Advertisement
Forth Pub Summer Series proudly Presents Ruby Fields Ruby Fields has been growing up in public since rising to national fame in 2017. After a
string of successful singles and EPs, Ruby solidified her position as the iconoclastic
songwriter Australia needed with her 2021 debut album, Been Doin’ It For A Bit.
Been Doin’ It For A Bit debuted at #1 in the ARIA Top 50 Albums chart, vindicating five years
of hard work from Ruby, dating back the 2017 single “I Want”. Triple j’s Richard Kingsmill
praised “I Want” as a “great song for sure,” signalling the beginning of the youth station’s
ongoing support for Ruby’s music.
“I Want”, and Ruby’s follow-up single, “P Plates”, both appeared on the 2018 EP, Your Dad’s
Opinion For Dinner, which received triple j high rotation. But Ruby’s breakthrough hit was
“Dinosaurs”, which was released in September 2018 as the lead single from Ruby’s second
EP, Permanent Hermit.
“Dinosaurs” reached #9 in triple j’s Hottest 100 of 2018— the world’s biggest public voted
music poll—and gained ARIA Platinum accreditation. Fields conducted a sold-out Australian
headline tour off the back of its success and made high profile appearances at Splendour in
the Grass and Laneway Festival.
Been Doin’ It For A Bit was preceded by the single, “Pretty Grim,” which again made a major
impression on triple j listeners and landed at #61 in the Hottest 100 of 2020. The album’s
best-loved track is the ode to kindred mateship, “Kitchen”, which appeared at #58 in triple j’s
Hottest 100 of 2021 and sparked mass sing-alongs at theatres around Australia on Ruby’s
recent album launch tour.
Ruby produced Been Doin’ It For A Bit with three of her best mates: guitarist Adam Newling,
bass player Tas Wilson, and drummer Patrick Rogers. “This album is my love letter to the
boys, and maybe to everything that’s broken me in the past,” Ruby said.
The foursome began recording in Waiuku, New Zealand, in early 2020, but the sessions
were cut short due to the pandemic. They completed the record at The Music Farm, Byron
Bay, and the finished product is a declaration of individual and artistic independence that
reflects the complexities of growing up, making mistakes, and making peace with one’s
fallibility.
“Since I was 17, I’ve been doing the Ruby Fields thing, but I gave myself a break to finally
come to terms with who I am as a person,” said Ruby. “Making mistakes is part of life, but in
2020 my self-worth wasn’t validated by who I was on stage. So, I’ve been working on being
a better friend, partner, bandmate; just a better person.”
Now 24 years old, Ruby is a Platinum-selling, chart-topping singer-songwriter. Been Doin’ It
For A Bit was showered in critical praise upon release in September 2021, including an 8/10
review from Clash Magazine (UK) and 4/5 from NME Australia.
In March 2022, she featured on the cover of France’s SATURNE Magazine. Ruby will be
profiled in the upcoming film, 6 Festivals, the first Australian movie produced by
Paramount+.
Ruby Fields continues to grow up in public, and she’s bringing her music along with her. “I
came straight out of high school and went straight into the music industry and didn’t really
know who I was yet,” Ruby said in a recent interview with Rolling Stone Australia. “Now I’ve
got a bit more of an understanding of who I am as a person
Advertisement
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
393 Leith Rd, Forth, TAS, Australia, Tasmania 7310, 393 Leith Rd, Forth TAS 7310, Australia,Forth, Tasmania, Ulverstone
Tickets
