spilling industry tea with MY 21ST CENTURY BLUES by RAYE *ALBUM REACTION / REVIEW*

[@hthazee]

we watched Raye’s legendary Royal Albert Hall performance on patreon!

[@alexandersaksvoll5373]

It is indeed legendary. Absolutely legen-dary.

[@sophdoeslife]

this is one of my top albums of the YEAR and we’re only in february

[@georgeandfriendsadventures5073]

Same

[@Adinas_music]

I love you soph God bless you ❤️❤️❤️

[@MelanieMartinez5050]

This album is just ✨WOW✨ but Portals by Melanie Martinez killed my past life.

[@Jeremyskye]

She SERVED with this album independently and i'm so happy for her

[@liamkampff1]

The silliness of Buss it Down at the end is SO REAL. Along with Worth It, where she declares that someone can "be her glass of wine" after earlier in the album relying so heavily on the actual substances, its SOO cathartic to hear after all of the shit we go through in the earlier parts of the album. Theyre not throwaway because theyre happier, theyre AMAZING. She deserves the fun happiness of them.

[@luismartins1552]

THIS ALBUM IS AMAZINGGG

[@JCKILLED737]

The song enviromental anxiety it's OMG! She literally have a song who make everybody feel anxious because the messy production (on purpose)

[@andrefelipebelussosoares7601]

Why am I watching this video for the 3rd time since it was released and I am still crying in the end? :( This album is so good! She deserves so much recognition! She is amazing! If you watch her live performances you can tell how much she loves music and how incredible she is!

[@c.jharriet110]

I LOVE THIS ALBUM. SO EXCITED!

[@jesielmiranda1148]

I'm so in love with this album, just imaging what she could've gave to us if her label wasn't shit af

[@brandenbrinkley3665]

There's definitely a reason she's one of my favorite artists. Never really knew her story but I've been around since 2015

[@nickybull2361]

Troy your dancing is EVERYTHING 😂😂😂❤

[@sabrina7960]

YAYYY!!! You finally reacted!!

[@oragoldscheider2087]

This reaction is so feel good

[@Kay-mi4mq]

Please listen to Stephen Sanchez what was , not now album it’s absolutely beautiful made me shed so many tears it’s amazing He is known for his song “until I found you”

[@idkwhatimdoing361]

RAYE is incredible, worth it is one of my absolute favorite songs ever

[@purple814deedee]

She deserves the world cause she’s had it for a long time and I’m glad she knows it now and people continue to tell and show her! Her musical ear(along with her production team) is impeccable and this girl deserves everything coming to her. She’s an ICON in the making!

[@sofieislate]

respectfully, WHERE ON EARTH IS MY PARAMORE THIS IS WHY REACTION this is their first album in half a decade and we got not one reaction to the singles which came out as far as four months ago at least 😭

[@znekkk]

he reacted to it last week, should be up soon😊

[@sofieislate]

@@znekkk thanks for letting me know!! i will be keeping an eye out !

[@kagisokeithmolefe]

Imagine dropping this INSANE body of work, only for the Grammys not to recognize you. Man, I’ll never forgive the academy for that

[@pedro4536]

YESSS I FUCKING NEEDED THIS VIDEO I WAS BEGGING FOR IT

[@emmamesman7821]

Please react to Genisis by RAYE??? ♥️

[@stevievisher9022]

PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD react to 070 Shake’s album You Can’t Kill Me. Shake is featured in Raye’s song Escapism and the album has forever changed my life.

[@lisas6103]

Your reaction was exactly the same as mine, I felt like my head was going to fly.

[@kewaln8790]

Oh.. the goosebumps.. the goosebumps..

[@xxdiscodollxx]

i had chills from this album the entire time

[@ankeranna]

I hope she gets all the awards - ef you polydor 🎉

[@dudeknockmeout3118]

As a frech person, It's rly the way he said "fin" for me

[@xapokalypse]

I was JUST listening to her album and thought that you should react to it. Now this video was in my recommended lol

[@bigsky-s6r]

She's got a confessional story telling style that harkens me back to Amy Winehouse. So good.

[@kofi557h]

Omg so true

[@bhattasourish2]

she even kinda looks like her too

[@CSelbe]

I LITERALLY TOLD MY FRIEND SHE REMINDS ME OF AMY WINEHOUSE !!!! She is fucking PHENOMENALLLLL UGH

[@miaatarantino]

@@bhattasourish2 i literally told everyone that i think so and nobody agreed like what??😭

[@jameshazell3355]

Stop comparing artists. No need

[@kenya8563]

RAYE just made history at the Brit Awards, winning six of the seven prizes she was nominated for including songwriter of the year. She is the first woman ever to win the Brit’s songwriter of the year award. RAYE is coming for all the Grammys!!!! I’m so proud and happy for her. Let the flowers rain down on her beautiful head. ✨🌺🌷❤🌷🌺✨

[@michelcomenta]

this album is a masterpiece! she talks about politics, s*xual assault, body dysmorphia, addictions, anxiety, the planet being fucked ... she deserves the AOTY 🏆

[@djaycup7754]

RAYE better at least have a nomination for best new artist at the next Grammy Awards. She needs her love out there!

[@AshMK]

she’s been in the industry for 8 years. impossible

[@berrie7098]

@@AshMK it's not how long you been in the industry, but when you had a breakthrough. her breakthrough was 2022/23 so i'm 99.9% sure she qualifies this comin season

[@josuevillacinda2854]

@@AshMK Anitta and some others like Omar Apolo were nominated while being for like 5 years each on the industry lol, but they recently started to get mainstream on the US, that's why they apply, so it's RAYE

[@abrarsunset]

I hope because she deserves it so much.

[@goldenretriever5140]

SOTY, ROTY and Best Duo/Group Performance for Escapism Best Pop Vocal Album and AOTY for the album

[@sophiaisabelle01]

Raye's music seems to be a direct reminder of avant garde pieces. We all know for a fact that she's committed to innovating music, even if it means reaching far places.

[@bug688]

HELP I KEEP SEEING U EVERYWHERE FIRST ZZAVID AND THEN SOMEPLACE ELSE AND NOW THIS

[@stephaniefrost4910]

Making a gospel style song called Buss It Down…is so fucking funny I love her 😂 (also reminded me of CHURCH GIRL)

[@legionair3]

You should totally check out her Albert Hall Orchestra version of the album it literally is indescribable

[@Joscelyn.]

OMG, YES, HE HAS TOOO!!!

[@ktherinexo]

I saw her live performing these songs a couple weeks before the album came out and she is INCREDIBLE

[@jsjaksmannsj2717]

I’m glad I bought tickets the other day 😭

[@jessrodriguesss]

what a privilege omg (I'm from Brazil and I don't think she's coming here so soon :c)

[@Chxrlotte_24]

Me too! She was Lewis Capaldi’s support act when I saw him and she was so so incredible

[@stephaniefrost4910]

As someone who fell in love with her voice back when she was a dance pop feature girlie, I’m SO HAPPY ppl are giving her the recognition she deserves!! 🥰

[@HalseyanneLeTissier]

same

[@maxnewts]

How I felt seen and understood in “Ice Cream Man” over the sexual abuse and rape I experienced when I was just a boy really hits home right now, and made that song so powerful for me. I’m in a much better place now (and have basically had one of the biggest glow ups I’ve ever experienced - if I do say so myself), so it doesn’t upset me as much as it used to, but it still sits there in the back of my mind. Great video as usual, Troye.

[@anxious_mushroom]

I'm glad ur better now and glad to hear ab ur glowup lol

[@samiksharaj-sf3dc]

i really hope you are doing fine now. Please take care of yourself...im so late for this album but it is just so good and i was just listening to ice cream man and now your comment made me emotional again.

[@delsmontgomery]

raye is too good, her vocals are everything, i really hope her album gets nominated for something

[@plantcraftie4141]

her vocals, melodies, flow, harmonies, songwriting, ... it's so fucking amazing indeed!!

[@michael_nagell]

IT DID AND SHE WON, coming from march 2024 to comment and commemorate that 🎉🎉🎉

[@sofiasf11]

✨song timestamps✨ intro- 1:25 oscar winning tears- 2:38 hard out here- 4:46 black mascara- 7:20 escapism- 10:21 mary jane- 12:58 the thrill is gone- 14:54 ice cream man- 16:42 flip a switch- 18:52 body dysmorphia- 20:36 environmental anxiety- 22:50 five star hotels- 25:16 worth it- 26:50 buss it down- 29:31 fin- 31:56

[@stephaniefrost4910]

Hard Out Here**

[@stephaniefrost4910]

@@sofiasf11 no problem ☺

[@lizimoakalizmo]

Ice cream man is such a painful song..

[@gianna_xoxo]

I love you for this

[@iftitahnur8549]

Thanks a lot for this 🤗

[@cath1409]

your hype is infectious thanks for being you

[@yo.leoo__]

one of the best album's that I ever heard

[@alexsatrium]

listen to more albums

[@Shereadsalot]

​​@@alexsatrium "one of the..." read properly

[@Rayestan0]

@@alexsatrium not too much on raye now.

[@CristianHernandezCS]

@@alexsatrium shut up

[@MonaLisa.16]

Agreed

[@yuenath]

her songs are SOOO good and they came out at the perfect time - it's like an era being revived; it's fresh yet nostalgic, production with the same theather-esque vibe, that new york blues and rnb style, etc. etc. etc. 👏👏👏

[@carlosopo6838]

It is without a doubt the best reaction made for this album so far.

[@riversfrank826]

Honestly all his reactions

[@klougauxmarrons]

I had never listened to anything she'd done before except for her featuring on "You Don't Know Me", but I was intrigued by her story. Now I literally cannot stop listening to this album, it's so special, and it's truly a declaration of profound love for music but also for her public. I have a feeling she is going to be huge, much more than she would ever have been, had she stayed with that label. I can't wait to see what she does next!

[@WhitRenee]

You said it! Like, truly I agree with everything you said with a profound amount of sincere gratitude for the artist, the truth sayer, the rebel, the angel, the voice, the queen, the woman that guides my soul into a euphoric place with just a whisper.. Raye. 🙌🏼

[@coraautumn1130]

Escapism just hits so HARD it’s insane!!!

[@coraautumn1130]

It’s hits so many different spots, it’s incredible.

[@user-jf7ej5py1u]

The production goes so hard you almost forgot how sad the lyrics are.

[@hiagosilverio9207]

i cant believe youre reacting to this. RAYE has been slept on for SO LONG. Her solo work before this also deserves a react. So glad to see this album getting the recognition it deserves

[@indijordan44]

i’ve BEEN on the raye train since 2016, i’m so glad she’s finally getting the recognition she deserves!!

[@ugh4387]

i'm literally SO proud to be from the UK, truly the best vocalists and musicians in the world i fkn love that for us if i'm honest it makes me so happy 😍

[@lauren5883]

Agreed! Raye, jorja smith, sinead harnett, emeli sande are a few that I love. The UK breeds talent 👌

[@swiftiey]

This is really album of the year I'M SO PROUD OF HER

[@lililuise6043]

Agree, Oscar winning tears needs an Grammy because it is just indescribably unique (as the rest of the album) but it is so theatrical and just 🤌🏻✨ Chef kiss

[@starrr365]

This album combines so many of the styles of music I love so beautifully & you can tell she writes all her own songs. So happy she's finally getting her flowers, especially as an indie artist!

[@MaddyRadtke]

guys leave him alone with rep, this is coming form a huge Taylor fan, enjoy the insane art that is rayes album. please. thank you.

[@skittles_3568]

See this is why I love this channel so much, I click on every video even if I don't know the artist because of the commentary. And on occasion, like this time, I get surprised and introduced to a new artist and album that I really like now.

[@coraautumn1130]

The range of feelings and experiences that she covers in this album leaves me speechless, especially body dysmorphia and ice cream, Raye did not hold back on covering hard topics.

[@coraautumn1130]

And environmental anxiety !!!!

[@Amarapaku]

It's so sad that the industry kept her locked away for so long, she has so much skill across the board. I can't wait to see what opportunities open up for her. She has shown many many skills in this one album. 🙌🙌 Definitely my top album of the year.

[@SimothyInOz]

It makes you wonder how many other absolutley stunning artists are hiding out there! I heard its because they don't want big competition with their big artists, so they just sign people to not let them sing.

[@physicgardenia]

I love Raye so much. I grew up in the same area as her and Im just so excited to see someone from my hometown growing so much and becoming such an awesome independent artist!!! "CR0, I'm from the ends but I'm an actor" CROYDONNN GIRLLLL

[@haahmayan9637]

CR7 in the building 😎🤩

[@whosthatchick5150]

IS SHE FROM CROYDON!? I love her even more....

[@physicgardenia]

@@whosthatchick5150 YESSSSS !!!

[@lilourichard5640]

you need to react to genesis now !!

[@marcoalmeida3584]

she's so good, that label really was dumb 'cause now she's on the top as she should!! 🙇🏽‍♂️

[@jessicalane6458]

Died giggling at your absolutely rocking out to black mascara 😂😂😂

[@pooblo1516]

I just love how cohesive and flowy this album is it’s also so balanced as well, truly a masterpiece. Also you always bring it with these reactions and I love it, really makes me feel validated in how into these songs and albums I get.

[@RosalieLowe-k8p]

i can't believe i'm a year late for RAYE but i've been saved

[@lauradua444]

you have no fucking idea how excited i am to watch this video omg u just made my night after working an 8 hour shift

[@ekymr9955]

Wheres reputation reaction!?!?!

[@rodessamaderazo2191]

Yes. Where?

[@lightbop]

this album is so fucking special and incredible and deserves all the recognition. I totally agree with you when you say her love for music is so visceral in each track. It just feels so authentic and intentional and I respect her so much for that. I’d say it was definitely worth the wait because she was able to release this music on her own terms and share messages that were important to her without a label trying to manipulate it into something purely profitable. This album is pure art!

[@reevancarey]

Black Mascara is the best song off the album! The stutter pattern with that bass and the build up with the minimal singing and the rap verses! Such a banger! So addictive! Urrrghhh! Eargasmic!

[@abrarsunset]

My favorite too of the album

[@callum8824]

She has the best album of the year i’m telling you. She best win a grammy (amongst other awards). Love it!! ❤

[@thebrokeartist34]

Some moments: Oscar winning tears: 3:50 this lol 3:56 Hard out here: 5:17-5:45-6:15 Black mascara: 7:56-8:16- 9:05 10:00 break time Escapism: 11:19-11:29 Mary Jane: 13:43- 14:18 The thrill is gone: 15:15-15:16, 15:31-15:41-16:13 Ice cream man: 16:47 20:04 22:18-22:46 22:59-23:36- 23:46 Brain break-23:57 24:30 26:28 My favorite Worth it: 27:08- 27:32- 27:36- 27:48-27:54- 27:58- 28:10-28:17- 28:48- 28:55 Bust it down: 30:09- 30:21-30:38- 31:02 no comment just this lol Fin: 31:39- 32:02

[@lugonzalez07]

Troy really represented me when I first listen to the album. I still can´t believe this is actually a debut album

[@lyddlelove]

I've been listening to raye since 2014 she is literally MY BABY 🥺 im so proud of her

[@CosmicHoshi]

YOU NEED TO REACT TO GENESIS BRO FRRR .

[@str4wberrystarburst]

he’s done it on patreon :)

[@bib2045]

Fast forward a year later she broke records at the brit awards and sooooo well deserved.

[@ManalAshori]

WHERE IS REP REACTION

[@samanthahorton1254]

he’s waiting for Taylor’s Version release

[@ManalAshori]

@@samanthahorton1254 no he is editing

[@samanthahorton1254]

@@ManalAshori really??? I swear he said he was waiting

[@ManalAshori]

@@samanthahorton1254 yeah he posted on his TikTok & twitter. It’s coming probably this week.

[@RissaRosey]

She is crazy talented. I am extremely happy she got to release this because it's a beautiful album.

[@lilith6230]

I LOVE THIS ALBUM SO MUCH AHHHHHHHH

[@elsakroeze]

WHERES REP. WE NEED REP. WE DEMAND REP.

[@leakl3479]

This album is absolutely INSANE... RAYE is an ARTIIIIISTT.... Like, how many genres she can pull of? That's crazy. Tell me another artist who can pull of rapping/hip hop, soul, disco, funk, latin music, pop, jazz.... And the melody changes, the switch ups, format shifting vocals, great beats, the intricate production, everything that's added also adds to the song's message and isn't just added because... and the messages, the lyrics.... I'm nerding out. She reminds me of Amy Winehouse, Twenty One Pilots (especially with the melody switches and rapping as a flow of thought that she needs to let out), Adele and so many more and she is STILL her own fucking artist despite this being her debut.

[@ziyamo7160]

Your reaction literally made me subscribe😭 Raye is sooo talented and she deserves all the love!

[@ammon8909]

RAYE is so good. And so underrated

[@purple814deedee]

We need this Grammy because she deserves new artist and for this album because Raye been on repeat since the singles dropped!

[@alliejones2953]

I was literally in the car today listening to this album for the 700th time and i thought "man i would love if Troy reviewed this album I bet he would absolutely love it" and HERE WE ARE !!!!! This gave me so much joy!!!!!

[@zayramcaballero]

you know it’s a good day when troy posts, been waiting for your reaction 🥹

[@brittanywithlove]

OMG I’M SO HAPPY THAT YOU COVERED THIS ALBUM! I have literally been listening to it once a day since it’s release. Soooo good! This album was my introduction to RAYE as an artist. Needed this reaction, loved it!

[@stephaniefrost4910]

26:30 I love seeing Troy make the stank face. It honestly makes my day lol he’s just having so much fun! 😊

[@Yuri-fh1gt]

RAYES album is so down to earth, honest, just amazing it gives me chills and some songs off the album made me cry. Like her voice and the music like this girl gives me GOOSEBUMPS the nice and OOOU this shit slaps type goosebumps. RAYE really deserves all the recognition and love. RAYE is SO TALENTED AND GENIUS IN WHAT SHE DOES. This album is the best Fr. I CRIED TROY SO I LIKED AND SUBSCRIBED!

[@curtissigman68]

She REALLY goes all out during the bridge during Oscar Winning Tears on her live at the Royal Albert Hall album!

[@EddieCharles]

Genuinely one of my most favourite albums in a long time. Not a single skip

[@joshuaalmeida1628]

The track hard out here: when she said no weapon formed against me shall prosper….I GOT CHILLS. I just say it to myself all the time now.

[@Justarttingz]

It was the break dance around 9:00 for me haha

[@hannahjoycheng]

brooooo this album from top to bottom is a masterpiece

[@sawdahrahman837]

#HTHAZE Can you react to Rina Sawayama’s album SAWAYAMA

[@gracerebekahh_]

Now PLEASE react to her performing this album at the Royal Albert Hall with an orchestra! It’s INSANE 😩👏🏾

[@giupi4742]

I don't know why i discovered this masterpiece just yesterday. Btw, the funny thing is I had to uide these same exact reactions as my first listening was at work 🤣🤣

[@kelseydavenport2611]

you introduced me to my new favorite album right here

[@HourofDevour]

I think you should make a video on her song GENESIS

[@Justin_isslpng]

“She’s bussin it down clasical style” I CANT

[@parisewellington3664]

I saw her live like 2 weeks ago because she opened for Lewis Capaldi. 10/10 would recommend 🙌🏾 she was amazing!

[@zoe127]

I absolutely LOVE your reaction here and I think you'll really love listening to Lana Del Rey's Ultraviolence album.

[@channonmock]

Body dysmorphia made me cry so much

[@maluhabastos]

THANK YOU so much raye for not letting the ART of making an ALBUM go away. Your story is beautiful and your masterpiece has been touching us all. (Yes I know it’s not her channel but I wanted to do it here)

[@olivearrow]

this album makes me feel so good and cry every time, i love it. she deserves the world (but a grammy will do)