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Working with Mark Ronson<\/a> on new music is a big deal for RAYE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The “Escapism” singer-songwriter, 27, is gearing up to release two songs with the 9-time Grammy-winning producer, 49, this month, and the pairing feels like a natural fit given how often RAYE gets compared to Ronson’s late frequent collaborator, Amy Winehouse<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both soulful vocalists with musical knowledge beyond their years, RAYE and Winehouse certainly have some artistic similarities. She’s a huge fan of the “Rehab” artist \u2014 but getting in the studio with Ronson, who worked prominently on Winehouse’s Back to Black <\/em>album, was a bit daunting at first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RAYE in June 2025.<\/strong>Astrida Valigorsky\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“Honestly, I’m not gonna lie, I actually was quite nervous and scared to work with him,” RAYE tells PEOPLE backstage at the Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City, noting that she’s seen both positive and negative comments on her sonic resemblance to Winehouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I just do want to say that I know I can never, ever, ever, ever, ever attempt to replace or imitate Amy. I\u2019m in awe of her. We all are, and we miss her,” explains the “Oscar Winning Tears” performer, whose eclectic music incorporates elements of pop, jazz, R&B, hip-hop, dance and electronic genres \u2014 all tied together by her powerhouse vocals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before immediately jumping at the opportunity to work with Ronson, RAYE thought about what listeners might think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s quite a tough thing to even allow myself to create so freely with him,” she says. “But I really just wanted to be like, \u2018Do you know what? I just need to forget what anyone else is gonna say about this.\u2019 I absolutely love this producer. I’ve always wanted to work with this producer since I was a little girl.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RAYE and Ronson’s first collaboration, “Suzanne,” is out this Friday, June 13. They’ll release another song, “Grandma Calls the Boy Bad News,” on the soundtrack for the upcoming F1 <\/em>film later this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We’ve made music together that I’m so proud of, and I love,” she says. “I play it, and it makes me happy and joyful, so I’m proud.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RAYE in March 2025.<\/strong>Jamie McCarthy\/WireImage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Beyond the upcoming releases, RAYE is working on the follow-up project to her debut album, 2023’s My 21st Century Blues<\/em>. She previously faced a setback when her car \u2014 featuring a journal of handwritten new lyrics \u2014 was stolen at the end of 2023, but now she’s back in creative mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s another element of the process, however, that she’s struggling with. “I don\u2019t have an album title,” she admits. “I\u2019m like, \u2018What is it gonna be called?\u2019 It\u2019s stressing me out right now, I can\u2019t lie, because I\u2019ve got the music starting to really come there.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I just don’t know what this album’s gonna be called,” adds RAYE. “In my humble opinion, My 21st Century Blues<\/em> is such a fire album title, and I can’t hand in an album title that’s less good than that.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Working with Mark Ronson on new music is a big deal for RAYE. 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