Wikipedia Draft:Reuben Whetten

Reuben Azriel Whetten (born July 3, 2005) is a country music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He was born in El Paso, Texas, United States. His debut EP was released in 2020 and his debut album Outside was released 7 months later on January 15, 2021.

Early life
Reuben Whetten was born in 2005 and raised in Colonia Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, which is about 4 hours from his birthplace, El Paso, Texas. In his early life he listened to country music on the radio like Keith Urban, Taylor Swift and Zac Brown Band.

In his elementary school, Whetten learned to play the bass guitar in a band that was formed in Colonia Juárez. He learned the acoustic guitar at age 12 in his first year at the Academia Juárez because he thought that he'd have a better advantage at playing. At fourteen he began writing his own songs, and switching between genres such as pop, country music, hip-hop/rap, and singer/songwriter. What influeced Whetten to start playing guitar and singing was because his grandfather plays.

Music career


Whetten officially started his music career in August 2019 writing songs through September 2019 and then recording them in October 2019. He learned how to play the ukulele in August 2019 while writing You Are Perfect. At school, the talent show was coming up and he was thinking "It's now or never! Hopefully now I'll be more popular at school!". He auditioned his songs My Happy USA and You Are Perfect. He was accepted to play in the talent show a few days later. He decided that even though he didn't audition Please Be Mine, he was going to play it at the talent show anyways. On October 9, 2019, Whetten played at his school talent show. He had his best friend from the audience to record a video of the whole performance and Whetten uploaded it on YouTube.

In March 2020, Whetten released Empty Wallet. This song ended up being the lead single off his debut EP, STRUGGLES. Since April 2020, Whetten had time to work on a 12 track album that includes the 2 lead singles My Little Town and Dream Plan. On November 4, 2020, Whetten was in his school talent show. He performed Empty Wallet. Due to COVID-19, the talent show was performed online. It was viewed on the "Zoom" platform. Whetten uploaded the video on YouTube the same day. Whetten decided to name his debut album Outside because he said that most songs for the album were written outside. His debut album was released on January 15, 2021.

What made Whetten mostly change to country music was because he lives in a ranching and farming community, his family are ranchers, and he wanted to keep that part with him, so he decided to change to keep those roots in him through his music. Since he has changed to the country genre, his new EP, named In Those Boots, will be released on April 30, 2021.