THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE RAYE

• 1 Intro: Girl Under The Grey Cloud. 01:13
• 2 I Will Overcome. 04:54
• 3 Beware.. The South London Lover Boy. 03:26
• 4 The WhatsApp Shakespeare. 03:55
• 5 Winter Woman. 04:20
• 6 Click Clack Symphony. (feat. Hans Zimmer) 05:01
• 7 I Know You're Hurting. 06:17
• 8 Life Boat. 04:15
• 9 I Hate The Way I Look Today. 03:28
• 10 Goodbye Henry. (feat. Al Green) 05:20
• 11 Nightingale Lane. 05:02
• 12 Skin & Bones. 03:14
• 13 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! 03:17
• 14 Fields. (feat. Grandad Michael) 04:10
• 15 Joy. (feat. Amma & Absolutely) 04:23
• 16 Happier Times Ahead. 04:30
• 17 Fin. 06:27
• Total Runtime 01:13:12

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Four-time GRAMMY Award-nominated global superstar RAYE is releasing her highly anticipated sophomore album THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. The album, set in four “seasons”, with each side of the vinyl representing a different season, takes listeners on a sonic journey that begins with darkness and ends with light.

“Music is medicine. I’ve always said that, and I guess I’m in the process of making medicine for myself that I can share with the world. I want us all to say to ourselves that it’s going to be all right, and I’m going to have faith in the seeds that I’ve planted beneath the snow. I wanted to create something that is a hug or a bed or a soft place for that person who needs it.”

"THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. is a vast, experimental, honest and heartfelt album, one that could only be achieved by someone with this much experience and expertise. Every song sounds immaculate, verging on excessive but containing enough fourth-wall breaking self awareness and humour to pull it back from the precipice. It’s a record made with heart that pulls no punches, and still manages to have ‘singles’ despite being an experience to be listened to from start to finish." (renownedforsound.com)

"My favorite track, “Goodbye Henry.,” which features soul singer Al Green, acts as a bittersweet retelling to the ending of RAYE’s relationship. As both her and her love interest are shedding tears, she claims she only wishes him happiness and love. I felt that this representation of love related to my own experiences more, where the conclusion of a relationship is not as black-and-white as depicted in many breakup songs. The album’s thematic cohesiveness throughout its runtime, amplified by a grand beginning and end, positions itself among the highest form of narrative listening experiences. RAYE explores intense and powerful themes such as self-acceptance, personal growth, heartbreak and navigating oneself in modern society." (Hope Bernard, dsnews.com)

RAYE

RAYE Four times BRIT nominated, RAYE is one of the most streamed artists in the world with over 3 billion streams of her music. She has a double-platinum, five platinum, three gold and five silver singles to her name. She is also indisputably one of the UK’s premier songwriters. Her songs have amassed over 3.5 billion streams, having written for some of the world’s biggest artists including: John Legend, Ellie Goulding, Khalid, David Guetta, Diplo, and Beyonce. In 2019 she was awarded The BMI Impact Award in recognition of her ‘ground-breaking artistry, creative vision and impact on the future of music, in 2022 she was nominated for the Ivors Songwriter of the year.

The emotionally raw, in-your-face anthem Hard Out Here, marked the singer-songwriter’s first solo music in over a year and her official debut as an independent artist. The following singles, included Escapism which became a world wide smash hit leading to the widespread discovery of RAYE the artist, ahead of the release of her debut album My 21st Century Blues. It’s RAYE part two. RAYE on her own terms. It’s the RAYE of old, but reloaded. These are songs made by RAYE, for RAYE, but within that they’re for everyone who has faced and overcome adversity. They’re also anthems for other women in the industry, or stuck in a cycle of misogyny.

This album contains no booklet.