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Ruel Finds Exactly What He's Been Looking for on New Single ‘I Can Die Now'
Ruel is done searching. On his latest single 'I Can Die Now,' the Australian musician has found everything he's been looking for: an all-encompassing love and even the musical direction driving his forthcoming studio album, arriving later this year.
'I've been waiting for what seems like forever to get I Can Die Now out,' Ruel shared in a statement. 'I love the juxtaposition between the title and the theme and energy of the song — once you listen to it, you'll know what I mean. On top of that, ICDN is the first taste of what my new album might be like.'
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'I Can Die Now' bounces along a propulsive bass line and finds in rhythm through thudding percussion. 'In a room full of these strangers/You're the one, you're the one/The way you got me feeling from the waist up to the waist down/Girl, I found you, yeah, I found you, I can die now/Yeah, I would hate to 'cause you're mine now/But since I found you, yeah, I found you, I can die now,' he sings. 'I know that it's fucked up, I don't want to/Nothing more for me to do than be around you/I want you to lock me inside/Want you to spend all your nights in my arms.'
Ruel crafted the record alongside collaborators Julian Bunetta (Sabrina Carpenter, One Direction), Ammo (Beyoncé, Britney Spears), JKash (Charlie Puth, Dua Lipa), Mark Schick (Nessa Barrett, Benson Boone), and Ed Drewett (Niall Horan). It marks first release of the year, follow last year's one-off singles 'Cats on the Ceiling' and 'Make It Awkward.' His most recent studio album, 4th Wall, arrived in 2023.
'First single I've put out in almost a year and first part of this new eraaaa,' Ruel wrote on Instagram. 'All this has been a looong time coming so over the moon to get this out in the world.'
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