THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE
RAYE · Pop/R&B
Reviewed
The Roast
“RAYE vocht jarenlang met haar label voor creatieve vrijheid en kreeg het eindelijk. Het resultaat? Een album dat 80% geniaal is en 20% 'ik had misschien iemand moeten laten editen.' De hoogtepunten zijn stratosfeerisch.”
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The Bright Side
Metacritic score van 90. Een Hans Zimmer-samenwerking. Een UK nummer-een single. RAYE ging van gedropte underdog naar de meest geprezen Britse artiest van het jaar.
Hardest Sneer
“17 nummers. Zeventien. In een tijdperk waarin albums korter worden, keek RAYE naar de streamingeconomie en zei 'absoluut niet.'”
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Issues (3)
17-track runtime
Receipt
Over an hour of music. Some songs feel like they exist because RAYE could, not because she should.
Fix
An album this ambitious deserves an editor who is not afraid of the artist. Cut three tracks and this is a 9.
Chapter structure inconsistency
Receipt
The four-chapter concept works beautifully for three chapters and then loses steam in the final stretch.
Fix
Either commit fully to the concept or let the songs speak without the framework.
Hans Zimmer feature
Receipt
Click Clack Symphony featuring Hans Zimmer sounds exactly as extra as that collaboration implies.
Fix
Sometimes restraint is the flex. This was not one of those times, and somehow it still works.