Following a showstopping performance at last night’s iHeartRadio Music Awards, where she performed her Top 10 pop radio hit ‘WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!‘, four-time GRAMMY Award-nominated global superstar RAYE releases her highly anticipated sophomore album, THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE., available now on all digital streaming platforms via Human Re Sources. The monumental body-of-work unfolds in four “seasons,” with each side of the vinyl representing a different chapter in a sonic journey that moves from darkness to light. LISTEN HERE.

Speaking on the album, RAYE shares: “Music is medicine, I’ve always said that. I guess I’m in the process of making medicine for myself that I can share with the world. I want us all to say to ourselves that it’s going to be all right, and I’m going to have faith in the seeds that I’ve planted beneath the snow. I wanted to create something that is a hug, bed or soft place for that person who needs it.”

THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. is an ambitious and deeply personal opus that finds RAYE at her most fearless and emotionally expansive. It marks a bold evolution for the South London native, transforming heartbreak, self-doubt, and personal turmoil into a cinematic exploration of resilience and renewal. Blending pop, R&B, jazz, big band, soul, and orchestral influences, the 17-track album unfolds like a technicolor drama of modern life, balancing moments of darkness with an undercurrent of defiant optimism. The result is an immersive, emotionally charged body of work that positions hope not as naïve idealism, but as something hard-earned, fragile, and ultimately transformative.

As RAYE sings on the album’s final track ‘Fin.’:

“For it’s life’s guarantee
That we’re all going to die
Come rain, or come storms
We’ve we got one little life

The sun has promised to shine
All four beautiful seasons.
Even if we can’t see it,
Hope must always exist.

Hope is above the clouds to conclude
There and so it goes
And as it says on the tin, in the winds
That this May Contain Hope.”

Featuring the UK No. 1, RIAA Platinum-certified hit ‘WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!’ alongside previously released singles including the soaring ballad ‘Nightingale Lane.‘ and ‘Click Clack Symphony.‘, created with Hans Zimmer and accompanied by a cinematic music video directed by Dave Meyers, the LP highlights RAYE’s continued artistic evolution. Additional contributions from Al Green, the London Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Tom Richards), Flames Collective Choir, and her sisters Amma and Absolutely are complemented by co-production from Mike Sabath, Tom Richards, Chris Hill, Pete Clements, Jordan Riley, and Punctual. RAYE debuted several songs from the album during her sold-out EU/UK arena tour this winter, further building momentum ahead of release. Collectively, critical response positions THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. as a landmark 2026 release, an emotionally resonant and meticulously crafted project that reinforces RAYE’s status as one of the most compelling voices and innovative songwriters of her generation.

RAYE has spent the past two months lighting up arenas across Europe and the UK on her 51-date THIS TOUR MAY CONTAIN NEW MUSIC run, joined by her sisters Amma and Absolutely. The tour includes six nights at London’s The O2, and next week she heads to North America for a fully sold-out run, with performances at Radio City Music Hall (April 15 & 16) and Greek Theatre (May 12 & 13). She will also join Bruno Mars as a special guest on The Romantic Tour this summer, appearing on 26 stadium dates across North America. For tickets and additional information, visit RAYEofficial.com.