Via BlackBook: In a recent exclusive interview and photoshoot for BlackBook, we got a peek into the world of burgeoning electropop singer/songwriter Ruby Amadelle – who has been better known as musical sidekick to her very famous brother and best friend Gus Dapperton. Speaking to her during the pandemic lockdown, it was immediately evident that her maturity, self-assurance and emotional depth significantly bely her youth. Further bearing that out, her debut album, the tellingly titled Raw, drops today—May 22.
We’re expecting great things from her.
What were the inspirations behind Raw?
I started creating this when I wrote “The Bleed” a few years ago and, I basically didn’t know what I was going to be doing for this project. I was just coming into adulthood, becoming aware of a lot of chaos and evil in the world, and was getting a bit discouraged. So, after a few traumatizing experiences, I wrote “The Bleed” to encompass how I felt. That’s why it’s so chaotic. From there, I wrote each song as I healed from those things. I ended out with “Raw,” the only love song I’ve written, and it’s directed toward myself and a person that gave me hope in the world again.
When we heard first heard “The Bleed,” on an iPhone, we thought it was a beautiful ballad; but then playing it on a soundsystem, it sounded more like a club banger. Should it make one feel sad or want to dance?
I wrote in the piano, and it just turned out to be this sad, very dark, intense song. Gus then asked, “Do we make it a bop or do we make a ballad?” And we decided “maybe a bop,” because that’s the perfect in between for everything it holds.
Who worked with you on this album?
The first few songs on the EP, “Not My Baby,” “The Bleed,” and “Hold Onto Myself,” I made completely with my brother. I collaborate with him most of the time because he’s my best friend, and he just understands what I want to do, and he’s an amazing producer. We sometimes co-write the songs. The last song “Raw” was produced by Godchild, he’s a good friend of ours and he made it sound beautiful and angelic, just the way I wanted it. For everything visual, I work with Jess Farran, [photographer, videographer and director], because she’s my creative director and totally gets the messages I’m trying to express. She brings them to life.
Click here to read the full interview – https://bbook.com/fashion/exclusive-interview-shoot-ruby-amadelle-comes-musically-into-her-own/
