Get to Know Model & 'Painting Mirrors' Musician Ruben Pol With These 10 Fun Facts! (Exclusive)

Ruben Pol is already a familiar face on the fashion scene, and he’s becoming one of the Ones to Watch in the music world as well – and we want Just Jared readers to get to know him even better.

The 23-year-old Amsterdam-based multi-hyphenate has already walked in shows and collaborated with high fashion brands as a model for Dior, Gucci and Burberry, all while gaining increasing attention for his music, including his debut 2019 EP Infused Romance, which has since accumulated over 2 million streams.

Now, Ruben is sharing the music video for his song “Painting Mirrors,” the first new music to be released since his debut EP, on Tuesday (December 17).

“Love can be blinding and it can make you do crazy, sometimes reckless things. I myself am guilty of this too. The urge to be with someone can be so strong it damages the very thing that you are chasing, love itself,” he says of the track.

“I want people to feel and live the music. It’s incredibly special when I hear that a song of mine has helped someone overcome personal struggles, or touched them in some way. It is a very special form of connection to experience as a musician, especially since for most of my life I have been on the ‘listeners side’.”

Watch the music video for “Painting Mirrors,” and check out 10 Fun Facts about Ruben Pol inside…

• 1. Ruben plays guitar, piano, drums and bass, but can’t read music. When he was younger he had keyboard lessons in a class of three. When they were told to play a piece of music one by one, Ruben usually asked to be last so he could secretly study the music by ear and pretend to read the notes when it was his turn.
• 2. Ruben is convinced the McDonalds in his hometown tastes the best in the whole world.
• 3. As well as being a musician, Ruben has a career as high fashion model. After being scouted on Instagram to become a model, Ruben’s first ever job was for Dior. As a world-wide exclusive he opened and closed their SS16 fashion show in Paris. That same designer, Kris Van Assche, dressed Ruben for his first headline show in Berluti.
• 4. Despite being tough to combine with his modelling and music, Ruben is also studying International Business Administration at University in Amsterdam. He actually got caught once working in Ableton during a lecture, resulting in an interview for the University’s newspaper. He did receive an artist-programme to help make his schedule a little easier.
• 5. Ruben likes scuba diving in the tropics but got his license in the cold and dark waters of The Netherlands. During one of his early lessons, his instructor made the mistake of not checking up on his air supply, resulting in Ruben running out of air underwater. Luckily, by that lesson he knew the drill and the hand signs, after which his instructor gave him his emergency inhaler.

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• 6. Ruben used to do a lot of skateboarding, until he broke his arm whilst doing it. His ulna (one of the two bones in your underarm) was completely detached from his elbow. He hasn’t done a skateboarding trick ever since.
• 7. Ruben is on the board of a foundation that helps improve primary education on Flores, an island of Indonesia. The foundation is called Tolong Flores.
• 8. Ruben used to be obsessed with cars, he even had an Instagram account dedicated to it. Also, during one of his first modelling trips, in his free time he would choose going out to take photos of exotic cars above anything else.
• 9. For the most part, Ruben managed to stay out of trouble during his teens. However, he once got reported as missing by the police after falling asleep at a house party.
• 10. Ruben and his girlfriend met through Instagram after which they had their first date in New York. After seeing each other for only a week in real life, Ruben joined her and her family on their Christmas trip to Puerto Rico.