Raye wears a plunging mesh gown to discuss her ’empowering’ new track and ‘speaking with God’

Raye wore a plunging mesh gown to discuss her ’empowering’ new track and ‘speaking with God’ at the BBC Live Lounge on Thursday. 

The singer, 25, was beaming as she posed for photo’s outside the London studio in the stylish black dress with cut-out detailing.

Joining the show to perform an acoustic version of Escapism, she spoke about her ‘powerful’ track Buss It Down from her upcoming album My 21st Century Blues.  

Raye looked chic in the fitted ensemble that she teamed with a pair of quirky black leather boots. 

She pulled her red hair back into a sleek high bun and accessorised with a pair of glitzy silver earrings. 

Chic: Raye, 25, wore a plunging mesh gown to discuss her ’empowering’ new track and ‘speaking with God’ at the BBC Live Lounge on Thursday

Speaking about Buss It Down from the album, Raye detailed: ‘It’s an empowering record that women can hear – that anyone can hear – and just feel powerful.’

Although she added that the song, which features frank lyrics in that gospel context, required a conversation with God beforehand.

‘Me and God we spoke and I was like “yeah I’m going to be singing a song about sex over a gospel song”, but that’s between us and we’re figuring it out,’ she laughed.

Raye continued: ‘My ambition now is to build a fanbase. To put on the craziest live show anyone’s ever seen. 

‘My goal is to bring artistic excellence and be as great as I am capable of being. If that catches a wave, then amazing, but I’m not going to let that freak me out or steer my plans or alter my purpose.’

It comes after Raye has revealed she wanted to sing about her experiences with substance abuse and assault in order to ‘process the trauma’ in her past. 

Last week, the singer, scored her first number one hit with the single Escapism, which is the lead track from her upcoming album.

The candid track sees Raye sing about trying to numb herself with alcohol and cocaine after a breakup, with the BRIT Award nominee telling MailOnline that opening up about her experience served as ‘medicine’. 

Pretty: The singer was beaming as she posed for photo's outside the London studio in the stylish black dress with cut-out detailing

Pretty: The singer was beaming as she posed for photo’s outside the London studio in the stylish black dress with cut-out detailing

Upcoming: Joining the show to perform an acoustic version of Escapism, she spoke about her 'powerful' track Buss It Down from her upcoming album My 21st Century Blues

Star: Raye looked chic in the fitted ensemble that she teamed with a pair of quirky black leather boots

Upcoming: Joining the show to perform an acoustic version of Escapism, she spoke about her ‘powerful’ track Buss It Down from her upcoming album My 21st Century Blues

Revealing that she ‘feels like a new artist’, Raye explained: ‘This album covers some pretty intense themes and things that are unattractive to disclose as a woman. We’re encouraged to keep quiet, or it’s seen as embarrassing.

It’s discussing substance, abuse and something that I was kind of quite lost in at the worst of times.

‘I know the song speaks about heartbreak but for me the song was about more than just that. It was also about processing trauma.’ 

Coming soon: Speaking about Buss It Down from the album, Raye detailed: 'It's an empowering record that women can hear – that anyone can hear – and just feel powerful'

Coming soon: Speaking about Buss It Down from the album, Raye detailed: ‘It’s an empowering record that women can hear – that anyone can hear – and just feel powerful’

Raw: Although she added that the song, which features frank lyrics in that gospel context, required a conversation with God beforehand

Raw: Although she added that the song, which features frank lyrics in that gospel context, required a conversation with God beforehand

Raye touches on substance abuse, assault and sexual violence and anxiety in her lyrics, explaining she didn’t want to shy away from ‘difficult’ topics.

She revealed: ‘I just want to be a woman discussing uncomfortable topics that we don’t talk about, these are all things I battled with in the darkness and in silence. 

‘You hope in writing about these songs and putting them out into the world, you just hope that people hear them, and and relate to them also.

‘It’s very much medicine in a way that you have a different feeling to to put quite a painful emotion to it.

‘For me is just very empowering, and I hope it can be medicine for anyone else who who needs it.’ 

While the process of writing the songs was cathartic, it also led to candid and frank conversations with her loved ones – some of whom had no idea she had battled past demons.  

Working it out: 'Me and God we spoke and I was like "yeah I'm going to be singing a song about sex over a gospel song", but that's between us and we're figuring it out,' she laughed

Working it out: ‘Me and God we spoke and I was like “yeah I’m going to be singing a song about sex over a gospel song”, but that’s between us and we’re figuring it out,’ she laughed

Opening up: Raye touches on substance abuse, assault and sexual violence and anxiety in her lyrics, explaining she didn't want to shy away from 'difficult' topics

Opening up: Raye touches on substance abuse, assault and sexual violence and anxiety in her lyrics, explaining she didn’t want to shy away from ‘difficult’ topics

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