Raye collected an honor from Ivors Academy during a ceremony in London Thursday evening (October 2) in recognition of his plea in writing songs.
The 27-year-old musician fought for a more equitable representation and pays the songwriters in the music industry. It was a leading voice in a campaign that led to British major labels to introduce coverage and coverage expenses for the songwriters who attended their writing sessions, marking the first time that such an initiative was mentioned all over the world.
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Speaking since the stage of the London Intercontinental, Raye said: “Being a songwriter is also one of the greatest privileges, and I think it is something that should be of graft and talent, not how rich you are, or to be in a good situation financially to be a songwriter. It shouldn’t be about it. ”
She continued to ask for more changes in the way the songwriters are offset. She called for “points on the master” in reference to the divisions of royalty and recognized that she could “piss off people”, but that the songwriters are not recognized “have no meaning for me”.
Raye added: “Authors-composers, I want to encourage us to speak in shared conversations. Make them understand that we are not going to stop as long as the songwriters are not properly remunerated for their songs. »»
Raye started writing songs for other artists in 2015, and over the years, has raised credits on the work of Charli XCX (“After the Afterparty”, 2016), John Legend (“A Good Night”, 2018) and Beyoncé (“Bigger”, 2019 & “Riverdance”, 2024) among others. Following a dispute with her label, Polydor, she left the major label system to release her first album 21st century blues (2023), who culminated in n ° 2 of the British albums painting.
A year later, in 2024, she collected six Brit Awards, using one of her speeches to defend better conditions for the songwriters and bring the conversation into the general public spaces. “British music industry, please – I want to have a nice conversation on standardization [business by] Giving the authors-composers controls the points of fee, “she said.” This means that if the songs are gaining big, the writers can also win. Please allow this to happen, please.
Raye also received a Grammy nomination for the best new artist at the ceremony in February.
Raye is expected to release his second LP studio next year and will play six nights at the O2 in London as part of a world tour of the arena. “Where is my husband!”, The main single of the LP, was released in September and made its debut at n ° 4 in the official classification of singles of the United Kingdom.
Kae Tempest was also recognized for his work as a songwriter and lyricist. Tempest was nominated for the Mercury Prize Twice (2014, 2016) and recently released its new album, Self-intake. In August 2020, Tempest came out non -binary and in 2023, a BBC documentary showed that Tempest’s experiences were surgical and began to take testosterone, as well as its mental health difficulties while being a musician. In 2025, Tempest shared that he had now used his pronouns.
During his speech, Tempest interpreted an a capella version of his song “I Stand on the Line” which celebrates his identity: “With all the problems we have to face / Why are the trans bodies always on the agenda?”
A certain number of industry key executives have also been honored during the ceremony which celebrates defenders and innovators who defend the songwriters and composers: including Sir Richard Bransonfounder of Virgin Group; Sir Chris Bryant MPMinister of State of the Department of Affairs and Commerce; It’s so in cbeManaging Director and founder of the Mobo group; Jon FlatPresident and CEO of Sony Music Publishing; And Catherine MannersFounder of the Society of Musical Publication and Creative Services Manners MCDADE.
The evening also presented a posthumous honor for the end John Sweeney, International VP SESAC, who died in June 2025.
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