Britain’s Got Talent 2011 runner-up Ronan Parke, 13, from Norfolk, has denied recent reports of being “dropped” by Simon Cowell’s Syco record label and Sony Music.
“Ronan wanted to go with new management and explore new ideas,” his mother Maggie Parke has told the BBC.
Coming second to Jai McDowall in 2011, Parke secured a record deal with Sony/SyCo. He launched a self-titled debut album last October which peaked at 22 in the UK.
Now signed to ADR Management, Parke has his head down in the school books but is collaborating with writers on an EP due to be released this summer.
Ronan just made a big announcement on his official site:
As some of you guys may know from my recent tweet, I am working on new material!!!
I’m so excited about this, because I’ve always loved writing and now I can express myself through my own music. This picture was taken of me last week in a recording studio in Essex at Champions Hall when I also did other things too..
Working on a new single which I will be able tell you all about soon… still got loads more to tell you all, but thought I should tell you this, because I can’t keep secrets for too long!! xxx
So we’re finally going to hear something that’s just Ronan, not a cover :)
A lot of us have been thinking that Ronan’s big surprise may be new music. Since his old record label would probably have the rights to his last album.
Looks very likely that this is true, here is a photo from today!
