RAYE’s new single Genesis sees the singer-songwriter “as raw as I could find myself to be.”
The latest release from the Black Mascara star – which is expected to be the first from the hotly-anticipated follow-up to her debut album ‘My 21st Century Blues’ – clocks in at seven minutes long and is described as “a prayer and a plea and a cry for help” in a statement from the hitmaker.
“There is a Nina Simone quote, ‘It is an artist’s duty to reflect the times.’ This quote is everything to me and I believe the best way I can try to do this is through my art and my music,” she says.
“There is so much darkness and pain in this world we live in, and I wanted to create something both as deeply personal and as raw as I could find myself to be about my own mind and the world I see around me.”
RAYE adds: “The song is a seven-minute piece that I have crafted and scrutinised over the last year and a half, experimenting with different genres and sonic expressions, beneath all the layers and the lyrics, the underlying message is ‘Let There Be Light’.
“It is a prayer and a plea and a cry for help, and I really hope this song will be able to bring some hope, the way this music does for me, to those who need it most.”
