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YayRaven is a Music Lover

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YayRaven is an up-and-coming songwriter/artist residing in London, England, but born in Bermuda, a British Overseas Territory. Since the age of eight years old, YayRaven has shown the world the natural talent of songwriting. Unknowingly, she already had it within her to write songs that would captivate people. Fast-forwarding to today, YayRaven is teaming up with the best vocalists and producers to deliver music that will make heads turn. She does the vocals on a select few of her songs. With a distinctive knack at creating music, YayRaven continues to impress with the releases. The British artist is someone to keep an eye on as she is set to continue torelease unique, emotional, and catchy songs.

Interview with YayRaven

Tell us about yourself, who are you and where do you come from?

I was born to be a songwriter, having the desire from only 8 years old, a desire that came out of the blue, I wrote my first song, Come Unto Me, and sang it in church in a duet with one of my cousins. I was born and raised in Bermuda, a place I feel homesick to very frequently despite living in London for over 23 years. A prolific songwriter, I have been self-releasing my songs since late 2018, however, I use my own vocals in a select few.

How was your passion for music born? Who are your idols?

Songwriting came to me like spontaneous combustion at a very young age. Songs come easily and quick. In fact, they may come in a dream or I’d get an urge which I cannot ignore. I love all music that I find pleasing to listen to. I have grown to especially love house music that tends to be a bit dark, (as I am drawn to the bass) but the best music that fills me with total pleasure is a choir singing praises in acapella.

What kind of music do you do?

I do mostly electronic house music followed by alternative pop, rnb and chillhop. I have no intention in sticking to a similar sound with my songs. I like them all to be unique, however, I do notice my lyrics tend to centre around a relationship gone bad too often. I think this stems from what I have experienced in my family and myself, however, the songs are all fictional.

What is the most important song for you? What message do you want to convey to the listener?

I don’t feel any one of my songs are more important than the other but there are four songs that I deliberately used a name within the song as they’re special to me. Four boys I added their names in as a special goal. The songs are not about them, as I said my songs are all fictional. I think when listeners listen to the lyrics, the messages should be personal to them and open to their interpretation. The lyrics may trigger in them, a memory or experience in a way only they can react to. We all have different experiences, some good, some bad and it also boils down to age. An older person will have more experiences and memories that can be triggered by a song. Plus, our beliefs and preferences play a part in how we may react to the lyrics and melodies.

Why should a listener who doesn’t know you listen to your music?

I don’t think I can answer this question. I wouldn’t want to box myself into a corner as to various reasons why a person should listen to my songs. I suppose I can say you will like my songs but truthfully I don’t like every song I hear. We all have preferences. I like all my songs though.

What are your future projects? Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?

I have many songs I have written waiting to be heard and some of them I have forgotten about. Very often when I’m looking through files I come across a song I wrote that I totally forgot about. I love when this happens! In 5 years time my mind will be on my songs, and I will be getting urges to write them or even dreaming them up. I suspect if I go a while without releasing my songs, the reason for the slow down can only be because of financial reasons.

Tell our readers a funny episode that happened in your career as an artist.

My song, Music Lover, releasing 11 Apr 2025, has a story as the producer didn’t like the rapper I invited to collaborate with, and he didn’t like my vocals. That made me annoyed. He wanted a Jamaican rapper. I wanted a UK rapper. He wasn’t so keen on my vocals either. So I had to mix the song myself and also do an extended version using his stems because he was too negative, I kept the rapper I chose and did all the vocals myself. Honestly, I intended to ask another vocalist but did my own vocals because of him. So maybe this is not funny, and for sure I doubt it’s perfect. But I enjoyed doing the song and playing around with what little I had to work with. The song is a result of going against whatever vision he had in his head which was against what I was after. I never asked him to take on that role. I love his production. That’s all I required basically. I think it would be funny if I could see and hear his reaction when he hears the final result of my song. I can only imagine.

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