ONR.

This article is about the Scottish singer. For other uses, see ONR.

ONR
Birth name	Robert David Shields
Origin	Renfrewshire, Scotland
Genres	Alternative pop
Labels	Warner Records, Capitol Records (former)
Website	Official website

Robert David Shields, known professionally as ONR,[1] is a Scottish singer and songwriter currently signed to Warner Records.

Early life and career

ONR. is originally from Renfrewshire, but has spent most of his life living in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. As a teenager in 2005, he signed a publishing deal in Los Angeles, set up his own record label, and released an album. He would later form a band called Finding Albert, and composed music for various film and television projects including Sky Sports. In mid-2016, he began releasing music under the ONR. moniker through the Los Angeles indie label, Leftwing. Soon after, he signed a record deal with Capitol Records.[2]

Influences on ONR. include Echo & the Bunnymen, Arcade Fire, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Simple Minds and Interpol.[3] Early on, he received support from LA radio stations, KCRW and KCSN.^[citation needed] He released his first major label single, "Jericho," in August 2017 and played the main stage at the Electric Fields Festival soon after.[1][4]

He released his second single "5 Years Time" in November 2017.[5][6] He followed that with the release of "American Gods" in February 2018.[7]

He signed to Warner Records in 2019. In August 2020, ONR released "Kill TV" on Warner Records which featured guitarist and producer Nile Rodgers. The two struck up a friendship after meeting at Abbey Road Studios. Rodgers said of working with ONR "it was almost like Daft Punk, I played one song and after they were like, 'well, here's another one and here's another one'... after 'Kill TV' I said, 'Wow, this guy has really got something.'"[8]

ONR has toured across Europe with artists including Bastille, Jake Bugg, Lewis Capaldi and Mondo Cozmo.

Discography

EPs

ONR EPs

Title	Details
Live in Scotland	Released: March 19, 2021[9] Label: Warner Format: Digital download

Singles

List of singles showing chart positions, year released and album name

Single	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		US Alt. [10]	US Rock [11]
"Jericho"	2017	—	—	Non-album singles
"5 Years Time"		—	—
"American Gods"	2018	—	—
"Love in Suburbia"		—	—
"Sober" (featuring Carina Jade)	2020	—	—
"Human Enough"		—	—
"Crash Landing"		—	—
"Kill TV" (featuring Nile Rodgers)		—	—
"Must Stop (Falling in Love)" (featuring Sarah Barthel)		23	39
"Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy"		—	—
"It Gets to a Point"	2021	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

List of singles showing year released and album name

Single	Year	Album
"Temper Temper" (with Sander van Doorn)	2020	Non-album single

References

1. Furniss, Olaf; MacKinnon, Derick (30 August 2017). "Under the Radar: ONR". The Scotsman. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
2. Mckinney, Kelsey (27 February 2018). "Scotland's Newest Export, ONR., Is Pop Music With a Purpose". Village Voice. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
3. "ONR at The Arch Inn, Ullapool on 02 Dec 2017". Music Glue. 2 December 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
4. Murray, Robin (11 August 2017). "Premiere: ONR - 'Jericho'". Clash. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
5. Radic, Randy (29 November 2017). "Music Review: "5 Years Time" – ONR Delivers Towering Alternative Music". HuffPost. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
6. Funk, Joel (7 December 2017). "PREMIERE: Onr's lyric video for "Five Years Time" shows they're on the pulse of something huge". Substream Magazine. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
7. Spruch, Kirsten (15 February 2018). "BAEBLE FIRST PLAY: 'AMERICAN GODS' by ONR". Baeble. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
8. "Behind the ONR and Nile Rodgers Teaming on Infectious 'Kill Tv' Single". Forbes.
9. "Live in Scotland by ONR". Amazon. Canada. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
10. "Alternative Airplay Chart - November 28, 2020". Billboard.
11. "Rock & Alternative Airplay Chart – November 28, 2020". Billboard.

External links

• Official website