
Ruel - Kicking My Feet & Screaming
These songs rarely look away from heartbreak, regret and self-doubt.
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A childhood friendship dissolving into estrangement, told from the side left behind. Ruel maps the small rituals that once bound two people, sneaking out whilst parents slept, leaving bedroom lights burning to cover the absence, and the slow recognition that the other person has moved on. The narrator deletes a phone number, tries and fails to make contact, eventually accepts that the role of 'brother' no longer applies. Produced by M-Phazes and released in June 2018 as the third single from Ruel's debut EP 'Ready', the track became the Australian singer-songwriter's first platinum certification. The lyric adopts a tone of reluctant closure rather than anger: 'Maybe I don't have to play the bad guy in the end', Ruel sings, acknowledging effort without bitterness. The specificity of detail, the park, the unanswered attempts, the bedroom lights, keeps the song grounded in a particular loss rather than generalised nostalgia.
"Younger" is a single by Ruel, from the album Ready, released 14th June 2018. The track is 3:42 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 15 articles about Ruel.
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These songs rarely look away from heartbreak, regret and self-doubt.

After years of being labelled a pop prodigy, Ruel is rewriting his own narrative. The London-born, Sydney-raised singer first broke through as a teenager, but with 'Kicking My Feet' and the upcoming 'Kicking & Screaming', he's embracing big feelings and unapologetic joy. Growing up might just be his best era yet.

The Australian singer-songwriter previews the second half of his new double-album.

The track previews double-album second instalment 'Kicking My Feet & Screaming'.

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