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- Summary: The second full-length release from British pop artist RAYE features guest appearances by Al Green and Hans Zimmer as well as her grandad Michael and sisters Absolutely and Amma.
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- Record Label: Human Re Sources
- Genre(s): Pop, Pop/Rock
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Mar 27, 2026‘This Music May Contain Hope’ is RAYE firing on all cylinders – and then some. It’s showstopping musical maximalism at its grandest, while still being grounded in relatable experiences and unbridled emotions.
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Mar 23, 2026Her appetite for the heart-on-sleeve razzle dazzle of it all is glorious. This Music May Contain Hope is a pure audio spectacle that will have you screaming for an encore.
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Mar 23, 2026It’s huge, expansive, bonkers and brilliant. It’s RAYE at her very core, and it’s fantastic.
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Mar 26, 2026Like it or not – I very much do – this is not an artist playing it safe. As on the last album, RAYE is unequivocally at her best when she leans contemporary, in production and subject matter.
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Jun 3, 2026At 73 minutes, This Music May Contain Hope tests the listener’s patience, but the ambition of each song merits the length.
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May 12, 2026Raye affirms that she's a virtuosic vocal dynamo, belting, crooning, and providing spoken exposition, and even her lowest moments of self-abasement are related with clever wordplay showcasing her flexibility. For all the bereft emoting and chemical self-medication that occurs throughout the sequence, Raye's desire to soothe, heal, and instill hope in broken-hearted listeners is apparent.
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Mar 23, 2026It is wildly ambitious, in a pop era in which a lot of artists’ ambitions extend no further than maintaining their career. But the end result feels less like a showstopping grand artistic statement than a wild, fascinating, occasionally messy miscellany of ideas.