Jane de Jong (born 1987), known professionally as Ruby Frost, is a New Zealand singer and songwriter from

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. In 2009, she won the nationwide music competition MTV ''42Unheard'', giving her a recording contract with

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New Zealand. Since then she has performed showcases at

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in New York and

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in LA; toured with

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, Evermore and

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; and opened for acts including Diplo,

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, Digitalism and Garbage. She was one of the four judges in season one of '' The X Factor NZ'', and was the runner-up mentor when her act Whenua Patuwai came second in the competition.

Early singles

In December 2011, Ruby Frost released her debut single "Moonlight" on bFM, which went to #1 and stayed in the radio station's top 10 for 10 consecutive weeks. The accompanying video was directed by Veronica Crockford-Pound. Ruby Frost's song "O That I Had" (off her debut, self-released EP) was remixed by

in 2010, receiving over one million views on YouTube.

Songwriting competitions

In 2010, Ruby won the Grand Prize of the Pop category in the international

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: Section I. This was for her demo "Hazy". Ruby also came in third place in the Pop/Top 40 category of the International Songwriting Competition (2011), for "Hazy". In 2012, Ruby's song "Water to Ice" was shortlisted in the Top 20 for the NZ APRA Silver Scrolls.

2012 releases

Debut album

Frost's debut album ''Volition'' was produced in New York by Chris Zane and was released in New Zealand on 8 June 2012 by Universal Music New Zealand. Physical copies of the album came complete with abstract short stories written by Ruby. The album was critically well received.

Singles

Ruby released "Water to Ice" in New Zealand in April 2012. The single was playlisted by New Zealand mainstream radio stations

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and ZM, and peaked at #3 in The Official New Zealand Music Chart's NZ Singles category. The single's video clip was directed by Joel Kefali and Campbell Smith of Special Problems, and was featured on the frontpage of

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as a Staff Pick on 8 August. Her next single "Young" was released in New Zealand in September 2012, with a video clip made by Sam Kristofski. Home Brew Crew remixed the song, and it charted in The Edge's Fat 40 for two months, sparking off a national house party tour that the radio station sponsored (along with Vodafone and Glassons). Ruby was also featured on the

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single "Feel Inside", which was released to raise money for the children's charity Cure Kids. In 2013, Ruby co-wrote 'The Wire', the second single on

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's album "Falling into Place". She also sang guest vocals on his song 'The Gate'. In 2014, she released her first single from her time in Stockholm - "Comeback Queen". In May 2018, the ''Manuwatu Standard'' reported that Frost is still working on a second studio album.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links

Official site
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