High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Ready or Not" is the debut solo single by American singer-songwriter Bridgit Mendler, and is the lead single from her debut studio album, Hello My Name Is... (2012), which is also one of the lyrics of the song ("Hello my name is......Nice to meet you"). It premiered on August 3, 2012 and was released as a digital download on August 7, 2012. The song was written by Mendler herself, Emanuel "Eman" Kiriakou and Evan "Kidd" Bogart.