Raye loses book full of songs for second album after car theft

British singer Raye has said all her songwriting books disappeared after her car was stolen.

The multi-Brit Award winner, whose real name is Rachel Keen, was working on the follow-up to her debut album My 21st Century Blues but said the second record will not be released “anytime soon” following the theft.

On Instagram, where she also shared photos from her 27th birthday, the singer wrote: “It’s my birthday and my car got stolen with all my songwriting books in the trunk so no second album anytime soon, I love you, bye.”

One of the photos then showed a cake with sprinkles and red icing emblazoned with the words: “Sorry your car was stolen” (sic).

Best known for hits such as Escapism, Flip A Switch and Prada, Raye has been climbing its way through the ranks for years.

Her debut album was nominated for the 2023 and this year’s Mercury Prize made history with the British for winning six awards – the most in one year – including Album of the Year.

She also lent her vocals to top-five hits by David Guetta and Jax Jones and wrote lyrics for Beyonce and Rihanna.

Speak with Sky News in 2023the singer spoke candidly about the struggle to make music on her own terms.

After years of what seemed to be a successful career as a singer, she made a series of social media posts in 2021 claiming that music label Polydor Records was blocking her from releasing her own album.

Shortly after, it was announced that she and Polydor were splitting up and by the end of 2022, her dance song Escapism featuring 070 Shake had gone viral on TikTok and shot up the charts to number one.