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  "description": "Including a stop in Brighton!",
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  "textContent": "Aussie singer-songwriter **Ruel Vincent van Dijk** aka **Ruel** has dropped a brand new track today called  _Hate Myself_**** via **Giant Music** and the pop icon has also announced a headline **UK** and **Europe** tour! The tour kicks off this October, alongside his debut appearance at The Great Escape festival in **Brighton**.\n\nFollowing the massive release of  _Don’t Say That_ , _Hate Myself_**** marks a triumphant second single ahead of the next chapter in his double album project, following  _Kicking My Feet_ (Part One), the forthcoming part two arrives as  _Kicking My Feet & Screaming_. The new song gives fans a glimpse into a new, uncharted side of Ruel while still tapping into the vulnerability that he’s known for. At its core, the track explores what it feels like to be stuck in a toxic, self destructive relationship, knowing it’s hurting you, but not being able to walk away.\n\nCo-written by industry moguls **Kenny Beats** and **Jackson Morgan** , _Hate Myself_ captures what it feels like to love someone who is bad for you and choosing to stay until you start resenting yourself more than them. Ruel recalls how the track came about: \"I wrote this one on the day I met Kenny and Jackson, and when you meet someone for the first time, you sort of try to focus on getting to know one another. After 5-6 hours in the studio, we had basically nothing but then Kenny threw a bit of a hail Mary, the three of us mixed ideas around, and next thing we knew we had the whole song in about 30 mins. Since then, every session I’ve had with Kenny has flowed so well and the two of us wrote a good chunk of the album Part 2 together!\"\n\nRuel just wrapped the second leg of his 2026 North American  _Kicking My Feet Tour_ , where he was supported by UK born singer-songwriter **Arthur Hill** , emerging soul pop singer **Chelsea Jordan** and rising **San Francisco** native **Mercer Henderson**. Earlier this year, he also toured in **South America** on the **Lollapalooza festival** circuit in **Chile** , **Argentina** and **Brazil** and the **Estero Picnic Festival** in **Colombia**.\n\nTo celebrate his double album era, the pop sensation has also announced he’ll be hitting the road again this fall for the ** _Kicking & Screaming_** **Tour** , heading across the UK and Europe from the 1st October through 30th October**** with support from singer-songwriter **Sadie Jean**. Artist pre-sale begins next Tuesday (28th April) at 10am, followed by general on sale next Thursday (30th April)**** at 10am.\n\n>        View this post on Instagram            \n>\n> A post shared by RUEL (@oneruel)\n\n_Kicking & Screaming****_ got off to a strong start last month with _Don’t Say That_ , and will bring fans 10 new tracks as Ruel builds on his _Kicking My Feet_ era. All star collaborators that teamed up to create the highly anticipated project include **Julian Bunetta** who has worked**Sabrina Carpenter** , **One Direction** and **Teddy Swims** , **John Ryan** who has worked with **Olivia Dean** , **Harry Styles** and **Shawn Mendes**), **M-Phazes**(**Demi Lovato** , **Eminem** , **Noah** **Cyrus**), **Dan Wilson** (**Taylor Swift** , **Niall Horan** , **Adele**) and **Leroy Clampit** (**Lily Allen** , **Justin Bieber** , **Finneas**).\n\nSign up for artist pre-sale tickets HERE. Kicking My Feet & Screaming, the album is available for pre-order HERE and will be available to stream on 12.06.2026. __Hate Myself__ is available to stream now.",
  "title": "Ruel releases new single from forthcoming part two of double album Kicking My Feet & Screaming and announces UK/EU tour",
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