RUEL

About

Ruel (Ruel Vincent van Dijk, born 29 October 2002 in London, raised in Sydney) is an Australian singer-songwriter who broke through as a teenager with melodic R&B and pop. His debut single 'Golden Years' landed him a deal with RCA at 14, and by 2018 he had won the ARIA Breakthrough Artist award for 'Dazed & Confused' - the youngest solo artist to take that prize. His debut album 4th Wall (2023) reached #3 on the ARIA chart, and his second album Kicking My Feet followed in October 2025, with a sequel Kicking My Feet & Screaming released in June 2026.

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global streams (all platforms)

3.7M

Spotify monthly listeners

debut album 4th Wall peak on ARIA Albums Chart

second album Kicking My Feet peak on ARIA Albums Chart

What's new

2026-06
Ruel released Kicking My Feet & Screaming, a 10-track sequel to his 2025 album Kicking My Feet, on 12 June 2026.
2025-10
Ruel's second studio album Kicking My Feet was released on 17 October 2025 via Recess Records and Giant Music.
2025-07
Ruel released the single 'I Can Die Now' in July 2025, his first release under Giant Music and a preview of the Kicking My Feet album.
2025-04
Ruel appeared as a featured artist on Lime Cordiale's single 'Melodramatic Fanatic', released in April 2025.
2024-06
Ruel released the covers EP Adaptations in 2024, his first release on new label Giant Records, led by a cover of Sixpence None the Richer's 'Kiss Me'.