Rylan Clark releasing chart hits under different name to avoid critics
Rylan Clark might have stealthily slipped into your playlists without you even knowing.
The telly and radio host has been launching music under a pseudonym and he says the tracks have gained popularity while listeners are oblivious that it's actually his vocals.
Rylan, who shot to fame as a contestant on The X Factor in 2012, shared: "I write music. I've done quite a lot of songs for myself. Some have been released, but not under 'Rylan', and they've done well, which is fun."
On whether he would unveil music under his real name, Rylan said to Jessie Ware on the Table Manners podcast: "I'm not ready for that yet."
"When I started out on X Factor I had a very easy role to play on that show, and that was to be the one that everyone talks about and my job wasn't to sing."
"I think if Joe Public read tomorrow, 'Rylan's bringing out a CD', people would go, 'Shut up', and it would be pre-judged."
"I've been really lucky over the last 12 years. I've been successful in my career and I've done really, really well. And this hand is telling me, 'Don't tell people it's you because they'll pre-judge'."
He pondered whether he could "do it all again from scratch" and if he could "replicate what you've done for yourself again?".
On the podcast, Rylan also discussed if he and Rob Rinder - who currently star on Rob and Rylan's Grand Tour together - were together and admitted they'd seen each other without any clothes on.
When singer Jessie asked them if at any point during filming either of then fancied a 'snog', 45 year old Rob simply replied: "No".
Rylan then cheekily quipped that the pair "have seen each other naked" but stressed that they are just "close friends" with no romance.
Although there had been speculation that the pair were romantically connected and Rob's own comments that friendship does sometimes turn into love , Rylan quickly shut down rumours.
He took to social media to deny the romance rumours and to protect his mum Linda. Taking to X, he said: "To the journalist that just doorstepped my mum at her house, as polite as you were, please don’t.
"She said you were a lovely man but she’s 71 years old and it makes me feel slightly uncomfortable. The answer is no. I’m not dating Rob Rinder; he’s one of my closest friends. Next time tweet me. Thanks."
