Ryan Ennis

Having scored a viral smash with ‘Lick Your Lips’ – five million SoundCloud plays and rising – the 21-year-old Dubliner signed on the dotted line last year with Universal Music and received radio support in over 30 countries. Part of the same burgeoning dance scene as Belters Only, Jen Payne, Welshy and Shane Codd, his star is very much in the ascendant.

Hear: ‘Lick Your Lips’

Watch: The lyric video for ‘Take My Love’

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