The record offered an unflinching look at her struggles with substance abuse and heartache. In one track, “Ice Cream Man,” she details the sexual assault she experienced as a young woman in the music industry. The song resonated with audiences worldwide and won the Harry Belafonte Best Song For Social Change Award at this year’s Grammys. “A lot of my first album was very cathartic,” she says. “We touched on some heavy stuff. We were able to create a space of emotion and reckoning.”
If Raye’s first album documented her unraveling, her sophomore record, This Music May Contain Hope, captures her piecing herself back together. The album, which has been...
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