Ruelle (singer)

Margaret C. "Maggie" Eckford (born November 21, 1985), known by her stage name Ruelle, is an American singer-songwriter. Her music has been used on television series such as the opening theme songs of Dynasties ("Game of Survival"), Shadowhunters ("This Is the Hunt"), and The Shannara Chronicles ("Until We Go Down").
Born the middle child of three sisters, Ruelle (born Maggie Eckford) grew up in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and attended a private Christian high school. She attended music school in Sydney, Australia. Ruelle is now based in Nashville, Tennessee. Her mother's family owns a legacy music store in Wales, where her interest for music began.
Ruelle'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, from the French word Ruelle, due to its French root and its multiple meanings, and moved towards electronic pop with EPs, Up in Flames (2015), Madness (2016), and Rival (2017).
Ruelle's first television placement was a song in a Japanese iPad commercial. Alongside the theme songs for Shadowhunters and The Shannara Chronicles, her songs have featured in prime time television series, including 9-1-1, Arrow, Batwoman, Inhumans, Dancing with the Stars, The Challenge XXX: Dirty 30, Cloak & Dagger, Eyewitness, Famous in Love, Grey's Anatomy, Guilt, How to Get Away with Murder, The Leftovers, Midnight, Texas, The Originals, Pretty Little Liars, Quantico, Reckless, Reign, Revenge, Riverdale, Scream, Sleepy Hollow, So You Think You Can Dance, Teen Wolf, Titans, The Vampire Diaries, The Walking Dead, Wynonna Earp, Doom Patrol and The Village.
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, and Keeping Up with the Joneses. Her song, "Game of Survival", was included in the 13 Reasons Why trailer, the Gears 5 trailer, and the trailer for David Attenborough's BBC Earth series Dynasties. Her songs, "Madness" and "Rivals", were included in the TV show, Siren, and in the trailer for The Looming Tower mini-series respectively. In July 2018, the released trailer for the Titans series by DC Universe includes "Madness", "Monsters" and "Revolution". She also released the song, "Take it All" used in a trailer for the British soap, Emmerdale. The song "Slip Away" was included in a season 2 episode of Midnight, Texas. The song "Carry You" was included 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 the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 commercials.
The single "The World We Made" was included in the soundtrack of the Netflix film, The Old Guard (2020 film) in 2020.
Her single, "Good Day for Dreaming", was featured in Apple's iPhone 12 lineup launch event in October 2020. The song was also featured in the final episode of the 2019 sci-fi drama Another Life.
Her song "Madness" was included in the soundtrack of the limited Netflix series, Behind Her Eyes in 2021.
She has collaborated with electronic music producer Ki Theory, featuring in 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 then another EP soon after with another five songs, choosing to split her album in two in order to draw more attention to all songs. A fellow artist and close friend wrote "Like You Mean It" with Ruelle, alongside mutual friend Jeremy Lutito who also co-produced the EP. The second EP, Exodus, was released on the November 22, 2019.
Ruelle was in a relationship with an unnamed man for three-and-a-half years. She had been convinced she would marry him, but had to end 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. As of 2017, she lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
For What It's Worth
Show and Tell
Ode to Shadows (2019)
Up In Flames (2015)
Madness (2016)
Rival (2017)
Emerge (2018)
Earth Glow (2019)
Exodus (2019)
Somebody Else (2022)