Born the middle child of three sisters to a trucker in Mississippi, Ruelle was raised on a dairy farm. She attended music school in Sydney, Australia. Ruelle is now professionally based out of Nashville, Tennessee. Eckford adopted the French word "Ruelle" as her stage name because she liked how it gave off a sense of darkness and mystery and how it had multiple meanings including "chamber" and "wolf".
Though Nashville is best known for country music and rock-and-roll, Eckford'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. She then adopted the stage name Ruelle to represent a change in genre, moving toward electronic pop with a dark and cinematic style in the EPs Up in Flames (2015) and Madness (2016).
Ruelle's first television placement was a song in a Japanese iPad commercial. Besides the aforementioned theme songs for Shadowhunters and The Shannara Chronicles, Ruelle's songs have also been featured in numerous primetime television series, including Dancing with the Stars, Guilt, How to Get Away with Murder, The Leftovers, The Originals, Pretty Little Liars, Quantico, Reckless, Revenge, Scream, Sleepy Hollow, So You Think You Can Dance, Teen Wolf, The Vampire Diaries, and The Walking Dead.
Until We Go Down, after its use in Shannara, was used at the end of "Steel Bars and Stone Walls", the season 2 premiere of Wynonna Earp.
On film, she is featured on both the trailer and the soundtrack for The Loft as well as trailers for Bad Moms,Before I Fall, Free State of Jones, and Keeping up with the Joneses. Her song "Game of Survival" is featured in the 13 Reasons Why trailer.
Ruelle has collaborated with electronic music producer Ki:Theory, provided the vocals on his song "Bringing Me Down".
Ruelle's best-performing song on the Billboard charts is "I Get to Love You", which reached #15 on the Spotify Viral 50 on March 5, 2016.
Closing In
Ruelle Lyrics
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Now it's a wave of gray
Feel and pull me under
Drowning in the disarray
There's no escape
Everything is closing in
Everything is closing in
Feels like everything is closing in
A fraction of a memory
Pieces of a memory of a dream long gone
I can see it slipping
All that's left of me is gone
Everything is closing in
Everything is closing in
Light is growing dim
Feels like everything is closing in
There's no escape
Everything is closing in
Everything is closing in
Light is growing dim
Feels like everything is closing in
The song "Closing In" by Ruelle presents the struggle of an individual who once lived life in full color but now is engulfed in a wave of gray. The song portrays the feeling of being trapped and pulled under a disarray of emotions that are too overwhelming to overcome. The individual can't escape the feeling of being trapped, and the world around them is slowly closing in, leaving them with little light and hope for a way out. The song talks about how memories of a dream long gone are slipping away, and what is left is a mere fraction of the person they once were. It is evident that the individual sees no way out of their situation and is left drowning in the feeling of being trapped.
The song's lyrics are a representation of a person's struggles with issues of depression and anxiety. These issues tend to surround a person with negative emotions and feelings which can often become overwhelming. The song portrays the feeling of being trapped and having no control over one's life, something which is commonly experienced with anxiety and depression. The lyrics successfully communicate this feeling to the listener, making the song relatable to people who are going through similar experiences.
Line by Line Meaning
I used to see in color
I used to experience life in a vibrant and vivid way
Now it's a wave of gray
Now life seems dull and colorless, like a monotonous gray wave
Feel and pull me under
I feel overwhelmed and dragged down
Drowning in the disarray
I am consumed by chaos and disorder
There's no escape
There is no way to avoid or evade these feelings
Everything is closing in
I feel trapped and suffocated by my circumstances
Light is growing dim
Hope and positivity are fading away
Feels like everything is closing in
I am overwhelmed and surrounded by negativity
A fraction of a memory
Only a small fragment of a memory remains
Pieces of a memory of a dream long gone
Only parts of a memory of a past dream remain, that will never come true
I can see it slipping
The memory is fading away and slipping out of my grasp
All that's left of me is gone
I feel like I have lost a part of myself, and what remains is not enough
Contributed by Adeline L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Séverine Brulé
on Take It All
Through hells gate
The ground shakes
Valor wakes
And so it begins
Vengeance waits,
Fury reigns
With all at stake
And so it begins
Oooh and so it begins oooh
Where worlds collide, and blood divides
When darkness falls, fate calls
This winter breath, taste of death
Where iron meets flesh
We'll take it all oooh x4
We'll take it all
We'll take it all x3
And so it begins