Raye performs “Oscar winning tears”

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Pop-R & B-Singer-Songwriter Raye entered the stage at the 2025 Grammy Awards to perform “Oscar Winning Tears” My blues from the 21st century. After getting one for its genre-fluid agility, powerful vocals and theater life shows, the performance played the best new artist-nominated many strengths. See it below.

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In addition to the very competitive best new artist category, Raye was also nominated tonight for the Songwriter of the Year (non-classic) and best constructed album for his work at Lucky Day’s Algorithm. It is a category combination that shows her versatility that continued on screen with her performance, where she was backed by a large band with live strings and horns. She closed a series of performances from her colleague’s best new artist nominated Khruangbin, Benson Boone, Doechii and Teddy swimmer.

After spending last summer working on the festival circuit, Raye appears at this year’s Governor’s Ball in New York and Tennessee’s Bonnaroo as well as festivals abroad (get tickets here). Meanwhile, anyone who is curious about why Raye and her colleagues with the best new artist do not feel everything new on stage can read more about the famous weird category here.

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