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The young UK retro-soul singer became a big international pop star with her 2023 debut album My 21st Century Blues<\/em>, and she has kept her momentum up since then. Her recent single “Where Is My Husband!” is now her biggest-ever US hit, and she’ll open a bunch of dates on Bruno Mars’ upcoming stadium tour<\/a>. Now, the time has come to announce her all-important sophomore LP.<\/p>\n Yesterday, Raye let it be known that her second album will bear the portentous title This Music May Contain Hope<\/em>, and she shared the cover-art image of her flying a record as a kite or whatever. We don’t have any concrete details on the LP yet, but we do have this unbelievably generic press-release statement from Raye herself: “Music is medicine, I\u2019ve always said that. I guess I\u2019m 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\u2019s going to be all right, and I\u2019m going to have faith in the seeds that I\u2019ve planted beneath the snow. I wanted to create something that is a hug, bed, or soft place for that person who needs it.” That’s so nice of her.<\/p>\n On Thursday night, Raye played a gig at Atlas Arena in Lodz, Poland. This was the opening date on a global trek that she calls This Tour May Contain New Music. You see what she did there? The tour does indeed contain new music. According to Setlist.fm<\/a>, Raye sang eight as-yet-unreleased songs in Lodz. Watch a bunch of fan videos below, via the helpful @RayeUpdate Twitter account.<\/p>\n