Album Review: "This Music May Contain Hope" by Raye

"This Music May Contain Hope" by Raye album cover
Every artist and music fans fears the fateful sophomore release. It is said to be the album that determines the direction of the careers of many artists. If it goes well the artist is off to the races but if it fails the artist hits a major hurdle. One of the most recent successful sophomore albums that comes to mind is Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa which showed artistic growth and cemented her as one of the main pop girls. Anyway back to the point, the pressure placed on the second album release is even more intense if the artist delivered a critically and commercially successful debut album which brings us to the subject of this album review, Raye. Rachel Agatha Keen has release her second studio album titled "This Music May Contain Hope" which is the follow up to her breakthrough and wildly successful debut album "My 21st Century Blues", check out my review of that masterpiece here. To make matters even worse, on her birthday in 2024 her songwriting book with materials for her second album was stolen but thankfully her car was recovered by police in late 2025 and the stolen songwriting books were returned and were completely intact. So now all that remains is to discover if she can deliver with her second album. Can she live up to the hype? Was her first album a fluke? Did she got lucky the first time? Let us find out by listening to what she has given us!

Here's my review of each track on the album!

1. Intro: Girl Under The Grey Cloud. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 / 🔥

2. I Will Overcome. 🌟🌟🌟

3. Beware.. The South London Lover Boy. 🌟🌟🌟

4. The WhatsApp Shakespeare. 🌟🌟🌟

5. Winter Woman. 🌟🌟🌟

6. Click Clack Symphony. featuring Hans Zimmer 🌟🌟🌟

7. I Know You’re Hurting. 🌟🌟🌟🌟

8. Life Boat. 🌟🌟🌟

9. I Hate The Way I Look Today. 🌟🌟🌟

10. Goodbye Henry. featuring Al Green 🌟🌟🌟

11. Nightingale Lane. 🌟🌟🌟🌟

12. Skin & Bones. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 / 🔥

13. WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 / ❤️‍🔥

14. Fields. featuring Grandad Michael 🌟🌟🌟🌟

15. Joy. featuring Absolutely & Amma 🌟🌟🌟🌟

16. Happier Times Ahead. 🌟🌟🌟🌟

17. Fin. [THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE.] 🌟🌟

Album Rating: 7️⃣ / 🔟


"This Music May Contain Hope" by Raye album tracklist


What are your overall thoughts on the album? What are your favourite songs from the album? Let me know in the comments section!



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