RAYE has kicked off her 2026 tour dates, and debuted multiple new songs from her upcoming album ‘This Music May Contain Hope’. Check out footage and the full setlist below.

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The show came as the opening night to the South London singer’s ‘This Tour May Contain New Music’ shows, and kicked off in Lodz, Poland, last night (Thursday January 22).

Just hours before the gig began, RAYE surprised fans by officially announcing her hotly anticipated second studio album, ‘This Music May Contain Hope’. That record is the long-awaited follow-up to her breakthrough, ‘My 21st Century Blues’.

Taking to the stage at the Atlas Arena, the show began with two brand new, currently unreleased tracks by the record called ‘Intro: Girl Under The Gray Cloud’ and ‘I Will Overcome’.

As suggested from the title, the former has a melancholic undertone, and sees RAYE lean into themes of heartbreak and loss, while the latter takes on a much more powerful, intense energy.

From there, RAYE went into a rendition of her new single ‘Where Is My Husband!’, which was named as one of the best songs of 2025 by NME, before launching into fan favourite, ‘The Thrill Is Gone’.

Another unreleased song followed, called ‘Skin & Bone’, which leans into more upbeat hip-hop and R&B influences, and shortly after was a new song with a similar energy called ‘Beware The South London Lover Boy’.

After renditions of ‘Flip A Switch’, ‘Decline’ and ‘Five Star Hotels’, RAYE debuted another song called ‘The Winter Woman’, and followed this up later with another unreleased song called ‘Nightingale Lane’, which is more of an emotional ballad than the other new songs.

Act II of the show kicked off with ‘Oscar Winning Tears’, and was followed by two back-to-back new songs: an R&B and electronica-inspired ‘Click Clack Symphony’ and ‘Black Prada Brits’.

The two final new tracks debuted came at the end of the night and were called ‘Donk’ and ‘Joy’. They closed the set before ‘Escapism.’ was played as the encore, and ‘Joy’ was an uplifting, high-energy track that saw all the members of her live band join in with vocals.

Check out more footage below, along with the setlist.

Raye opens the first show of her "THIS TOUR MAY CONTAIN NEW MUSIC" in Poland tonight. pic.twitter.com/IQWEdGyK0B

— RAYE Infos (@rayeinfos) January 22, 2026

RAYE, Absolutely and Amma performing “Joy” in Łódź last night!

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