Bright Lights, Red Eyes

Bright Lights, Red Eyes
EP by
Ruel
Released23 October 2020
Label
ProducerM-Phazes
Ruel chronology
Free Time
(2019) 		Bright Lights, Red Eyes
(2020) 		4th Wall
(2023)
Singles from Bright Lights, Red Eyes
  1. "As Long As You Care"
    Released: 11 September 2020[1]
  2. "Say It Over"
    Released: 2 October 2020[2]
  3. "Distance"
    Released: January 2021[3]

Bright Lights, Red Eyes is the third extended play (EP) by Australian singer-songwriter Ruel. The EP was released on 23 October 2020 through RCA Records.

The EP was written in June 2019 in a Airbnb mansion in Paris, France. Ruel said "You can actually see it in the cover art – it's me and Sarah Aarons outside it" adding "We wrote five songs in about three days, each in under an hour."[4]

In a press release in October 2020, Ruel said "I want to get across that this project is another step forward in maturity for me. This project was a stream of consciousness when I was writing it at the time, and I feel like that's the way all projects and songs are for me. They are moments in time. This project isn't who I am right now as I wrote these songs last year, but it's the most mature you've ever heard me and it was me, in that moment in time."[5]

  1. ^ Brereton, Greta (10 September 2020). "Ruel drops smooth new single "As Long As You Care"". NME Australia. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ Langford, Jackson (1 October 2020). "Ruel announces new single with Cautious Clay, "Say It Over"". NME Australia. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Ruel Drops 'Distance' Music Video". musicdaily. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Ruel: "I was listening to a lot of sad music, thinking, 'What am I even doing?' I felt a bit useless"". NME. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Ruel drops his highly anticipated new EP, Bright Lights, Red Eyes". NME. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.