Rydel Lynch

{{short description|American singer and actress (born 1993)}} {{pp-pc1}} {{Use American English|date=August 2016}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Rydel Lynch | image = Rydel Lynch.jpg | caption = Lynch in 2013 | birth_name = Rydel Mary Lynch<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/rydelR5/status/128583456862109696|title=@GleeksloveR5 Mary and aug 9th 1993 =D|author=Rydel Lynch|date=October 24, 2011|publisher=Twitter|access-date=October 15, 2016}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1993|08|09}} | birth_place = Littleton, Colorado, U.S. | occupation = {{flatlist| * Singer * actress }} | years_active = 2009–present | relatives = {{plainlist| * Riker Lynch (brother) * Rocky Lynch (brother) * Ross Lynch (brother) * Derek Hough (1st cousin, Once removed) * Julianne Hough (1st cousin, Once removed)  }} | spouse = {{marriage|Capron Funk|2020}} | children = 4 | website = {{URL|shoprydel.com}} | module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | instrument = {{flatlist| * Vocals * keyboards * percussion }} | genre = {{flatlist| * Pop rock * power pop * pop }} | label = Hollywood<ref name="TenFacts">{{cite web|url=http://www.teen.com/2012/07/04/celebrities/the-new-star/ross-lynch-r5-facts-trivia-bio-pictures/|title=10 Things to Know About Ross Lynch and His Band, R5!|work=Teen|publisher=Defy Media|author=Kristen Kraemer|date=July 4, 2012|access-date=April 14, 2014|archive-date=June 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140604083911/http://www.teen.com/2012/07/04/celebrities/the-new-star/ross-lynch-r5-facts-trivia-bio-pictures/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | associated_acts = R5 }} }}

'''Rydel Mary Lynch''' (born August 9, 1993) is an American singer and actress. She is one of the founding members of the pop rock band R5.

== Early life == Lynch was born August 9, 1993, in Littleton, Colorado, the daughter of Stormie (née De St. Jeor)<ref>{{cite web |title=The De St. Jeor Family Tree |url=https://prezi.com/cyaryjj6ysyp/the-de-st-jeor-family-tree/ |website=/prezi.com}}</ref> and Mark Lynch. She is the second oldest child and only girl of five siblings. Her brothers are Riker, Rocky, Ross, and Ryland Lynch. She learned to play the keyboard, double shaker and the tambourine, as well as learning how to dance.<ref name="InfoR5">{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/family/exclusive-interview-band-r5-including-3278144|title=Exclusive: Interview with the band R5 including Disney Channel's Austin & Ally star Ross Lynch|work=Mirror|author=Adele Jennings|access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref>{{better source|date=August 2016|reason=Source is a tabloid}} She has appeared in several commercials. Her first cousins once removed are entertainers Derek and Julianne Hough, their maternal grandmothers being sisters.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://instagram.com/p/nROuFnCf6b/#|title = On my way to the #rdmas to support my cousins @officialR5 good luck tonight!|date = April 27, 2014|access-date = June 19, 2014|publisher = Instagram|last = Hough|first=Julianne}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://zap2it.com/2015/03/dancing-with-the-stars-julianne-hough-wants-to-be-truthful-without-tearing-the-dancers-apart/ |title='Dancing with the Stars' Julianne Hough wants to be truthful without tearing the dancers apart – Zap2It |website=Zap2it |access-date=January 23, 2016 |archive-date=October 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006082722/http://zap2it.com/2015/03/dancing-with-the-stars-julianne-hough-wants-to-be-truthful-without-tearing-the-dancers-apart/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/r5-dishes-on-being-cousins-to-derek-hough-and-julianne-hough_video_1888437|title=R5 Dishes On Being Cousins To Derek Hough & Julianne Hough|work=Access Hollywood|publisher=NBCUniversal|date=November 21, 2013|access-date=April 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dis411.net/2013/06/14/ross-lynch-and-his-family-at-the-fall-out-boy-concert-june-13-2013|title=Ross Lynch And His Family At The Fall Out Boy Concert|date=June 13, 2013|work=Dis411|access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref>{{better source|date=August 2016|reason=Source is a fan site}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zap2it.com/2015/03/dancing-with-the-stars-julianne-hough-wants-to-be-truthful-without-tearing-the-dancers-apart/|title='Dancing With the Stars' Julianne Hough wants to be truthful without tearing the dancers apart|work=Zap2it|publisher=Tribune Media|author=Jay Bobbin|date=March 16, 2015|access-date=January 23, 2016|archive-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006082722/http://zap2it.com/2015/03/dancing-with-the-stars-julianne-hough-wants-to-be-truthful-without-tearing-the-dancers-apart/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== Acting === She made her acting debut in ''Sunday School Musical'' as a Crossroads Choir Member.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Sunday_School_Musical/70106070|title=Sunday School Musical|work=Netflix|url-access=subscription }}</ref> She appeared in ''School Gyrls'' as a cheerleader along with her brother Riker Lynch. She appeared in ''A Day as Holly's Kids'' as Holly's Actual Kid 2. She appeared in the pilot episode of the television series ''Bunheads'' as a Vegas Showgirl.<ref name="TenFacts" /> Rydel told Teen Ink about ''Bunheads'', "I'm one of the dancers and if it gets picked up, it'll air on ABC Family."<ref name="TenFacts" /> She also appeared in an episode of ''Violetta'' in 2015 and performed "Heart Made Up on You" with R5.

=== Music ===  In 2009, R5 was formed with Rydel, her brothers Riker, Rocky and Ross Lynch, and family friend Ellington Ratliff with her younger brother Ryland Lynch as their manager.<ref name="HollywoodRecordsProfile">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodrecords.com/artists/r5/|title=Artists – R5|work=Hollywood Records|access-date=April 27, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415194558/http://www.hollywoodrecords.com/artists/r5/|archive-date=April 15, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=rylandlynch|author=Ryland Lynch|number=460075374957699073|title=Every one wish the Best Manager in the world a happy birthday for me :) @boomansworld 🎉🎉🎉|access-date=April 27, 2014|date=April 26, 2014}}</ref> In April 2012, R5 signed a deal with Hollywood Records.<ref name="TenFacts" /> They went on a 10-day tour entitled West Coast Tour in which she regularly performed a cover of "Call Me Maybe".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.disneydreaming.com/2012/05/02/radio-disney-presents-the-2012-r5-west-coast-tour/|title=Radio Disney Presents The 2012 R5 West Coast Tour|work=Disney Dreaming|date=May 2, 2012|access-date=May 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021120421/http://www.disneydreaming.com/2012/05/02/radio-disney-presents-the-2012-r5-west-coast-tour/|archive-date=October 21, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{better source|date=August 2016|reason=Source is a fan site}} In early 2013, R5 released a four-song EP entitled ''Loud''.<ref name="HollywoodRecordsProfile" />

Their first studio album, ''Louder'' was released on September 24, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Louder-Deluxe-R5/dp/B00FBR1EF2|title=Louder (Deluxe): R5: MP3 Downloads|work=Amazon|access-date=January 9, 2014}}</ref> Rydel spoke about the album, saying "We wanted to put out a fun album."<ref name="HollywoodRecordsProfile" /> Rydel was featured as the lead vocalist in the songs "Never" from R5's debut EP ''Ready Set Rock'' and "Love Me Like That" which was featured on ''Louder''.<ref name="credits">{{cite web|url=https://hamadamania.com/2013/09/19/r5-reveal-credits-for-debut-album-louder/|title=R5 reveal credits for debut album 'Louder'|work=Hamada Mania|author=Mohammed Sherif|date=September 19, 2013|access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref>{{better source|date=August 2016|reason=Source is a personal blog}} The song, "Love Me Like That" is described as the "cheerleader hip-hop jammer" and "an irresistible party track that's a whole lotta rhythm and a little bit blues".<ref name="band">{{cite web|url=https://www.r5rocks.com/band|title=About|work=R5|access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=August 2016}} The song received generally positive reviews.<ref name="AM">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/louder-mw0002563722|title=Louder - R5|work=AllMusic|author=Tim Sendra|access-date=October 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.r5rocks.com/news/all-music-louder-review-116151|title=All Music Louder Review|work=R5|date=February 19, 2014|access-date=April 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415105016/https://www.r5rocks.com/news/all-music-louder-review-116151|archive-date=April 15, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="musichel">{{cite web|url=http://musichel.com/2013/09/26/review-louder-by-r5/|title=Review: Louder by R5|work=Musichel|author=Rachel Ho|date=September 26, 2016|access-date=October 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=R5: Louder Review|url=http://www.portraitmagazine.net/reviews/albums/r5louder.html|work=Portrait Magazine|author=Amanda Joyce|access-date=April 14, 2014|archive-date=April 14, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140414030649/http://www.portraitmagazine.net/reviews/albums/r5louder.html%23.U0tOb-0o7IU|url-status=dead}}</ref> R5 went on their fifth tour titled Louder Tour with Rydel regularly performing "Love Me Like That" and covers of songs such as a duet of "Sleeping with a Friend" by Neon Trees with Ellington Ratliff.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.r5rocks.com/tour/los-angeles-ca-2013-11-16|title=November 16, 2013 – Los Angeles, CA: Club Nokia|work=R5|access-date=April 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415105229/http://www.r5rocks.com/tour/los-angeles-ca-2013-11-16|archive-date=April 15, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.r5rocks.com/music/lyrics/love-me|title=Love Me Like That|access-date=April 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415105027/https://www.r5rocks.com/music/lyrics/love-me/|archive-date=April 15, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Rydel and along with R5 won the special award ''Radio Disney Showstopper'' at the Radio Disney Music Awards.<ref name="Special Award">{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/536047/radio-disney-music-awards-selena-gomez-one-direction-fifth-harmony-and-taylor-swift-win-big|title=Radio Disney Music Awards: Selena Gomez, One Direction, Fifth Harmony and Taylor Swift Win Big!|work=E! Online|author=Zach Johnson|date=April 27, 2014|access-date=April 27, 2014}}</ref> On July 22, 2014, R5 released their new EP called ''Heart Made Up on You''.

Lynch had two songs on R5's second studio album, ''Sometime Last Night''. The first, "Lightning Strikes", was performed regularly on the "Sometime Last Night" tour. The second, "Never Be The Same", was on the deluxe version of the album, titled ''Sometime Last Night Special Edition''. In 2012, R5 appeared as Ross Lynch's band for the music video of the song "Heard It on the Radio".<ref>{{cite web |title=Austin Moon (Ross Lynch) Heard it On the Radio |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD_ylvxlI9Q |website=YouTube |access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref> Also in 2012, Lynch made an appearance in Taylor Mathews's "Head Over Feeling" music video.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xoSyJo1_1M |website=YouTube |access-date=February 11, 2020|title=Taylor Mathews - Head over Feeling (Official Music Video) }}</ref> She was featured in the R5 movie ''All Day, All Night'' which was released to limited theaters on April 16, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=R5: All Day All Night (2015) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4621790/ |website=IMDB |date=April 16, 2015 |access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref> The film was shot documentary style and showed the band living and working together while writing and recording ''Sometime Last Night''.

Lynch cites All Time Low, Neon Trees and The Script as musical influences, and cites Neon Trees and Walk the Moon as her favorite bands.<ref name="InfoR5" />

== Personal life == On February 9, 2020, Lynch became engaged to YouTuber Capron Funk. They were married on September 12, 2020, in Phoenix, Arizona.<ref>{{cite web|last=Grindell|first=Samantha|title=Rydel Lynch wore a retro gown with a heart-shaped cutout in the back to marry YouTuber Capron Funk|url=https://www.insider.com/rydel-lynch-marries-capron-funk-wedding-photos-2020-9|access-date=September 15, 2020|website=Insider}}</ref> They have two sons born in 2021<ref>The Funks (April 17, 2021). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S6d5xd2Dt4 Name Reveal For Baby Funk!]</ref> and 2023, respectively,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CxCV3K_rty4/?img_index=1 |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref> and two daughters born in 2022 and 2025.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHyaiEcZzJY | title=Our Daughters Name Reveal! | website=YouTube }}</ref>

== Filmography == {| class="wikitable" |+ Television roles |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2008 | ''Sunday School Musical'' | Crossroads Choir Member | |- | 2009 | ''School Gyrls'' | Cheerleader | |- | 2009 | ''So You Think You Can Dance'' | Herself | "Top 18 Perform" (Season 6, Episode 12) |- | 2011 | ''A Day as Holly's Kids'' | Holly's Actual Kid 2 | |- | 2012 | ''Bunheads'' | Vegas Showgirl | Episode: "Pilot"; uncredited{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} |- | 2015 | ''Violetta'' | Herself (with R5) | Season 3, episode 70 |}

== Discography == {{Main|R5 discography}}

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|4119609}}

Category:1993 births Category:21st-century American actresses Category:21st-century American singers Category:21st-century American women singers Category:Living people Category:People from Littleton, Colorado Category:R5 (band) members Category:Singers from Colorado

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