![]() "It is music I am very proud of writing, it explains my inner psyche." “It is the music I would listen to," she says. A perfect answer considering where her mindset is. “I want to skip the EP and go straight to the album,” she replies when asked about her next move. Her confidence, her passion for elevating her artistry is refreshing after we've lived through months that could be labeled uninspiring. I do what I want, how I want it,” Raye affirms as her courage exudes from every syllable spoken. “I just started doing things that I like more, not because I thought people would like it. She got time to work heavily on her tracks while also learning about herself, and it shows. The last two years were about becoming more in touch with herself, even during the chaotic year of 2020. “At the beginning, you’re constantly thinking of a branding scheme, but I’ve realized the best branding scheme is being yourself and figuring out what you like,” the singer recounts. She’s got the creatives on her same wavelength to aid in developing content that defines her. Raye adores gloomy vintage aesthetics and film photography. Like a mental dialogue, I would say.”īecoming aligned with who she is has taken time, but she’s finally found it. It is about questioning yourself and still blaming it on the other person. “It explains the story of what it is like to go through a break-up when you feel crazy already. “It went into both sides of having mania moments to being depressed,” Raye describes. She became inspired by an unpleasant break-up that had her questioning her sanity. Raye recently released " Manic," her vulnerable dark tune that unpacks a past of mental illness. ![]() The singer has made room to share a side of her that might not be in strategically placed cheeky visuals and hype inducing beats. Adding: “It’s just fun, it’s catchy, and it matched the beat.” But don’t let that lightsome answer fool you. “I wrote something funny that makes no sense,” she shares while laughing about the track. In October, she released “ ADHD.” A two and a half-minute anthem that would make a group of friends sing out a car window. She knows what is catchy, and she is using that to her advantage. Her new style is grungy emotion intertwined with boldface, pop jabs. She has now progressed to an era that she confidently feels is her “sweet spot.” “I’ve officially released music - I’m proud of my branding, what I’m doing with my style and music,” Raye affirms. But that genre isn’t where the singer wanted to stay. “Déjà vu” even got a remix EP due to its good bones. Her initial 2019 tracks like “ Déjà Vu” and “ Turn Me On” exhibit chill-out EDM influences. “I feel like I have evolved a lot over the last two years,” she says. ![]() “Figuring out the right people to work with, what your sound is - that’s been a huge thing for me, navigating what I want to have my concrete sound to be.” In the last two years, her tracks have acquired more self-identity after experimenting with different genres. “I had to figure out a lot very quickly on my own,” she explains. However, musical soul searching is at the forefront. Now, as she enters 2021, her eyes are set on a debut album, but executing that goal didn’t come before figuring out who she is, and what she wants to say.īeing an independent artist, Raye has a great deal of creative freedom that her venturesome demeanor fits right into. She had a friend play her a track, she wrote over it, and the creative spark never dulled. The same artist who in, 2019, released her first single. “I’ve always wanted to sing, but I didn’t know if I should,” says the up-and-coming alt-pop songstress Willow Raye.
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