{"id":2431771,"date":"2026-05-25T20:43:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2431771"},"modified":"2026-05-25T20:43:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:43:57","slug":"raye-pushed-herself-to-her-limit-with-new-album-and-recent-touring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/raye-pushed-herself-to-her-limit-with-new-album-and-recent-touring\/","title":{"rendered":"RAYE pushed herself to her &#8220;limit&#8221; with new album and recent touring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/raye\">RAYE<\/a>\u00a0has said she pushed herself to her \u201climit\u201d while working on her new album \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/raye-this-music-may-contain-hope-review-3936886\">This Music May Contain Hope<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The South London singer\u2019s second record \u2013 the follow-up to the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/brit-awards-2024-winners-nominations-list-3595742\">multi-BRIT-winning<\/a>\u00a02023 debut \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/raye-my-21st-century-blues-review-3391162\">My 21st\u00a0Century Blues<\/a>\u2019 \u2013 was recorded over an intensely busy period of three years and was released in March.<\/p>\n<p>In a new interview with\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/raye-billboard-cover-story-2026-interview-1236239969\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Billboard<\/i><\/a>, she\u00a0has\u00a0spoken\u00a0about how she came to\u00a0realise\u00a0that her work-life balance had become out of control during the runaway success that followed\u00a0the release of\u00a0\u2018My 21st\u00a0Century Blues\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere just comes a time in your life where, like, you have to, or you choose to, prioritise something over another, so I think in my case, like, work has really been my life for the last year, two years, three years,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rK5TyISxZ_M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBut I think this last year with this album, and the amount of touring, and just the vibe in general, I\u2019ve really definitely pushed myself to, like, my limit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added that she now hopes that things will be more stable now that her second album is out.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve worked really, really hard and I\u2019m really happy to, like, finally let this album go and, you know, be able to just have a little bit more balance.\u00a0So\u00a0I think now it can just be\u00a0shows\u00a0and rest time.\u00a0Whereas before, it was\u00a0shows, and then the studio and writing, and editing, and production.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the way, like, I was the one who chose to make an album like this, and I was the one who had all these ambitious goals and ideas for it, and things I wanted to do and achieve,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Raye on the honestly in her music and the epic response at her Glastonbury set | Mercury Prize 2023\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jifv4Y6oJxg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/raye-this-music-may-contain-hope-review-3936886\">In a five-star review of the album<\/a>,\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>wrote: \u201c\u2018This Music May Contain Hope\u2019 is RAYE firing on all cylinders \u2013 and then some.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0showstopping musical maximalism at its grandest, while still being grounded in relatable experiences and unbridled emotions. Again,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0admittedly a lot to take in \u2013 but\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0also why\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0so glorious, every theatrical flourish and stylistic detour a declaration from RAYE that she is finally making music for herself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/reading-leeds-2026-line-up-headliners-announced-poster-tickets-3914124\">RAYE will be\u00a0headlining\u00a0Reading and Leeds<\/a>\u00a0in August, as well as at Brighton\u2019s Pride on the Park, and in August\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bruno-mars-adds-31-new-dates-to-2026-world-tour-due-to-overwhelming-demand-buy-tickets-3923290\">she will begin an extensive run of dates supporting Bruno Mars in North America<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 see those dates\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bruno-mars-adds-31-new-dates-to-2026-world-tour-due-to-overwhelming-demand-buy-tickets-3923290\">here<\/a>\u00a0and find any remaining tickets\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/2862475\/431519\/7559?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Fraye-tickets%2Fartist%2F2065089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She is also\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/raye-to-make-acting-debut-in-yann-demange-thriller-lineage-3945207\">set to make her acting debut in\u00a0<i>Lineage<\/i><\/a>, a new film by\u00a0<i>Top Boy<\/i>\u00a0director Yann Demange.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAYE\u00a0has said she pushed herself to her \u201climit\u201d while working on her new album \u2018This Music May Contain Hope\u2019. 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