Biography
Rachel Agatha Keen (born 24 October 1997), known professionally as RAYE, is a British singer-songwriter and producer from London who has made a name for herself with her genre-blending music and deeply personal storytelling. Raised in a musical home—with a Ghanaian-Swiss mother and an English father—she began writing songs as a child and later attended the BRIT School before dropping out to pursue her own creative path. Initially signed to Polydor, RAYE found early success writing and featuring on dance hits like You Don’t Know Me and By Your Side, but she publicly challenged her label after it locked up her debut album. In 2023, as an independent artist, she released her debut studio album My 21st Century Blues, featuring tracks like Escapism, which became her first UK number-one single and marked her breakthrough on the US Billboard Hot 100.
