
Ray BLK announces Empress project
01 October 2018, 14:00
| Written by
Cerys Kenneally
Ray BLK will release an eight-track project called Empress later this month.
The new project features recent singles "Run Run" and "Empress", and is set to "uplift & inspire anyone who’s ever felt like they’re not good enough."
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Ray BLK's social and political stigma projected through her music is certainly sought-after having been crowned BBC's Sound of 2017.
Since then she's gone on to collaborate with the likes of Gorillaz, RAYE and Kojo Funds.
Empress will follow on from Ray BLK's 2016 Durt EP.
Empress arrives on 26 Octover via Island Records. Ray BLK's London O2 Forum Kentish Town show has been rescheduled to 28 March 2019. Find out more.
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