Described by Elton John as an ‘astonishing’ talent, Ruel earned his first platinum record at the age of 16. Now 20, he’s one of the biggest artists in Australian pop
here are parts of Ruel van Dijk’s family home that feel normal: the Cyanide & Happiness book by the toilet, the Liverpool FC figurines on his desk, the photographs of mum, dad and a trio of siblings on the wall. But there are others that betray the fact that the 20-year-old who lives here has had something of an extraordinary early life – for instance, the framed platinum record in his music studio , or the NDA I had to sign to get the address to be here today.
“I mean, I was an attention seeker, so I was loving it,” he laughs, with the sort of relaxed confidence he carries through our hour-long conversation. “All the craziness and the pandemonium that came with it shows and stuff – that was strange. But in general, having more people listening to my music and come to the shows … it was a great feeling.”Photograph: Carly Earl/The Guardian
The debut album was meant to come out in 2020, but the pandemic got in the way – a delay which found Ruel reimagining what it could look like. He had already written “so many songs” about the small number of relationships he’d been in; now two years into dating his current girlfriend, he was finding it hard to pen more break-up tunes.
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