so me and this fighter angel fairy have been writing today, it was emotional and inspiring and the music … #leighanne pic.twitter.com/lbr4c9Ik9t

— RAYE (@raye) July 7, 2022

Otherwise known as Rachel Agatha Keen, the English artist first rose to fame for her work with megastar Beyonce. The pair co-wrote the single “Bigger” which featured on the soundtrack album The Lion King: The Gift, the track was released in 2019 and later again 2020 when it was featured in the film Black Is King. During the same year, RAYE released her own debut album entitled Euphoric Sad Songs. The album sired five singles including “Secrets”, released in 2020 the track reached number 6 within the UK singles charts.

Earlier this year Pinnock was a victim of a leak, consequently her debut solo single “I Need You” was shared online against her will.  The track was swiftly taken down by Warner Music and all recordings and links of the singer’s first solo material was removed. In replace of the clip a message from the owner was shown, serving as a notice of copyright claim it stated “This media has been disabled in response to a report by the copyright owner.”

A source from The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column has revealed further information concerning Pinnock’s solo career, “This track is an extremely early demo. Bosses acted quickly and are determined to get to the bottom of how it appeared online because only a handful of people had heard it. They are taking it extremely seriously. Leigh-Anne is working hard to give fans the music they deserve.”

The column also reported that the singer has been working with Tayla Parx, the pair last teamed up for the hit “Sweet Melody” which Parx co-wrote for the group. It has also been revealed that the former Little Mix member is set on a new stage name, the singer has plans to remove her last name. It has also been reported that Pinnock has purchased a new domain, the singer is said to have bought Leigh-Anne.com which remains under construction.

Pinnock has also expressed an interest in the literary world, earlier this spring it was reported that the singer had been holding negotiations with publishers to obtain the rights to her memoir. The singer also previously confirmed that she has multiple projects including a book inspired by her documentary Race, Pop and Power. Broadcasted via BBC Three, the film followed the singer discussing her time in Little Mix and showed the singer’s personal journey to understand how her platform can be used to combat racism.

This latest offering follows Raye teaming up with Kosovar DJ Regard for their dance hit, Secrets. Secrets came out on August 24th and peaked at Number 6 of the Official UK Chart in its first week. Secrets has since become widely popular amongst some of Europe’s best DJs, and has been remixed by the likes of MOTi, HUGEL, Tom Field Consoul Trainin. 

Love of Your Life is a vibrant dance track. The song opens with some simplistic chords via an ethereal organ, that build slowly but surely. Raye tells a story about the whirlwind of emotions that ensue when you fall for someone: “I can be intense, I can be a little obsessed/But I can bet you never think a nightmare/Will ever look better in a dress.”

The track then switches to a funky break down beat, and Rayes’ mighty vocals sour. She sings about her own resistibility “I could make you confused/I could give you something to lose/Imma wake you up in the morning/In the bathroom singing the blues”, enticing the listener.

In accordance with her new release, Raye shared Love of Your Life with her 165,000 YouTube subscribers yesterday. The song’s title glows in an 80s inspired font over Raye’s uplifting, romantic melody. 

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LOVE OF YOUR LIFE OUT NOW

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Raye took to social media to announce the arrival of Love of Your Life. Sharing the song’s striking cover art to Instagram, the post gathered over 15,000 likes and views from excited fans. The post also received some love from fellow artists Jax Jones, Tré Samuels and Joel Corry. 

Love of Your Life is the latest addition to a series of sizzling chart singles that Raye has put out over the course of this year. Raye kicked off 2020 with All Of My Love, in which she enlisted the help of talented British rapper, Young Adz. 

Following All Of My Love, Raye collaborated with Jax Jones on Tequila, and released two solo tracks, the romantic Natalie Don’t, and now, Love of Your Life. These sporadic sonic Easter eggs are thankfully in preparation for Rayes’ upcoming LP, Euphoric Sad Songs, which is due out on November 20th via Polydor records. 

Euphoric Sad Songs will be the first extended play from Raye since her Deezer Sessions (April 21st) and her last solo album, Side Tapes (May 4th 2018). Rayes’ Deezer Sessions can be listened to in full here.

Next year, Raye will perform live for the first time in too long at Sundown Festival. The dance-pop music festival will return to the Norfolk show ground on September 3rd to September 5th, 2021. Other esteemed British artists on the Sundown lineup are Becky Hill, Holy Goof, Fredo and Example. Tickets for Sundown 2021 can be found here.

Love of Your Life is out everywhere now. The tracklisting for Euphoric Sad Songs will go as follows: 

Love Me Again
Change Your Mind
Regardless
Secrets by Regard & Raye
Natalie Don’t
All Dressed Up
Please Don’t Touch
Walk On By
Love of Your Life
Secrets (Original Version)