RUG is a London/LA based Welsh songwriter & artist who was mentored by Amy Wadge as a teenager before attending BIMM Bristol Music School. His list of collaborators includes Aldae, Diplo, Travis Barker, Sam Hoemae, Andrew Goldstein, Happy Perez, Roy Lenzo, Nick Long, Jimmy Napes, Pablo Bowman, Khaled Rohaim, Deyaz, Elijah Noll, GRADES, Dyo, Jess Agumbar, Eg White, J Moon, Punctual & Tommy Lee James. Inspired by a diverse range of music from Daniel Caesar, SZA, Mk.ghee, Travis Scott to The 1975, Fleetwood Mac, John Mayer, Bon Iver to Bazzi & Joni Mitchell to Bieber, his unique songwriting style fuses elements of R&B, Dance, Pop and EMO to cross formats. As well as his vocal previously appearing on records by Tiesto, Punctual & Sam Tompkins, he co-wrote Sam’s song Whole which has been posted as a favourite by Justin Bieber & Ed Sheeran, Yung Bleu & Nicki Minaj’s Love In The Way and the several weeks A-listed Radio 1 single Off The Ground by Sub Focus. As an artist Rug has opened dates for James Bay & Deyaz and collaborated on records with Sonny Fodera, Punctual & garage legend Wookie.