- 2024-06-07
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MUSIC
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RAYE Releases New 7-Minute Song “Genesis”
British singer-songwriter Rachel Keen, aka RAYE released a new song “Genesis” on June 7, 2024.
The song is her first music since the 2023 debut album “My 21st Century Blues”.
On the epic 7-minute song, she co-wrote and co-produced with Rodney 'Darkchild' Jerkins.
The accompanying music video was directed by Otis Dominique and RAYE.
For making the song, she was inspired by Nina Simone quote.
RAYE said of the song, “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 continued, “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. The song is a 7-minute piece that I have crafted and scrutinized 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.”- RAYE shared on social media, “It kind of hurts a bit to call this piece of music a 'single' because it is so much more than just a song to me. This song is a 7 minute labour of love I have been working on since 2022, I have chipped away at, scrutinised, replaced, redone, passionately sculpted this song. I have so much more I'd like to say but just know how excited I am to share this piece of music with you and I hope it will find the ears of those who need it most.”
- source : Apple Music
