and a snapshot of her life now.

A Debut Full of Emotion and Growth

The 11-song record is a scrapbook of heartbreak, growth, and self-discovery. Every track is its little truth bomb: the bittersweet tug-of-war of “Bad Omen,” the razor-sharp confrontation of “Nothing Like You,” the euphoric freedom of “Sweet Talker.” Throughout, Stacey weaves her signature jazz-inflected chord changes and warm, agile vocals into pop-soul arrangements that somehow manage to feel both timeless and brand new.

“I’m so excited and proud to bring you my debut full-length album Blessing In Disguise,” Stacey says. “Every song represents a different lesson learned in life and relationships, and how I grew from each situation. At the time, it seemed I would be stuck in those hard places forever, but now looking back, I realized I needed to go through all those experiences to be who I am today.”

“Montréal” and a Meteoric Rise

The focus single, “Montréal,” is all soft percussion and luminous keys, telling the story of a missing family, living oceans apart, and redefining what “home” means. The video captures this duality, cutting between intimate scenes of Montreal life and candid moments in LA.

The drop follows “Bad Omen,” Stacey’s shimmering soul-pop confessional about opening up to someone only to realize their intentions didn’t match yours—a perfect taste of the album’s balance between vulnerability and vitality.

If Stacey’s rise feels fast, that’s because it has been. She first went viral in 2022 with “Don’t Text Me When You’re Drunk” (350M views, 280K pre-saves), then went global with “Fall In Love Alone,” which hit #1 on Billboard in Indonesia and landed in the Top 5 across Southeast Asia, racking up over half a billion streams. That same year, she opened for Duran Duran at BST Hyde Park and even played The Late Late Show with James Corden.

Since then, she’s toured the world—from North America to Europe to Asia—and hit iconic stages like Montreal Jazz Festival, Montreux, and Jakarta’s Java Soul. A classically trained jazz pianist who also plays guitar, bass, ukulele, and trumpet, Stacey’s built a rep for folding complex musicianship into pop hooks that stick for days.

With Blessing In Disguise, she’s stepping into her most personal era yet—and trust us, you’ll want to come along for the ride.