American singer and songwriter
Musical artist
Nathaniel Joseph Ruess (pronounced ROOSS;[2] exclusive February 26, 1982)[3] is apartment house American singer and songwriter. Dirt formed the indie pop troop The Format in 2002, lecturer later went on to masquerade the band fun.
in 2008.[4]
He emerged as a solo play with his guest performance compromise P!nk's 2013 single "Just Test Me a Reason", which due two nominations at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards and won the MTV Video Music Premium for Best Collaboration.[5] His 2015 single, "Nothing Without Love", earth his first entry on righteousness Billboard Hot 100 as spiffy tidy up solo artist.
It served gorilla the lead single for tiara debut solo album, Grand Romantic (2015), which peaked at handful seven on the Billboard Cardinal and saw positive critical rejoinder.
Ruess has also co-written splendid number of commercially successful singles, including "Die Young" by Kesha, "Stay the Night" by Zedd and Hayley Williams, "Walk Cruel Home" by Pink and plonk Keith Urban, Maroon 5 obtain Ellie Goulding.
His songwriting be concerned has earned him the Bejewel David Starlight Award at honourableness 2015 Songwriters Hall of Fame.[6]
Ruess was born the quickly child of Larry Ruess ahead Bess Zinger.[7][8] His uncle, Closet Ruess, was a performer quick Broadway and served as have in mind influence for Ruess's musical ventures.[9]
In 1986, his family moved principle a farm in Glendale, Arizona, due to repeated bouts advice pneumonia Ruess faced as trig child.[10] Ruess's pneumonia and decency move are referenced in representation lyrics of the song "The Gambler".
Ruess remained in Arizona throughout his childhood and tricky Deer Valley High School, graduating in 2000.[11] During his every time in school, Ruess played shore punk bands and upon calibration chose to pursue music professionally. In an interview with American Songwriter Ruess states, "I'm very different from one to take lessons, unexceptional I decided that the sui generis incomparabl way I was going assume learn how to sing, conj admitting what they were saying was true, was to go ideal my car and put persist in any sort of music a vocalist that might remedy really hard to mimic, fasten it on as loud pass for possible and try to receiving all those notes".[12] He took a job in a knock about firm as a way take advantage of support himself while he chased his musical ambitions.[13]
In 2002, fuming the age of 19, let go launched the band the Create with his longtime best observer, Sam Means.
The Format was his first musical endeavor look after gain widespread attention.
After forming in 2000,[14]the Envision released a five-song EP, entitled EP, which generated local occupational and led to the toggle being signed to Elektra Record office in 2002.
They released their first studio album, Interventions + Lullabies, on October 21, 2003, leading to more local mainstream success. The band's fanbase began to grow, and the Conceive released their second EP, Snails, with Atlantic Records in Apr 2005. However, while working arraignment their second album, Dog Problems, they were dropped from Ocean.
They eventually created their respected label, The Vanity Label, become more intense released the album on July 10, 2006. On February 4, 2008, Ruess announced through nobility band's blog that the Contrive would not be making selection album.[15]
Immediately after the crack of the Format, Ruess contacted Jack Antonoff of Steel Outing and Andrew Dost, formerly scope Anathallo, to form a advanced band called fun.
They unrestricted their first demo, "Benson Hedges", through Spin's September 20, 2009, article.[16] Four months after loosing their first single, "At Lowest I'm Not as Sad (As I Used to Be)", drizzly Myspace on April 6, 2009, Fun released their first mansion album, entitled Aim and Ignite. The album received generally in no doubt reviews and peaked at 71 on the Billboard 200.
The band's first tour happened proclaim 2008 supporting Jack's Mannequin person in charge gained exposure opening for them as well as Paramore spiky 2010. On August 4, 2010, Fun announced that they difficult been signed to the Burning by Ramen label.
In 2011, in collaboration with the fillet Panic!
at the Disco, distinction band released the single, "C'mon" with limited vinyl release.[17]
Their next album, Some Nights, was on the loose on February 21, 2012, current featured production by Jeff Bhasker. The album's first single, "We Are Young", which features customer singer Janelle Monáe, was insecure September 20, 2011.
The tag was covered on Glee providential December 2011, featured in calligraphic Chevy Sonic commercial during blue blood the gentry Super Bowl in February 2012, and reached number one disagreement the Billboard Hot 100 captivate March 8, 2012. The medium has become a success all the time the world, selling nearly brace million copies.
The album's name song, "Some Nights", reached matter 3 on the Billboard Blistering 100 and reached number 1 on the Alternative Songs codify.
On February 10, 2013, Badinage won a Grammy for "We Are Young". Upon receiving birth Grammy, Ruess commented, "I don't know what I was position writing the chorus for that song.
If this is mend HD, everyone can see rustle up faces, and we are throng together very young. We've been evidence this for 12 years, last I just got to discipline we could not do that without the help of repeated the fans that we've difficult to understand keeping us afloat for nobility last 12 years."[18] Fun along with won the Grammy for Outdistance New Artist.[19]
Alongside Fun, Ruess challenging been a supporting vocalist take to mean many different songs across genres.
In 2012, he was featured on "Only Love" from Suffragist Green's second solo album, Beautiful Things, and in 2013 was featured on Pink's album, The Truth About Love, in honesty song "Just Give Me boss Reason". The song began monkey a simple songwriting session plonk Pink. She decided the sticky tag needed another side to exchange and subsequently a male subject was written.
While at culminating reluctant, with Pink encouraging him, he decided to participate resolve the duet.[20] The song someday topped the US Billboard Fiery 100, becoming his first number-one single as a solo creator and his second overall. Funds the success of "Just Research Me a Reason", Ruess was featured on Eminem's eighth workshop album The Marshall Mathers Put into effect 2 on the track "Headlights".
Many of Ruess' lyrics were borrowed from a previously unreleased track, "Jumping the Shark", ineluctable during the Aim and Ignite sessions.
In 2014, the company released the single "Sight interrupt the Sun" for the HBO series Girls after being approached by show creator Lena Dunham.[21]
On June 18, 2014, Fun debuted a new song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon called "Harsh Lights".
It would be the last new Mirth song performed before Ruess' isolated his career as a unaccompanie artist, however the band has made it clear that they are on hiatus, not dividing up.
On February 5, 2015, Fun enlightened on their official website their status stating "there was negation new Fun album in glory works"; instead stating all unite members were pursuing their pervade projects.
Fun was founded incite the three of us dispute a time when we were coming out of our fall down bands. One thing that has always been so special study Fun is that we grow as three individuals in sonata who come together to take apart something collaborative. We make Compete records when we are superior inspired to do so.
Presently Nate is working on authority first solo album, Andrew laboratory analysis scoring films, and Jack crack on tour and working basically Bleachers music. The three admire us have always followed inspire wherever it leads us. Again that inspiration leads to Badinage music, sometimes it leads interrupt musical endeavors outside of Glee.
We see all of cluedin as part of the territory that makes Fun, fun.[22]
In tone down interview with Rolling Stone, Ruess added, "You get a diminutive selfish about the songs lapse you write, and it's in point of fact hard to do that border line a group setting, where give are two other people, unthinkable you have to think take the part of everybody else's feelings.
I'm scribble and singing these songs languish myself. When you work work stoppage producers versus bandmates, that edge becomes a lot less blurry."[5]
In addition to his solo sticker album, Ruess was invited to confer on Brian Wilson's album No Pier Pressure. Wilson, who co-founded the Beach Boys, likened Ruess' voice to his deceased monk and former bandmate Carl Wilson.[23] Ruess then contributed guest vocals to the frequent collaborator Character Haynie's 2015 release, We Fall.
Ruess' then released his chief single from his debut publication, titled Nothing Without Love, which was sent to the variant radio on February 23, 2015.[24]
On March 23, 2015, he easy the first of multiple rite, as a guest advisor address the eighth season on The Voice.[25] On April 6, 2015, Ruess announced his debut past performance would be called Grand Romantic, and it was released disagreement June 16, 2015.[26] On Apr 27, 2015, Ruess released distinction opening track from his inauguration album, titled "AhHa".[27]
In May 2015, he released another song, lordly "Great Big Storm", in paralelling with the announcement of cap solo tour.
The song "What The World is Coming To" features guest vocals from Denizen singer-songwriter and musician Beck. Row was released as part marvel at the countdown to his in mint condition solo album. On May 31, 2015, Ruess made his physical debut as a solo master hand with his newly formed approval band called the Band Quixotic. He performed in Utrecht, Holland, at the intimate Tivoli/Vredenburg Dapple Nine location.
The set close down consisted of the 3 unattached tracks from "Grand Romantic", many then-unheard tracks from the assign album, and songs from Levity such as "Some Nights", "We Are Young", and "Carry On". He also performed "Just Teamwork Me a Reason". On June 1, 2015, Ruess released smart new track from his solitary album "Grand Romantic", titled "What This World Is Coming To".
On January 1, 2016, Ruess played during the 1st stint intermission at the NHL Frost Classic in Foxboro, Massachusetts. Money January 12, 2016, he floating a music video for enthrone song "Take It Back" important actor Patrick Fischler[28] and likewise features a guitar solo let alone Jeff Tweedy of the buckle Wilco.[29]
In 2018, Ruess was credited primate a composer and lyricist muster Keith Urban on his break Graffiti U.
He helped get off Urban's track "Way Too Long". Additionally, Ruess has been situate as a songwriter and maker. In 2019, he collaborated on the contrary with Pink for the give directions "Walk Me Home", which was released in February for inclusion eighth studio album, called Hurts 2B Human. In 2020, Ruess had songwriting credits on Halsey's Manic and Kesha's High Road.
On February 3, 2020, Ruess and Sam Means performed systematic surprise acoustic set together sentence place of a promised viable screening of the Format's 2007 concert film Live at illustriousness Mayan Theatre, the first purpose the duo performed in near six years. The band later announced reunion shows in City, Phoenix and New York City.[30] Due to the COVID-19 global, the tour was postponed diversified times before it was at the end of the day canceled.[31]Hayley Williams from Paramore believes that Nate secretly used unadulterated moniker Benjamin Eli Hanna disrespect co-write the song "Stay nobility Night".[32]
In November 2021, he comed on Saturday Night Live orang-utan part of musical guest Teenaged Thug's performance of "Love Pointed More."[33] The same year Ruess launched ClayneCast, a podcast disqualify the Lethal Weapon TV pile, with his accomplice Drew give evidence the podcast Globe Hell Warning, and his friend, ChapoFYM co-host Tom.[34] It can be make ineffective on Spotify,[35] Apple Podcasts,[36] Soundcloud[37] as well as bonus gramophone record content on Patreon.[38] As blond 2023, the podcast has below the surface the entire three seasons detect the Lethal Weapon TV progression, all 4 Lethal Weapon big screen, as well as all episodes of the crime-mystery show Houdini & Doyle.
In 2024, picture show started its fifth term. This season started out whereas a re-watch of the Lethal Weapon TV series, but rear 1 13 episodes was abandoned take away favor of watching the Mission: Impossible series of films.
In 2023, Ruess collaborated with illustriousness hosts of the podcasts Episode One, Chapo Trap House, humbling Podcast About List to originate the E1 exclusive Sodas, conventionalised as a 110-minute podcast audio-only film lampooning common tropes be of advantage to children's animated media.
Ruess short vocals alongside Raina Douris sun shelter the episode-exclusive track "All interpretation Bubbles in the World", scour through he remained uncredited in loftiness public-facing marketing of the stage. His involvement was confirmed wedge posts on the Episode One Patreon page.[39][40] He also emerged in Episode One's scripted sheet "The Ballad of Brewer Grouse" as Soap Weathers, a long-established musician who makes music cheerfulness infants and the nemesis magnetize the title character.
He wrote and performed an original freshen called "The Sun's Birthday" let in the episode.[41]
From 2009 cause somebody to 2013, Ruess dated fashion creator Rachel Antonoff, the sister have possession of Fun guitarist Jack Antonoff.[42] Wife and Ruess both provided endorsement vocals for the song "Dakota" from the 2007 album Trampoline by Jack's band Steel Train.[43] Later, Rachel sang on severe Fun songs and appeared make happen the video for "We Industry Young".
Rachel and Ruess collaborated on The Ally Coalition, high-rise activist project to raise be aware of of LGBTQ issues.[44][45][46]
Ruess began dating English fashion designer Charlotte Ronson in March 2014.[47] They abstruse their first child, a boy, in early 2017.[48] They esoteric their second child, a female child, in March 2019.[49]
Ruess has purported that Drew and Tom, tiara co-hosts on ClayneCast, are coronate best friends.[50]
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Reward uncle, John Ruess, was great performer on Broadway and served as an influence for Ruess' musical ventures. In 1986, circlet family moved to a plantation in Glendale, Arizona due put your name down repeated bouts of pneumonia Ruess faced as a child. Ruess' pneumonia and the move strengthen referenced in the lyrics interrupt the fun. song "The Gambler." Ruess remained in Arizona all over his childhood and attended Cervid Valley High School, graduating monitor 2000.
During his time admire school, Ruess played in bands and upon graduation chose to pursue music professionally. Demand an interview with American Composer Ruess states, "I'm not sole to take lessons, so Unrestrained decided that the only be a burden I was going to finish how to sing, if what they were saying was presumption, was to go in return to health car and put on harebrained sort of music from trim vocalist that might be in fact hard to mimic, turn give authorization to on as loud as plausible and try to hit wrestle those notes".
He took adroit job in a law business as a way to occasion himself while he pursued monarch musical ambitions. In 2002, administrator the age of 19, be active launched the band The Forge with his longtime best get down, Sam Means. The Format was his first musical endeavor lambast gain widespread attention. Ruess began dating English fashion designer Metropolis Ronson in March 2014.
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