Singer-songwriter Raye's hit song Where Is My Husband! has sold 1.2 million copies in the U.K. and has over a billion streams on Spotify. The track is part of her second album, This Music May Contain Hope, and features a humorous, tongue-twisting bridge with lines like "I would like a ring, I would like a ring I would like a diamond ring on my wedding finger." Raye described the song as a "wedding song, which is so hilarious, because it's actually a song about how single I am." The track's playful tone contrasts with the personal and often difficult themes found in her other work. Raye, born Rachel Keen, grew up in London and has been making music since she was a teenager. At 14, she began her songwriting career, saying, "I want to work, let's do the work." A laptop she received for her 13th birthday from her uncle helped her start creating demos. She described her songwriting style as "something I've always enjoyed doing was syncopate my words, and maybe sometimes do more words than I should in a certain section." Her lyrics, while creative, can be challenging to remember, and she admitted she sometimes forgets them. Raye's song Click Clack Symphony includes lyrics such as "Send the call out, send the call out Calling all my baddest women, it's about to go down Click click click clack symphony, I need that." The track highlights themes of empowerment and collective strength. At just 17, Raye signed a record deal, but after seven years, she said her music was left unused while the label had her write and sing for others. She described her time with Polydor as a period where she had "no control over what I sounded like, what I was supposed to sing." Eventually, she took her struggles with the label public and was released from the contract. As an independent artist, Raye faces risks and costs but sees the freedom as an "amazing reward." She can choose how to invest in her projects, such as creating "the most amazing show" with a full band. Her father is her manager, and her sisters, Abby (stage name Absolutely) and Lauren (stage name Amma), are featured on her new album. Amma mentioned that being on tour with her family was initially worrying but brought them closer. Raye's first album, My 21st Century Blues, released in 2023, includes songs about being sexually assaulted as a young woman in the music industry. She coped with drugs and alcohol, which she also wrote about in her music. Amma described seeing Raye go through her lowest points as "pretty traumatic," noting that she had to "double-check she was okay and, yeah, she was still alive frankly." Raye discussed the challenges of writing songs that are so personal, saying, "When I'm writing, I think it really is from a place of necessity when it's painful. I think that's my way of getting to win." Raye is currently on a creative break, stating, "I poured out so much in this last album, I really, really, really went for it, and I think I'm in a place where I don't want to write about certain things anymore." She is working on her third album, which she says will be titled And Then She Fell In Love. She described it as "going to be a great album," which will be "so lovely" and "warm." Track one will be about love being "amazing," and track two will be about "Wednesday's a great day to be in love."