RUEL
premieres a brand new song
‘Painkiller’
today with accompanying video
LISTEN / WATCH HERE
‘PAINKILLER’ IS THE LEAD SINGLE FROM RUEL’S
FORTHCOMING SECOND EP FOR RCA RECORDS
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“If you’re looking for someone to fill the young-pop-prodigy gap in your playlist, look no further than Ruel.” – TIME Magazine
“Ruel is the 15-year-old wunderkind your playlist is missing” – NYLON Magazine
“Ruel is Ready: He’s proved it five times over on his introductory effort, asserting his musical and lyrical talents through a majestic series of heavy anthems and soulful ballads that cut deep, hitting home every time.” – Atwood Magazine
“The EP as a whole is a testament to the bright future of pop music, as it is rich with an array of genres, contains a diverse range of relatable lyrical themes, and hosts a number of guaranteed ear worms.” – Ones To Watch
“The fifteen-year-old Australian turns pop music on its head.” – EARMILK
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Today sees the release of Australian artist Ruel’s brand new track ‘Painkiller’ and video on RCA Records. This is the first of new music from Ruel since last year’s career launching debut EP, READY which has already amassed over 200+ million global streams.
‘Painkiller’ was written by Ruel in an LA Airbnb with songwriter Sarah Aarons, and produced by Grammy-winning producer M-Phazes, who executive produced Ruel’s debut EP.
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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN / WATCH NOW
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‘Painkiller’ is the lead single from his forthcoming follow up EP set for release later this year.
His 2018 debut READY introduced the world to then 15 year old Ruel, now 16, whose song writing talent, emotive vocal delivery and live performances swiftly captivated a dedicated fan base that has grown exponentially with each song and video.
The videos for standout singles ‘Younger’ and ‘Not Thinkin’ Bout You’ have caught fire, each surpassing over 6 million views, and videos for ‘Dazed and Confused’ and ‘Don’t Tell Me’ have each enjoyed over 4 million views. Additionally his singles have reached the following ARIA accreditations – ‘Younger’ is certified Platinum and is sitting at over 14 million streams, ‘Dazed & Confused’ and ‘Don’t Tell Me’ are both certified Gold in Australia and sitting at 10 million and 6 million streams respectively.
Ruel began playing guitar at the age of 8 and started to write songs of his own, inspired by Amy Winehouse, Stevie Wonder, Dave Brubeck, Frank Ocean and James Blake. Drawing from his own experiences as a teenager, Ruel explains “all my songs are about personal experiences. Song writing helps me get through things, feelings that I don’t understand myself. When I write about something, it helps me figure it out in the process. But I want people of all ages, whether they’re 15 or 50, to be able to relate to my songs.”
In 2018, Ruel became the youngest recipient in history to win the prestigious ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year.
In 2019, Ruel continues to break records by becoming the youngest male artist in history to sell out the iconic Sydney Opera House, not once, but twice for his upcoming Painkiller Tour in May. Later this year Ruel will be joining Shawn Mendes on his 2019 fall Australian and New Zealand tour dates. Just last week, he made a surprise appearance at Coachella performing with SG Lewis.
He also performed at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games and at Tyler The Creator’s “Camp Flog Gnaw” festival, toured with label mate Khalid in Australia, and completed his very own sold out Ready World Tour through North America, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the UK.
This spring, Ruel is really just getting started.
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Secret Sounds Presents
RUEL
PAINKILLER TOUR
MAY 2019
TICKETS – SECRETSOUNDS.COM
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SUN 5 MAY | TIVOLI | BRISBANE | ALL AGES | SOLD OUT |
WED 8 MAY | THE FORUM | MELBOURNE | ALL AGES | TICKETS |
THU 9 MAY | UNI BAR | HOBART | ALL AGES | SOLD OUT |
FRI 10 MAY | THE FORUM | MELBOURNE | ALL AGES | SOLD OUT |
SAT 11 MAY | VANFEST | FORBES | TICKETS | |
THU 16 MAY | SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE | SYDNEY | ALL AGES | SOLD OUT |
SAT MAY 18 | BASSINTHEGRASS | DARWIN | TICKETS | |
MON 20 MAY | SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE | SYDNEY | ALL AGES | SOLD OUT |
FRI 31 MAY | HQ COMPLEX | ADELAIDE | ALL AGES | TICKETS |
SUN 2 JUNE | ASTOR THEATRE | PERTH | ALL AGES | SOLD OUT |
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AMNPLIFY – DB
My nickname is “The Amnplifier”. Why? Because around here my focus is on being a conduit for providing greater outcomes that people come here for. My day to day “work” is living in the moment, and I love helping others concentrate on finding their connection to themselves through their experiences.
Why start a music environment? The truth is I love music, I love writing, and I love life. I work with musicians every day, and I feel certain that I will be until they put me in the ground. I have been managing people in businesses of some sort for over thirty five years so along the way I have developed some “wisdom” from my regular and constant “observations”.
Amnplify your experience. That is what we want you to do here, and if you want to let me know why you do, or don’t, shoot me a message on Facebook.
Hope you enjoy yourself here and find something that hits you somewhere.
