"Real Thing" is a song by English born Australian singer-songwriter Ruel.

The song was released on 30 August 2019[1] as the third single from his second EP, Free Time.

The music video for "Real Thing" was released on 12 September 2019.

[2] It stars Ruel as a robot who sees another robot get abused and sacrifices himself to save her.

Tanis Smither from Earmilk says that Ruel seamlessly weaved R&B and pop together and the song "mounts into an impressive urgency".