Ruelle

Margaret C. Eckford (born November 21, 1985), known by her stage name Ruelle, is an American singer-songwriter. Her music has been used on television series including the opening theme songs of Dynasties ("Game of Survival"), Shadowhunters ("This Is the Hunt"), and The Shannara Chronicles ("Until We Go Down").

Background

Born the middle child of three sisters, Ruelle grew up in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and attended a private Christian high school. She attended music school in Sydney, Australia. Ruelle is based in Nashville

She was included in both the trailer and soundtrack for The Loft as well as trailers for Bad Moms, Before I Fall, Free State of Jones, Her songs "Madness" and "Rivals" were included in the TV show Siren and in the trailer for The Looming Tower miniseries, respectively. In July 2018, the released trailer for the Titans series by DC Universe contained "Madness", "Monsters" and "Revolution". She also released the song "Take it All" used in a trailer for the British soap opera Emmerdale. The song "Slip Away" was included in a season 2 episode of Midnight, Texas. The song "Carry You" is used in an episode of the Fox drama series 9-1-1 during season 3, episode 15.

In January 2019, "Wake Up World", a collaborative track with Unsecret, was used as a teaser of the STARZ exclusive limited series The Spanish Princess. "I AM", a collaboration with Club Yoko, was in Samsung Galaxy Note 10 commercials. The single "The World We Made" was included in the soundtrack of the Netflix film The Old Guard in 2020. Her single "Good Day for Dreaming" was featured in Apple's iPhone 12 lineup launch event in October 2020. The song was featured in the final episode of the 2019 sci-fi drama Another Life. Her song "Madness" was included in the soundtrack of the Netflix limited series Behind Her Eyes in 2021. Ruelle has collaborated with electronic music producer Ki Theory and is featured on his song "Bringing Me Down". She was the sole feature on NF's chart-topping 2017 album Perception, providing vocals on the song "10 Feet Down",

Her album Earth Glow was released on August 7, 2019, with five songs and another EP soon after with another five songs. She chose to split her album into two releases in order to draw more attention to the songs. A fellow artist and close friend wrote "Like You Mean It" with Ruelle, alongside mutual friend Jeremy Lutito of Jars of Clay who also co-produced the EP. The second EP, Exodus, was released on the November 22, 2019.

Personal life Ruelle and Ian Keaggy (of Hot Chelle Rae) were in a relationship for three-and-a-half years. She had been convinced she would marry him but ended their relationship after she realized that they were on "different pages". She was devastated but met a man named Jess six months later. After five months of dating, they married in December 2015. They have two daughters.

As of 2017, she lives in Nashville. Future Utopia | "Mountain Girl" (featuring Ruelle)