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<\/a><\/p>\nHaving begun her song-writing career at the delicate age of 10, RAYE continued on to play small charity gigs and sung at her local church. Describing music as being \u201call around me\u201d, thanks to her musician parents and grandfather, at now 17 years of age, RAYE is carrying on the family tradition by releasing her first EP entitled \u2018Welcome to the Winter.\u2019 Crediting Ella Fitzgerald, Lauryn Hill and Drake as some of her biggest inspirations, her debut is an exciting compilation of electro-fused R\u2019n\u2019B. Having being compared to Lorde, RAYE sounds older than her 17 years, and injects the depth and urgency we\u2019ve come to know from a Rihanna ballad into every one of her tracks. With sharp insight and intelligent wit, RAYE talks us through her life, her inspirations and growing up as a young woman in the music industry.<\/p>\n
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Talk us through the story behind your new EP.<\/strong><\/p>\n I warped and manipulated stories from my real life situations and growing up. I tend to be a bit dramatic and a lot of my songs involve an over exaggerated truth but I guess that’s how important and serious I see it in my head. When something goes wrong, it almost seems as if nothing else matters. Every song is just a small story related to an event that I have been through – something that personally impacted me enough that I wanted to write a song about it.<\/p>\n You grew up in a musical family, how much did your parents and grandfather effect your decision to stray into music?<\/strong><\/p>\n It isn’t as if it was a choice to fall in love with music the way I have. I was hooked on the idea that you could put these detailed dramatic and expressive words to the movement of sound. I have always been a determined head strong child who was completely capable of making decisions and ensuring to carry them out. I saw what they did, how getting lost in music could just take you to another world away from the stresses of everyday life. I wanted that. I wanted to do that everyday for the rest of my life and I was going to work as hard as I needed to get it.<\/p>\n How were you discovered?<\/strong><\/p>\n At 14, the most amazing guy called Mark found me at the high school I was at before I moved to The BRIT school. Before I knew it, at 14 I was having meetings with some incredible people to wind up where I am now, putting out my first EP.<\/p>\n You have quite a varied musical taste, how would you describe your own sound?<\/strong><\/p>\n I’ve learnt growing up around so many different cultures to embrace everything musically my brain can understand. I would describe my sound to be a fusion of Electro, R&B and Pop with hooky melodies, thick basses and heavy drum lilts. I love the music I am making but the way I see my music may not be how someone else would describe it.<\/p>\n