Singing sensation,
Lacey Raye, is becoming one of UK’s most loved and listened to musicians.
Coming from a small county, she has rapidly taken over the charts with her
latest single “two souls” which has dominated the charts for 3 consecutive
weeks. There is nothing she can’t do. She is a hit with her family, her friends
and now the world, and with her upcoming album “Dear Lacey” getting ready to
hit the stage, for 17 years old, she is sure doing well for herself.
So what on earth does she have to worry about? She speaks to
EMBER in an exclusive interview.
“I am a big worrier. A lot has changed these couple of
months. Only a few months ago I was performing in local bars and on the streets
of my small little town, but now I’m getting ready to release both my album and
tickets for my worldwide tour in 2016. It’s all happening so fast and in some
ways, I want it slow down. This is a big deal to me, of course, because this
has been my dream since I was nine years old. I remember my mum telling me to
audition for my schools talent show because she thought I could win. When I won
that, I took to talent shows on bigger scales. People really thought I had
talent and that was an amazing feeling.”
Lacey Raye’s album “Dear Lacey” is being released May 23rd
2016. It will also be available on iTunes and Spotify to purchase and it is
expected to reach number 1 in the UK Top 20 in less than a week. It has also
been heard that Lacey Raye will be attending the BET Awards in LA, where she
will receive an award for ‘best new artist.’
She will also be releasing a deluxe album! This will not
only feature her own originals, but also the covers of songs from similar
artists like Sam Smith and Adele and this will be available to purchase on the
23rd May 2016 also.
The week after, she will be releasing her own clothing line
and her own merchandise and in addition to this, music videos for her songs
“two souls” and “over the moon” will be released on YouTube. No wonder Lacey is
stressed!
“I miss home like crazy. Because of my busy schedule, I
always seem to be elsewhere; whether that’s in London or at a friend’s. I would
like to go back sometime soon. At the beginning of my career, I used to visit
every weekend and after schools on weekdays but now I’m having to go straight
from school, to the studio and I have to do my school work on the train. I try
and prioritise education over everything because I want to achieve a lot in my
life; I don’t want to just be known as a singer. It does get hard sometimes but
I’m gonna work my butt off and achieve the best I can. Once all of my tour
dates are finalised and once everything has been released and set in place, I’m
going back home to my family and I’m gonna focus on spending time with them
before I leave for my worldwide tour. I’m really excited for my tour but I’m
not gonna let my career get in the way of family because without my family, I
wouldn’t be where I am today.”
You can’t help but love Lacey. For a 17 year old, she seems
to have everything going for her. Teens would only dream of being where she is
now. The one thing we love about Lacey is that her music is something we can
all relate to. It is heartfelt and emotional and it is real.
Lacey is the one of the many artists who writes their own
music. We asked her how she came up with her lyrics and this was her response:
“It all comes down to how I feel and my mood. Sometimes I
can feel really joyous and happy and so my lyrics are more fun and happy
whereas sometimes I feel really emotional and upset and my lyrics reflect this
because they’re very emotional and deep. I love writing both because I know
that it’s what I want to do. I don’t want to copy someone else and I don’t want
to be like everybody else. There isn’t a specific feeling that I have to feel
in order to write my lyrics, I just have to wait for that spark moment where I
tell myself “You’ve got an idea.” I also have a journal which I write pretty
much everything in, including song lyrics and song ideas. I take it everywhere
with me because at any moment I can have an idea and sometimes it’s not that
good and I don’t look at it again, but other times it ends up becoming one of
my major hits. My latest single “two souls” was actually inspired by my older
brother and I’s band ‘2 in 1’ because although we’ve both moved to different
record labels now, we both still meet up and perform at residential homes and
at local gigs together. The lyrics basically talk about how it doesn’t matter
where we are in the world, we know where home is and we will always come back
together, no matter the distance or time. If I’m perfectly honest, it has to be
my favourite song I’ve ever written because it’s so personal to me. It’s just
so weird to think that a song I wrote is being played and downloaded by millions
across the globe! It’s crazy!”
You can follow Lacey on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook,
Snapchat, Spotify; you can also subscribe to her YouTube channel and make sure
to watch out on her social media and her website for tour dates and tickets
because starting next week, they will be on sale to everyone! Tickets will go
quick so grab one while you can!
A personal thanks to Lacey for coming in and talking to us
as it has been an incredible experience to talk to such a different and unique
artist and I’m sure I speak for everyone when I say that she is going to be a
huge success and that this is only the beginning!
Team Lacey all the way!
Next week in our
issue of EMBER, we will be interviewing Adele who released her brand new album
after 4 years ’25’. Her album has broken
the record for first week album sales in the US, selling 2.4 million copies
since Friday. We’re not surprised by its huge success because as soon as she
released her plans for her new album, everyone went absolutely crazy. Go Adele!
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