Ruelle (singer)

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Ruelle
Birth nameMargaret C. Eckford [1]
Also known asRuelle
Born (1985-11-21) November 21, 1985 (age 39)
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active2009–present
LabelsRuelle Music
Website www.ruellemusic.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2014
Subscribers510 thousand [2]
Total views141.6 million [2]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers
Last updated: November 1, 2020

Margaret C. "Maggie" Eckford (born November 21, 1985), known by her stage name Ruelle, is an American singer-songwriter. [3] Her music has been used on television series such as the opening theme songs of Dynasties ("Game of Survival"), Shadowhunters ("This Is the Hunt"), [4] [5] [6] and The Shannara Chronicles ("Until We Go Down"). [7] [8] [9] [10]

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Background

Born the middle child of three sisters, Ruelle (born Maggie Eckford) [11] grew up in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and attended a private Christian high school. She attended music school in Sydney, Australia. Ruelle is now based in Nashville, Tennessee. [3] Her mother's family owns a legacy music store in Wales, where her interest for music began.

Ruelle's first two albums, For What It's Worth (2010) and Show and Tell (2012), released under her birth name, Maggie Eckford, were indie pop. [3] [4] She then adopted the stage name, from the French word Ruelle, due to its French root and its multiple meanings, and moved towards electronic pop with EPs, Up in Flames (2015), Madness (2016), and Rival (2017). [3] [4]

Ruelle's first television placement was a song in a Japanese iPad commercial. Alongside the theme songs for Shadowhunters and The Shannara Chronicles , her songs have featured in prime time television series, including 9-1-1 , Arrow , Batwoman , Inhumans , Dancing with the Stars , The Challenge XXX: Dirty 30 , Cloak & Dagger , Eyewitness , Famous in Love , Grey's Anatomy , Guilt , How to Get Away with Murder , The Leftovers , Midnight, Texas , The Originals , Pretty Little Liars , Quantico , Reckless , Reign , Revenge , Riverdale, Scream , Sleepy Hollow , So You Think You Can Dance , Teen Wolf , Titans , The Vampire Diaries , The Walking Dead , Wynonna Earp , Doom Patrol and The Village . [3] [4] [12]

She was included in both the trailer and soundtrack for The Loft as well as trailers for Bad Moms , [13] Before I Fall , Free State of Jones , [13] and Keeping Up with the Joneses . [13] Her song, "Game of Survival", was included in the 13 Reasons Why trailer, the Gears 5 trailer, and the trailer for David Attenborough's BBC Earth series Dynasties . [14] Her songs, "Madness" and "Rivals", were included in the TV show, Siren , and in the trailer for The Looming Tower mini-series respectively. In July 2018, the released trailer for the Titans series by DC Universe includes "Madness", "Monsters" and "Revolution". She also released the song, "Take it All" used in a trailer for the British soap, Emmerdale . The song "Slip Away" was included in a season 2 episode of Midnight, Texas . The song "Carry You" was included in an episode of the Fox drama series, 9-1-1 , during season 3, episode 15.

In January 2019, "Wake Up World", a collaborative track with Unsecret, was used as a teaser of the STARZ exclusive limited series, The Spanish Princess . "I AM", a collaboration with Club Yoko, was in the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 commercials. [15]

The single "The World We Made" was included in the soundtrack of the Netflix film, The Old Guard (2020 film) in 2020.

Her single, "Good Day for Dreaming", was featured in Apple's iPhone 12 lineup launch event in October 2020. The song was also featured in the final episode of the 2019 sci-fi drama Another Life.

Her song "Madness" was included in the soundtrack of the limited Netflix series, Behind Her Eyes in 2021.

She has collaborated with electronic music producer Ki Theory, featuring in his song, "Bringing Me Down". She was the sole feature on NF's chart-topping 2017 album Perception , providing vocals on the song, "10 Feet Down",

Her album, Earth Glow, was released on August 7, 2019, with five songs and then another EP soon after with another five songs, choosing to split her album in two in order to draw more attention to all songs. A fellow artist and close friend wrote "Like You Mean It" with Ruelle, alongside mutual friend Jeremy Lutito who also co-produced the EP. The second EP, Exodus, was released on the November 22, 2019.

Personal life

Ruelle was in a relationship with an unnamed man for three-and-a-half years. She had been convinced she would marry him, but had to end their relationship after she realized that they were on "different pages". She was devastated, but met a man named Jess six months later. After five months of dating, they married in December 2015. [16] As of 2017, she lives in Nashville, Tennessee. [11]

Discography

As Maggie Eckford

Albums

For What It's Worth

  1. "Couldn't I See "
  2. "Over and Over"
  3. "Asleep "
  4. "Don't Ask Me"
  5. "My Own Way Down"
  6. "For What It's Worth"
  7. "Unexpected"
  8. "You'll Still Be Mine"
  9. "Raindrops"

Show and Tell

  1. "Come and Go"
  2. "The Pirate and the Mermaid"
  3. "Show and Tell"
  4. "What If"
  5. "Leave"
  6. "Too Far Gone"
  7. "Two Worlds"
  8. "What Are We Waiting For"
  9. "Something for Me"
  10. "Lullaby"

Singles

  • "Golden"
  • "Christmas Like We Do"
  • "Tell Me How to Feel"
  • "Ghost" (2014)
  • "Let the Light Back In" (2015)
  • "Everything Is Lost" (2015)

As Ruelle

Albums

Ode to Shadows (2019)

  1. "Monsters"
  2. "War of Hearts"
  3. "Invincible"
  4. "The Other Side"
  5. "Bad Dream"
  6. "Where We Come Alive"
  7. "Carry You" (featuring Fleurie)
  8. "Where Do We Go from Here"
  9. "Recover"
  10. "Storm"
  11. "I Get to Love You"
  12. "Hold Your Breath"
  13. "Fire meets Fate"

EPs

Up In Flames (2015)

  1. "Up in Flames"
  2. "Fear on Fire"
  3. "Big Guns"
  4. "Oh My My"
  5. "War of Hearts"
  6. "Until We Go Down"

Madness (2016)

  1. "Madness"
  2. "Bad Dream"
  3. "Where Do We Go from Here"
  4. "Live Like Legends"
  5. "Daydream"
  6. "Game of Survival"
  7. "Closing In"

Rival (2017)

  1. "Dead of Night"
  2. "Secrets and Lies"
  3. "Recover"
  4. "Find You"
  5. "Rival"
  6. "The Other Side"

Emerge (2018)

  1. "Emerge Part I"
  2. "Emerge Part II"
  3. "Genesis"
  4. "Come Fly with Me"
  5. "Empires"
  6. "Hold Your Breath"
  7. "Waves of Gray"

Earth Glow (2019)

  1. "Can't Stand Still"
  2. "Earth Glow"
  3. "What Dreams Are Made Of"
  4. "Like You Mean It"
  5. "Take It Out on You"

Exodus (2019)

  1. "What Are We Waiting For"
  2. "Exodus"
  3. "Skin and Bones"
  4. "The Fear of Letting Go"
  5. "Ten Years"

Somebody Else (2022)

  1. "In It"
  2. "Self Sabotage"
  3. "Good Thing"
  4. "Hallelu"
  5. "Somebody Else"

Singles

  • "Take It All" (2015)
  • "Deep End" (2015)
  • "Monsters" (2015)
  • "I Get to Love You" (2016)
  • "Storm" (2016)
  • "Until We Go Down (Listenbe"e remix)
  • "Gotta Love It" (2016)
  • "Monsters" (acoustic version)
  • "War of Hearts" (acoustic version)
  • "Carry You" (featuring Fleurie) (2019)
  • "Where We Come Alive" (2018)
  • "The World We Made" (2019)
  • "Love Changes Everything" (2020)
  • "Good Day For Dreaming" (2020)

Soundtrack appearances

  • "The World We Made"
  • "This Is the Hunt "
  • "War of Hearts"
  • "I Get to Love You"
  • "Secrets and Lies"
  • "Trigger"
  • "Where We Come Alive"

Featuring

  • Super Duper | "Finale" (featuring Ruelle)
  • Zayde Wølf | "Walk Through the Fire" (featuring Ruelle)
  • Tommee Profitt | "Whose Side Are You On" (featuring Ruelle)
  • Ki:Theory | "Bringing Me Down" (remixes)
    1. "Bringing Me Down" (featuring Ruelle)
    2. "Bringing Me Down" (Instrumental)
    3. "Bringing Me Down" (Liam Back remix) [featuring Ruelle]
    4. "Bringing Me Down" (Bedtimes remix) [featuring Ruelle]
    5. "Bringing Me Down" (Nerve Leak remix) [featuring Ruelle]
    6. "Bringing Me Down" (Noisecream remix) [featuring Ruelle]
    7. "Bringing Me Down" (Hykuu remix) [featuring Ruelle]
  • NF | "10 Feet Down" (featuring Ruelle)
  • UNSECRET | "Wake Up World" (featuring Ruelle)
  • UNSECRET | "Revolution" (featuring Ruelle)
  • Happy Walters | "Wonder" (featuring Ruelle)
  • Tommee Profitt | "Follow Me" (featuring Ruelle)
  • Silverberg | "Giants" (featuring Ruelle)
  • Sam Tinnesz | "Play with Fire" (Alternate Version) [featuring Ruelle & Violents]
  • Hidden Citizens | "Take Over" (featuring Ruelle)
  • UNSECRET | "Slip Away" (featuring Ruelle)
  • UNSECRET | "Hang On a Little Longer" (featuring Ruelle)
  • Dave | "Lesley" (featuring Ruelle), BPI: Silver [17]
  • Future Utopia | "Mountain Girl" (featuring Ruelle)

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  16. ↑ "Ruelle on Facebook: Some of you might have heard my song "I Get to Love You" on Dancing With the Stars earlier this week. But that wasn't the first dance connected to this song. And it wasn't the first time this song has made people cry. Here's the surprising (and true) back story. A couple years ago I had to walk away from a three and half year relationship. I really thought this guy was "the one", and I was convinced we were supposed to get married. When I realized that he and I were on different pages, I had to walk away from someone I was still very much in love with. I was absolutely crushed, and to be honest, incredibly disappointed. But I knew I did the right thing, and I had to believe that if it wasn't him, God had someone better suited for me. I had to believe the right person existed and that he was worth waiting for. I met Jess 6 months later. I remember not being emotionally ready to date at the time, but something about him caught my attention the very first time I saw him. We were casual friends for a while, and one day in Nashville we were chatting and realized our parents lived 15 minutes away from each other in Jackson, Mississippi. What are the odds? He asked me if I wanted to carpool home with him for Thanksgiving, and naturally I said YES. The rest is history. We dated for five months and were engaged five months before we got married. The crazy thing is that I remember thinking there was no way I could love someone more than I loved my ex. I was wrong. Sometimes our greatest disappointments in life lead to our greatest gain. I wrote "I Get to Love You" as a surprise for my husband for our first dance at our wedding. Even though I'm a songwriter by profession, it's the most difficult song I've ever written because it's also the most personal. I kept getting stuck because I wanted it to be perfect. Luckily my friend Matt Bronleewe (who co-wrote and produced the song) was there to encourage me that what mattered most was that it was straight from the heart. The words "I Get to Love You" are an honest reflection of how I feel about Jess. He is an absolute gift. And when "the road is too heavy to carry", I'll remember that first dance on our wedding day. Everyone around us cried, and we just looked into each other's eyes and couldn't believe how lucky we were. That was the moment I realized I don't have to love him. I get to. Dancing with the Stars Nyle DiMarco Real Sharna Burgess". Facebook. April 22, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
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