A biography for Ruelhasn’t been written yet.
“My formative years were either on tour or in Covid so I haven't really had any relatable experiences.”
“Free Time' was a step up from 'Ready,' and this 'Bright Lights, Red Eyes' EP is a step up again.”
“I love like seeing an artist and just being fully encapsulated by the whole narrative and like, you know, getting so deep into their life and their experience.”
“I went to my first APRA awards when I was, like, 13. My first introduction to the music industry was going to that awards ceremony.”
“The idea of the '4th Wall' is that feeling like you're in a movie and everything's about you.”
“I can't take full credit for bringing flares back... Harry Styles is big into the flares.”
“When it came to biology and chemistry, I had no interest. Why do I need to know how it works? I'm just happy that it does.”
“I feel like a lot of the writing you hear is me grabbing experiences from other people.”
“I fell in love with singing and I love idolizing artists.”
“I feel like my sisters told me how to dress when I started caring about fashion.”
“I would like to write or make a completely ambient song.”
“I was nine or 10 when I wrote my first song. I'd write about traumatic things that I've never gone through, such as the things I saw on TV.”
“Yeah, I feel like 'Younger' definitely has similar connotations to 'GROWING UP IS' as they both have a coming-of-age story/narrative.”
“I never want to write the same song twice as it's super important to me, I never want to make a safe choice.”
“I know I'm born to be a writer and a musician - that's what I love and am supposed to do.”
“I'm so jealous of my friends who can write on tour - but there was once when I was jet-lagged and wrote a song at 3 A.M.”
“Sad songs just hit so much harder when you're driving for a long time.”
“Flower Boy' is my favourite album of all time - big call but I've made that decision.”
“My main dream collaboration, which I'm sure is impossible, is Frank Ocean, he's like my favourite artist of all time. Him, Tyler, the Creator, Rex Orange County.”
“Most of my songs just come from everyday life experiences - they can just be like really small things have happened in day that don't really have much significance, but I can exaggerate them a lot to make them into this huge universally relatable topic.”