Raye interview: A pop star for the new generation
Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Check out her video for the track “Shhh” and you’ll find dozens of comments from new fans raving about how she’s created a “new genre”, thrown by the beats and her unusual delivery. Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up “She’s a very good role model. She’s got her own thing and she still can switch it up for other people, I really respect her for that – it’s something I want to work on myself.” Raye throws an amazing eye-roll when I broach the subject of the lack of female artists at UK festivals, but says the initial disappointment only motivates her to push herself forward. “Us girls are constantly confined: ’Look like this, sound like this, talk like this because you might offend people’,” she scoffs.
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