On a mission to conquer self-doubt
Mouth Ruber is a 26-year-old female pop singer-songwriter based in Liverpool. Born in Budapest, Hungary, Ruber achieved minor success in music after entering the Hungarian version of The Voice at the age of 16 where she made it through to the 4th live show. She had been writing songs since the age of 13 and using the opportunities and connections the tv show brought her she went on to collaborate with other artists both as a singer and a songwriter and performed across the country at festivals and bigger and smaller gigs. Amongst many other gigs, she performed her original songs alongside her twin sister in front of 9000 people in Budapest’s biggest concert arena in 2015. Furthermore, she made it into the national Eurovision pre-contest in two consecutive years at ages 17 and 18 both times with her original songs.
At the age of 20 she made a big leap of faith and moved countries to pursue an international music career with her mainstream pop project which is centred around creativity and puts the emphasis not just on the music but equally so on the visual and overall vibe. She first moved to London, where she put a demo EP together with Abbie Road Institute graduate Liam Narrie and did open mics and smaller gigs. She then moved to Liverpool where she attended the Sound City Training in 2020 before getting into LIPA where she is currently doing her final year in Music Production and Songwriting.
She likes to refer to her music as “pop music with a personality” saying “even though my songs can be easily labelled as mainstream they all have a bit of my personality in them which make them distinctive amongst the sea of commercial songs out there most of them sounding like one another”. Deeply inspired by the likes of Lana Del Rey, Lady Gaga, Dead or Alive or Marina and the Diamonds, Mouth Ruber aspires to be a pop artist with her very own message, style and sound. As an artist, she finds writing quirky pop songs to be her main strength and self-doubt and procrastination to be her biggest weakness which inspired her to choose “Devil on my shoulder” as her debut single.
Written by Ruber and produced by Liam Narrie, “Devil on my shoulder”- originally titled “Crucified”- was written almost 8 years ago in the artists childhood bedroom after Ruber started humming the melody in the chorus to herself on the tram on the way back from high school. The sound, lyric and message of the tune was very different back then and it was not until years and a fully produced demo version later that the singer decided to strip the song down and dress it up in an entirely new concept. The melody and production references the sound of the early 2000s -the artists favourite era of pop music- with a bit of an 80s feel to it and has that quirkiness about it that is one of the most distinctive qualities of Mouth Ruber’s music. Tired of procrastinating for years and years and always putting releasing music off she decided to use the upbeat and uplifting song as a message to herself to finally stop listening to the devil on her shoulder who keeps telling her she is not good enough and makes her shy away from “going for it”. She is hoping that the message of the song will not just give her the boost she needs to come out of her shell but will also inspire others struggling with the same issue to do the same thing and stop fighting with the devil on their shoulder.
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- Instagram: @mouthruber
- TikTok: @mouthruber
- Facebook: @mouthruber