Ruel

I love Fendi.

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I'm just gonna try my best to be happy.

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I stop smoking weed when it's all gone

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I wrote a lot of really sad songs.

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To me, songwriting is exaggerating to an extent.

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The more expressions we have the better.

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I've learnt to love super-weird sounds.

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When COVID came along I honed in on my skills.

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Fashion and music are connected always.

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I think it's weird - I've had a weird experience growing up for sure.

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Wearing flares for the first time, I felt like a new man.

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I feel like a lot of the writing you hear is me grabbing experiences from other people.

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I know I'm born to be a writer and a musician - that's what I love and am supposed to do.

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Coming into the industry, I just want to try it my own way.

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I feel like my sisters told me how to dress when I started caring about fashion.

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I really miss English. Going into English class and analysing a poem or book, I found that so much fun.

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If I'm away at an airport or a hotel room I can just hop online and do my school there.

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I love like seeing an artist and just being fully encapsulated by the whole narrative and like, you know, getting so deep…

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I like to take the very small and try making it into something that could be relatable to large amounts of people.

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I was nine or 10 when I wrote my first song. I'd write about traumatic things that I've never gone through, such…

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I did a tour around Europe, and European and Australian crowds are extremely different. I love playing for both for different reasons…

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I'm not really a musical family, like none of my sisters or my parents sing or play anything, but they're all very…

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I like a lot of different genres, I love to listen to rap, straight pop, some alternative stuff and EDM.

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I kind of disassociate myself from the things I do on tour. If I'm talking to fans, I try to take myself…

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A great road trip snack for me personally is beef jerky, Cheezels and a ginger beer. Keeps the blood flowing.

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As a kid, when you think of being a singer travelling around the world, you think of just the great things. Getting…

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You've got to put it into perspective, how many people are giving you compliments and how many people are giving you negative…

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Playing for three or four people in a boardroom, standing a foot away from them with a guitar, and singing three songs…

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Younger' is about two friends that drift apart over time. They're best friends when they're younger, but they involve themselves in different…

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If you're alone with your thoughts for too long, bad things can happen. I start to think about something and make something…

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Most of my songs just come from everyday life experiences - they can just be like really small things have happened in…

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I try to do a meet and greet after every show for no extra charge. I try and go through the whole…

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When I was around eight or nine I drove up to Byron Bay from Sydney with my Dad. We each played songs…

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I have grown a lot since 'Ready.' I guess my ability to write has gotten better.

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I can't take full credit for bringing flares back... Harry Styles is big into the flares.

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I want to write, and... yeah, just the normal things a musician should do.

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Every decision from a 14-year-old should be second-guessed. Every single one.

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Sad songs just hit so much harder when you're driving for a long time.

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You know yourself better than anyone and you have to trust that.

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My confidence has been growing, and I've been really letting my ideas come out.

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