RAYE My 21st CENTURY Blues Debut Album Black Vinyl LP

LABEL: Rachel Keen
RELEASE DATE: 02/03/2023
VARIANT: Black Vinyl LP

Four BRIT nominations, more than 2.3 billion streams of her own music, and a singles shelf holding one double-platinum, four platinum, two gold and three silver records. RAYE writes for other people too — over 3 billion streams' worth, for names such as John Legend, Ellie Goulding, Khalid, David Guetta, Diplo and Beyonce. The BMI Impact Award came in 2019, honouring what the citation called her ground-breaking artistry, creative vision and impact on the future of music.

The summer of 2021 is when her frustration at being unable to release the album spilled out in public, and it travelled well past the UK. A mutual split from her label followed, along with a path she could finally set herself. Her 2019 BMI award had promised a ground-breaking first record; now she owed it to herself. By 2022 there was an Ivors Songwriter of the Year nomination, a spot on the R1 Brits List, a solo TV debut on Jools Holland and her face on Spotify's November Equal campaign. My 21st Century Blues lands on February 3rd, 2023 — RAYE part two, on her own terms, songs she wrote for herself that still land with anyone who has faced and overcome adversity, plus anthems for other women in the industry or stuck in a cycle of misogyny.

TRACKLIST

1 Introduction

2 Oscar Winning Tears

3 Hard Out Here

4 Black Mascara

5 Escapism (Featuring 070 Shake)

6 Mary Jane

7 The Thrill Is Gone

8 Ice Cream Man

9 Flip a Switch

10 Body Dysmorphia

11 Environmental Anxiety

12 Five Star Hotels (Featuring Mahalia)

13 Worth It

14 Buss It Down

15 Fin