Intro for April 22, 2026

Dear Gossips, It was cinema. It was orchestra. It was extra. It was euphoria. It was artistry, beauty, royalty . . . It WAS RAYE. No. It IS Raye. Raye is here, blessing the bleakest timeline with her vocals, her energy, her talent – her TASTE. Emphasis on taste because Raye is making the music she wants to make, without interference from a label, and her latest album, THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE, is the kind of record that label executives could never understand; so, basically, a masterpiece. It is unusual and sprawling, it is not "radio-friendly" or even TikTok-friendly, really, because . . .