RAYE gets star praise
RAYE’s album This Music May Contain Hope is getting celebrity amplification — Demi Lovato publicly praised it in a widely liked post and Selena Gomez also voiced support. (x.com) The celebrity endorsements have helped sustain the album’s social momentum this week. (x.com)
Released March 27, 2026, THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. runs 17 tracks and about 73 minutes, according to the album listing on Apple Music. (music.apple.com) The record credits a diverse set of collaborators — including film composer Hans Zimmer, soul legend Al Green and RAYE’s sisters Amma and Absolutely on various tracks — per coverage in Billboard. (billboard.com) Industry trackers say RAYE has entered this release with heavy streaming heft: Music Week reports she has amassed roughly 10 billion streams across her catalogue going into the new album cycle. (musicweek.com) The lead single “WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!” was a breakout commercial engine — it reached No. 1 on the U.K. Official Singles Chart and later peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. (billboard.com; frontview-magazine.be) On Spotify alone “WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!” shows hundreds of millions of plays — trackers list the track at roughly 628 million Spotify streams — while press summaries place the single’s cumulative total across platforms around the 800 million mark. (mystreamcount.com; frontview-magazine.be) Major critics have given the album strong coverage: Variety called it an “ambitious, gloriously sprawling” follow-up and Rolling Stone described it as a lavish, 73-minute narrative in four season-themed acts. (variety.com; rollingstone.com) Signs of sustained momentum beyond reviews include DSP and retail support noted by Music Week and rapid consumption of new visuals — RAYE’s official YouTube uploads tied to the album accumulated millions of views within days of release (the “Click Clack Symphony.” video showing multi‑million views in the first week). (musicweek.com; youtube.com)
