![]() I was assigned ‘Eleanor Rigby,’ so the song has always had a special place in my mind. “We had to do a project called The Lyric Project where we had to analyze a famous song and decide what we felt the lyrics meant. “It was first introduced to me in the 6th grade,” Fry explains. For instance, the cover of “Eleanor Rigby” has been on Fry’s radar for years. And when it came to deciding which songs would be on the record, each track was picked with incredible intentionality. The collection of songs is simply exquisite, delicious even. All of that has been stuff I’ve been wanting to do, but this success and need to bring these new fans into my music further is what got me to pull the trigger on creating Symphony Sessions.” “It’s a combination of new orchestrated arrangements of a few older songs, some newer songs, and then a cover of ‘Eleanor Rigby’ and collaboration with my friend Ben Rector. That’s how the Symphony Sessions were born,” Fry says. ![]() So I thought I needed to create a project that allows me a vehicle to create more music like that. “Coming off of the viral success of ‘I Hear A Symphony,’ I wanted to deliver more music in that orchestral genre to my new fans. ![]() The record combines the polished high drama of orchestration with the bubbly elements of pop music to create an irresistible sonic adventure. So, on January 21, Fry released his latest album titled Symphony Sessions. Now, it seemed like he was uncovering yet another dimension of the music realm that could take his career to the next level. Fry has been involved with music for his entire life (his father was an orchestral composer and jingle writer). This sudden reaction to “I Hear A Symphony” was equally stunning and encouraging for the artist. TikTok is just so weird, and I just love it,” he concludes. It feels like people really express themselves in super genuine ways, while I feel other social networks have this mask of shininess, that this is my brand I’m putting forward. “It was not my intention to be viral on TikTok, it just sort of happened, and the way it translated into streaming numbers for me has been a huge blessing to my career.
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