New artist Ethan from South Africa has recently signed a record deal with Republic Records, he caught the attention of the label when he posted a video of him singing “time keeper” an original song written and produced by himself, on his tik tok page weeks ago. Since the post went viral he has gained 75 million and counting new followers and also the attention of a few Record Labels. “We saw the potential in him to become a start and to be one of the best performers there are out there, but we had to make it quick because we weren’t the only label wanting him on our team, just this morning we had a Zoom meeting with him discussing his new project and i must say, his creative direction and stage direction is impeccable. Since we signed him in February he has already turned in about 45 songs and is hard at work with visual production and direction. We are truly excited to continue working with him and we can’t wait to see him and his art blossom as time goes.” said by head of A&R at Republic Records Monte Lipman. “I feel blessed indeed to be working and to have signed with such an amazing company, my team and managers are the most kind and supportive and they understand and get my work ethic. I am hard at work ready to bring y’all some music and am also incredibly excited to take this step.” said by Ethan in an interview with GMA.
It has also been announced that Ethan will be starring in the next season of Legacies and will be joining the main cast as of late-August this year. Ethan is also joining the new season of another show on Netflix who start filming late-March next year. Ethan has stated in an outtake from this interview that he is “excited” as well as “nervous” to make this big move to L.A later this year. “I’m moving to L.A once we wrap up filming in Georgia in December and that’s really exciting…. but then again I leave to film the other show in February next year again, so i won’t really spend much time in my new home until June next year, then i’ll be in L.A and focused on my music and other things.”