Ruel Shares New Single ‘Hate Myself’
This is the second track taken from Ruel’s upcoming album, Kicking My Feet & Screaming.
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Ruel returns with new single ‘Hate Myself’, the second taste of his upcoming third studio album, Kicking My Feet & Screaming.
A sequel to last year’s Kicking My Feet, Ruel’s new album is out Friday 12 June via Recess Records/Virgin Music (pre-order here). It features 10 tracks with input from Julian Bunetta, John Ryan, Kenny Beats, M-Phazes, Dan Wilson and Leroy Clampit.
‘Hate Myself’ is produced by Kenny Beats (Ed Sheeran, Dominic Fike, Jorja Smith) and co-written by Ruel, Kenneth Blume and Jackson Morgan.
At just two and a half minutes long, it’s a short but magnetic burst of Ruel’s trademark powerful vocals over a booming beat and synthesised electric guitar, crafting a futuristic alt-pop song.
It follows the album’s first single, ‘Don’t Say That’, a track Ruel co-wrote with Joel Little (Taylor Swift, Lorde, Gracie Abrams) and Sean Douglas (Selena Gomez, 5 Seconds of Summer, Lewis Capaldi).
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Kicking My Feet & Screaming arrives after a big 12 months for Ruel. Not only did he release his sophomore album, Kicking My Feet, but the LA-based Aussie performed at Lollapalooza in Chile, Argentina and Brazil, enjoyed an epic two-month North America headline tour and returned home for a special headline show at Sydney Opera House Forecourt.
Ruel also took out First Prize at the 2025 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition for ‘The Suburbs’, a track taken from Kicking My Feet.
Arguably one of Australia’s most exciting artists making waves internationally, Ruel has come a long way since the release of his debut single ‘Golden Years’ at the age of 14. Over 3 billion global streams, headline tours and RIAA, ARIA and MTV awards have followed, with Kicking My Feet & Screaming shaping up as one of this year’s must-hear releases.
‘Hate Myself’ by Ruel is out now. Listen here. Kicking My Feet & Screaming Friday 12 June via Recess Records/Virgin Music. Pre-order/pre-save here.
