We're one week out from the release of THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE., the new album from retro-tinted superstar awards magnet RAYE. The UK celeb blasted into the US consciousness with the manic breakbeat soul of lead single "WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!" and continued the rollout with the ballad "Nightingale Lane." Now comes a third flavor, with an Oscar-winning composer.
RAYE has already performed new single "Clack Clack Symphony." at shows this year. The song lives up to its onomatopoeic title, pairing a lot of physical and digital percussive clatter with a grand symphonic arrangement by Hans Zimmer. RAYE's rapid-fire vocals veer close to hyperpop territory at times, and she pairs those melodic flutters with spoken-word passages. It's all about being cajoled to get out of the house and start living again.
As RAYE explains, she has a specific "click clack" in mind:
The song is about the sounds that high heels make. It's about those times in our life when you need your best friends or your siblings to drag you out of the house and say "I know you're not in the best place right now but we need to get outside." Thank goodness for those people in our lives that help us in our dark times.
Listen below.
THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. is out 3/27 on Human Re Sources.
