Ian Ward's New Single "Spend All My Time" Understands Love as a Choice

Ian Ward’s “Spend All My Time” is built around a simple but rarely explored idea - love is measured not by intensity or grand gestures, but by how willingly we give our time.

The song unfolds quietly, resisting urgency in favor of something more durable. It’s a reflection on commitment as presence and on choosing someone not once, but continually, in the unremarkable spaces of everyday life.

Ward is a Brooklyn based singer-songwriter, actor, and creative entrepreneur whose career has stretched across more than two decades.

He made his professional theater debut at just eight years old and grew up steeped in performance, eventually appearing on Broadway, touring internationally and working across film and television. His résumé includes a Golden Ticket moment on American Idol, but it’s the long arc of his career rather than any single highlight that informs the maturity of his songwriting.

“Spend All My Time” leans into that maturity. The lyrics are rooted in shared space and routine, where devotion shows itself through consistency over the shared moments in life.

The chorus opens a conversation, asking for mutual presence without turning love into a transaction. It’s a subtle emotional exchange, and the song trusts the listener enough to let that restraint speak for itself.

Musically, the track mirrors its message. The arrangement is intentionally uncluttered, allowing Ward’s voice to carry the weight. There’s an unmistakable theatrical depth in his delivery—shaped by years on stage—but it’s carefully contained here. Instead of reaching for dramatic peaks, Ward favors control and warmth, letting the song breathe and unfold at its own pace.

Ward explores commitment as a daily act. It’s not about perfection or excess, but about consistency - giving someone your mornings, your space, your attention and hoping to be met with the same care in return:

“Time felt like the most honest thing I could offer someone I love,” Ward shares. “When everything else feels uncertain, the way you choose to spend your time says everything.”

As a songwriter, Ward blends pop-leaning hooks with a rock edge and the emotional clarity of a Broadway-trained vocalist.

His debut EP One Shot and recent releases like “Ocean Eyes” show his gift for cinematic storytelling, but “Spend All My Time” feels like a turning inwards. It trades sweep for intimacy, focusing less on narrative and more on intention.

Ward’s background in theatre continues to shape his identity as both songwriter and storyteller. Having performed in acclaimed productions such as Jesus Christ Superstar and the Broadway musical Working Girl, Ward draws on his stage experience to infuse every song with character and emotion.

“Theatre trained me to tell stories through other people’s words. My original music lets me tell my own,” says Ward.

Outside of his own music, Ward has built a parallel career centered on creative community.

He is the founder of Mutual Street Entertainment and Hitmaker Collective, initiatives dedicated to artist development and collaboration. Along the way, Ward has worked with an eclectic mix of artists and creatives, including Cyndi Lauper, Idina Menzel, Pat Benatar, Kristen Bell, Sir Tim Rice and Ryan Murphy.

“Spend All My Time” ultimately reflects Ward’s larger philosophy that what lasts is built slowly, through attention and care.

In a culture that often equates love with proof and performance, "Spend All My Time" offers a quieter alternative. It doesn’t announce its importance. It earns it - by staying, by choosing and by understanding that time, once given, is everything.

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