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Reuben Azriel Whetten (born July 3, 2005) is an American/Mexican country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He has released a handful of singles, two EPs, and two albums. Hs latest release was 2 Corinthans 4:16.

Early life

Reuben Whetten is the firstborn of Dena and Jorge Whetten. He was born in El Paso, Texas and has been raised in Colonia Dublán, Chihuahua, Mexico, Safford, Arizona, and in Colonia Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. In his early life, he listened to country singers on the radio like Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Zac Brown Band, and Taylor Swift.

At a young age, Whetten loved watching his grandpa play Bimbo by Jim Reeves on the guitar and sing. Watching his grandpa's fingers strum those strings, move around the fretboard, and sing along to the guitar, influenced Whetten to sing and play guitar. In fifth grade 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 twelve in his first year at the Academia Juárez because he thought that he'd have a better advantage at playing, and he could accompany his grandpa by playing with him. At the age of fourteen, he began writing his own songs and between the ages of fourteen and fifteen, he was switching between genres such as pop, country music, hip-hop/rap, and singer/songwriter.

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 with his cousin, Denya Ruvalcaba. 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 anyway. On October 9, 2019, Whetten played at his school talent show. He had his best friend, Ramón Echavarria, from the audience 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 worked 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.

Whetten decided to change to country music in October 2020 because he lives in a ranching and farming community, he has family members who are ranchers, so he decided to keep those roots in him through his music. Since his change to country music, his EP, named In Those Boots, was released on April 30, 2021. The runner-up single, Texan In Me, came out on July 16, 2021. Dirt, Tumbleweeds, & Boots featuring his younger sister, Mia Whetten, was released on October 23, 2021, and Redneck Like Me was released on February 25, 2022.

These three songs were featured on his 14-track sophomore album, Inside, which was released on July 1st, 2022. In Those Boots, the song, was mixed differently from the In Those Boots - EP version, and was also featured on the album as the album version. On July 1st at 11 AM, the Inside Album Premiere video went live on YouTube.

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On October 13, 2022, Whetten performed his 2 songs he wrote during the summer of 2022, Cowboy Lost and Something 'Bout Tennessee at his school talent show. One of his friends recorded his performance and Whetten uploaded it on YouTube.

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On July 31, 2023, Whetten decided to take a break from music for 2 years (2023-2025) since he started his missionary service for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is currently serving in the Mexico Puebla North Mission. He plans to return to music when his missionary service ends.

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Born


Nationality
Education
Occupation

Genres

Instruments


Years active

Reuben Azriel Whetten
July 3, 2005
El Paso, Texas, United States
American ・ Mexican
Academia Juárez (2017-2023)
Singer ・ Songwriter ・ guitarist ・ record producer
Country ・ Singer/songwriter ・ Hip-hop/rap ・ Pop
Acoustic guitar ・ electric guitar ・ bass guitar ・ ukulele ・ piano・ banjo
2019-2023

Reuben Whetten performing You Are Perfect at the Academia Juárez talent show; October 9, 2019.

Reuben Whetten - JSA Got Talent 2019

Music featurings

In The Music

On October 3, 2020, Whetten's Outside Album Premiere YouTube video was featured on the music website, "In The Music". "So, one day I googled myself like I do pretty much every day to see what's new and what's changed about me on the internet, and I found this one page that had my album premiere video on it, and I was really happy that it could get more attention from a music website I never knew existed, so yeah, it's pretty cool", Whetten recalled.

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INDIY - COUNTRY

On June 15, 2021, Whetten's country EP, the In Those Boots - EP was featured on the Spotify playlist "INDIY - COUNTRY". On July 24, 2021, Whetten's single Texan In Me was added to the playlist. On October 25, 2021, Dirt, Tumbleweeds, & Boots (feat. Mia Whetten) was added  to the playlist. "I was looking around the internet to find some country music playlists to submit to, and I found this one I liked. I submitted my song In Those Boots, so it could be added. I got an email the next day that it was added to the playlist. I checked it out to see if my song was there and sure enough, not just that song was added, but the ENTIRE EP was 

Reuben Whetten performing Something 'Bout Tennessee at the Academia Juárez talent show; October 13, 2022.

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was added! That's crazy! I submitted Texan In Me and sure enough, it was added to the playlist. 7 songs of mine on a country playlist should make pretty good money."

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Indiy Independent Music Spotlight

On June 17, 2021, Whetten was interviewed by Indiy online through a form. "I got an email the other day saying that Indiy wanted to interview me, so I took the chance to answer their questions. I didn't think they'd actually put it up on their website or anything, but I then got an email the next day saying that their interview with me was up online. This is the very first time I've actually been interviewed by a company as an artist.", Whetten recalled.

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Personal Life

Reuben Whetten has a brother and a sister. In his free time, he likes to play guitar, watch YouTube videos, drive around town with friends, play video games, sleep, write songs, read scriptures and hit the studio to work on new music. He graduated from the Academia Juárez, also known as Juarez Stake Academy (JSA) on June 15, 2023.

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Religion

Reuben Whetten was baptized and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on July 6, 2013. He is currently serving a full-time mission for 2 years (2023-2025). He is serving in the Mexico Puebla North Mission. After his mission, he will return to do music and the things he loves to do.

 

Discography

Albums

  • Outside (2021)

  • Inside (2022)
     

EPs

  • STRUGGLES - EP (2020)

  • In Those Boots - EP (2021)
     

Singles

Complete list of singles by Reuben Whetten.

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2019 "My Happy USA"

  • Released: November 8, 2019

  • Genre: Pop

  • Writers: Reuben Whetten

  • Producers: Reuben Whetten

  • Label: Reuben Whetten
     

2019 "You Are Perfect"

  • Released: November 14, 2019

  • Genre: Pop

  • Writers: Reuben Whetten, Denya Ruvalcaba

  • Producers: Reuben Whetten

  • Label: Reuben Whetten Records
     

2019 "Please Be Mine"

  • Released: November 19, 2019

  • Genre: Pop

  • Writers: Reuben Whetten

  • Producers: Reuben Whetten

  • Label: Reuben Whetten Records
     

2020 "We're Getting Lost In Nature (feat. Denya Ruvalcaba)”

  • Released: January 13, 2020

  • Genre: Country

  • Writers: Reuben Whetten, Denya Ruvalcaba

  • Producers: Reuben Whetten

  • Label: Reuben Whetten Records
     

2020 "Empty Wallet"

  • Released: March 14, 2020

  • Genre: Pop

  • Writers: Reuben Whetten

  • Producers: Reuben Whetten

  • Label: Reuben Whetten Records
     

2020 "Learn to Love Yourself"

  • Released: March 19, 2020

  • Genre: Pop

  • Writers: Reuben Whetten

  • Producers: Reuben Whetten

  • Label: Reuben Whetten Records

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2020 "But Then"

  • Released: March 30, 2020

  • Genre: Pop

  • Writers: Reuben Whetten

  • Producers: Reuben Whetten

  • Label: Reuben Whetten Records
     

2020 "Questions"

  • Released: May 28, 2020

  • Genre: Pop

  • Writers: Reuben Whetten

  • Producers: Reuben Whetten

  • Label: Reuben Whetten Records
     

2020 "My Little Town"

  • Released: September 21, 2020

  • Genre: Singer/Songwriter

  • Writers: Reuben Whetten

  • Producers: Reuben Whetten

  • Label: Reuben Whetten Records
     

2020 "Dream Plan"

  • Released: September 28, 2020

  • Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap

  • Writers: Reuben Whetten

  • Producers: Reuben Whetten

  • Label: Reuben Whetten
     

2020 "Christmas Dreams Come True"

  • Released: December 11, 2020

  • Genre: Alternative

  • Writers: Reuben Whetten, Ramón Antonio Echavarria Simental

  • Producers: Reuben Whetten, Ramón Antonio Echavarria Simental

  • Label: Reuben Whetten
     

2021 "Texan In Me"

  • Released: July 16, 2021

  • Genre: Country

  • Writers: Reuben Whetten, Drake Jones

  • Producers: Reuben Whetten

  • Label: Reuben Whetten
     

2021 "Dirt, Tumbleweeds, & Boots (feat. Mia Whetten)"

  • Released: October 23, 2021

  • Genre: Country

  • Writers: Reuben Whetten, Mia Whetten

  • Producers: Reuben Whetten

  • Label: Reuben Whetten
     

2022 "Redneck Like Me"

  • Released: February 25, 2022

  • Genre: Country

  • Writers: Reuben Whetten

  • Producers: Reuben Whetten

  • Label: Reuben Whetten

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2023 “Something ‘Bout Tennessee"

  • Released: March 10, 2023

  • Genre: Country

  • Writers: Reuben Whetten

  • Producers: Reuben Whetten

  • Label: Reuben Whetten

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2023 “The Day That You Left (feat. Collateral Music)"

  • Released: March 23, 2023

  • Genre: Country

  • Writers: Reuben Whetten, Kiki Gazit

  • Producers: Reuben Whetten

  • Label: Reuben Whetten & Collateral Records

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2023 “Ain’t Worth the Saddle"

  • Released: April 27, 2023

  • Genre: Country

  • Writers: Reuben Whetten

  • Producers: Reuben Whetten

  • Label: Reuben Whetten

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2023 “Cowboy Lost"

  • Released: May 12, 2023

  • Genre: Country

  • Writers: Reuben Whetten

  • Producers: Reuben Whetten

  • Label: Reuben Whetten

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2023 “Ride Away"

  • Released: June 14, 2023

  • Genre: Country

  • Writers: Reuben Whetten

  • Producers: Reuben Whetten

  • Label: Reuben Whetten

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2023 “2 Corinthians 4:16"

  • Released: July 6, 2023

  • Genre: Country

  • Writers: Reuben Whetten

  • Producers: Reuben Whetten

  • Label: Reuben Whetten

Mission call pic

Reuben Whetten opening his mission call; May 17, 2023.

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