My 21st Century Blues

The debut studio album from multi-platinum singer RAYE. Featuring singles “Hard Out Here,”
“Black Mascara,” and “Escapism feat. 070 Shake.”

Four times BRIT nominated, RAYE is one of the most streamed artists in the world with over
2.3 billion streams of her music. She has a double-platinum, four platinum, two gold and
three silver singles to her name. She is also indisputably one of the UK's premier
songwriters. Her songs have amassed over 3 billion streams, having written for some of the
world’s biggest artists including: John Legend, Ellie Goulding, Khalid, David Guetta, Diplo,
and Beyonce. In 2019 she was awarded The BMI Impact Award in recognition of her 'groundbreaking
artistry, creative vision and impact on the future of music, in 2022 she was
nominated for the Ivors Songwriter of the year, landed R1 Brits List and made her debut solo
TV performance on Jools Holland.

During the summer of 2021, her cries of frustration for not being able to release her album
were heard worldwide, leading to a mutual separation from her label and allowing her to
carve her own path. Having made her public tirade, followed by her personal 'declaration of
independence', Raye in effect has obligated herself to deliver the ground-breaking first
album that her 2019 BMI award prophesied. In 2023, RAYE will release My 21st Century Blues.
This is RAYE part two. It's RAYE on her own terms. It's the RAYE of old, but reloaded. These
are songs made by RAYE, for RAYE, but within that they're for everyone who has faced and
overcome adversity. They're also anthems for other women in the industry, or stuck in a
cycle of misogyny.