Raye says she wants to fall in love before she writes her next album

By Jenny Garnsworthy, Press Association

Singer Raye has said she will not write her third album until she falls in love.

The musician, who was interviewed as she was named in The Sunday Times Power List, which features 30 of the most inspiring young people in the UK, said she has “worked so bloody hard to get to this point”.

She celebrated her first UK number one album with This Music May Contain Hope earlier this month, and made history in 2024 when she won six categories at the Brit Awards – the most of any artist in one night.

But she said she is not sure how long it will take her to write her next album.

Speaking about her next project, she told the Sunday Times: “My third album, I think I’ve named it already.

“It’s going to be called And Then She Fell In Love. And I’m not writing a single song – be it one year, five years, 10 years – until that chapter of my life begins.”

Raye, whose real name is Rachel Keen, also reflected on shifting power dynamics in the music industry, adding: “Nowadays, you could spend a million pounds trying to push a single, but if people don’t like it, they don’t like it.

“You can’t force feed things down people’s throats any more.

“These are the songs I’m going to be performing on stage for the rest of my life.

“And I wanted to create music that I wanted to perform on stage for the rest of my life.”

The Sunday Times Young Power List also features athletes, political figures, entrepreneurs and cultural stars in the UK, all under the age of 30 and chosen by editors at The Sunday Times.