11:59 is the second studio album by American Rock singer-songwriter Ryan Star. The album debuted at #31 on the Billboard 200 after selling nearly 11,600 copies on its first week, making his highest chart debut on Billboard 200.

"I was writing in my journal I always carry. It’s a funny thing because that journal entry has kind of grown into a life of its own because people don’t know if I was writing a play, story, script, or a movie scene, but it was real. It was mostly truly inspiring. It was one of those trippy moments. People were screaming and it was getting crazy, and in that moment I thought I was going to name it "11:59". That’s where the inspiration came." -Ryan Star

"I was living on the beach making this album and had some real big exposure from a television show and started creating these new songs. I started realizing what I thought went wrong, not with what went wrong with my career with my band Stage, but what went wrong with the way I lived with my band Stage. We were best friends since we were kids, we were touring around the country, had a record come out, we should have really been enjoying every second of it, because whatever at the end of the day happened, happened and we couldn’t change it. I feel like looking back if I could talk to myself then I would have said, “Man, just enjoy it! This is a great time! Think about what you’re doing and who you’re with.” Really, just smile every day which I didn’t. I think that affected me and I figured regardless what happens now, I’m going to enjoy the process. That is powerful, I think. That’s empowered me a great deal to get through a lot of days and enjoy the moment, enjoy the process, because the process is life. Life isn’t the summary at the end of the story. Life is actually turning the pages. So 11:59 is basically just enjoying the journey. Just know who you are and where you are right now. If you want to be something, be it right now, don’t say it’s coming, just be it today." -Ryan Star

"Losing Your Memory", "We Might Fall" and "So Ordinary" are re-worked songs which were originally included in his 2005 independent release "Songs from the Eye of an Elephant". The re-worked song "So Ordinary" has added backing vocals of Juliana Hatfield, but eventually it didn't make the cut.

"There’s something about them. Songs from the Eye of an Elephant was just a stream of consciousness record, so there’s a lot of unfinished work there. “Losing Your Memory” and “We Might Fall” for me were ones I wanted to attack right now because I always had a dream of them sounding a certain way. I didn’t know exactly what that was, but now that I’ve heard them this way I’m so happy and gratified. They’re just beautiful, beautiful pieces on the album and I wouldn’t have been able to do it on my own. They’re good examples of the collaboration involved with making this music. They wouldn’t have happened with just me. These are real collaborative song productions that I’m just so floored by." -Ryan Star

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