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Aidan Gallagher Shares “Dream,” a New Glimpse at His Debut Album

Aidan Gallagher has spent most of his career being recognized for someone else’s story. As Number Five, the sharp-tongued time traveler in Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy, he became one of the defining young faces of the streaming era. IMDb ranked him #2 on its Top 10 Breakout Stars of 2020 and #7 on its Top 10 Stars of that year. With “Dream,” Gallagher is telling a story that belongs entirely to him. The track is a solo effort in the fullest sense. Aidan Gallagher is credited as composer, lyricist and musician, and he produced it himself, which is consistent with how he has always approached music. His self-produced catalog has passed 76 million streams, a figure that points to a real audience rather than curiosity from television fans. “Dream” follows his previous single “Without You” and marks a noticeable shift toward darker, more cinematic territory. Gallagher sees it as the song that best represents where he is now as an artist. “DREAM reveals an entire world in a more mature soundscape. On a sound design level, you’ll find certain things feel subconscious and other things feel more realized. I like that the song is completely unexpected. From start to finish…. Read More →