Raye Stolen Car With Songwriting Books Recovered After Album Delay

Raye still hasn’t figured out the whereabouts of her soulmate, the premise of her latest single “Where Is My Husband,” but at the very least, she now knows where her stolen car containing her prized songwriting books ended up. Last October, the singer and songwriter indefinitely delayed her second studio album after her book of songs slated for the record were taken in a car theft just ahead of her birthday.

About three months ago, Raye revealed on the EE Official Big Top 40 From Global that she got a call from the police. They found her car — and the songbooks along with it.

“It was a roller coaster journey, but what I didn’t tell everyone is the police called me maybe two or three months ago, and they were like, ‘We found your car,’” Raye said. “Not only did I get it back, not one thing had been taken out of the car. All my songwriting books were there, untouched.”

When Raye initially announced the theft, she did so in an Instagram post celebrating her 27th birthday. “It’s my birthday and my car got stolen with all my song writing books in the boot so no second album any time soon love you bye,” she wrote. She mourned and celebrated with a cake that read “sorry ur car got stolen” in red frosting.

This weekend, Raye turned 28 and entered her new year with more optimism than she had last year. “I’ll be spending it in the studio which is a bit sad isn’t it? Or beautiful,” she wrote on Instagram. “Bit of a loner these days but I don’t mind it at all. I’m writing a lot. Can’t wait to show you this music, just need to finish it all first.”

Raye’s Saturn return has coincided with the return of her stolen songs and her return to the stage. In March, she will embark on her biggest North American tour yet, with headlining shows at Radio City Music Hall in New York and the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. In the meantime, “Where Is My Husband” is on a steady climb up the Billboard Hot 100.

“Everything ended well,” Raye said on Big Top 40. “Never give up hope.”