RAYE gives an insight into her multi-cultural Christmas traditions
Sounds amazing
With family from Jamaica, Ghana, Switzerland, and Britain, RAYE's family's Christmas traditions are multi-cultural, and she gave us an insight into them, when she joined us backstage at Hits Live.
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Speaking to Fleur East, RAYE revealed that as she has a lot of extended family who are Jamaican, she'll go to theirs for breakfast on Christmas Day, where they'll have Ackee and Saltfish - the Jamaican National Dish.
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After finishing that, they'll go home to have a traditional British Christmas dinner. As RAYE is part Swiss she revealed they follow the dinner with some "cheese boards, grapes, and a whole dessert selection".
Continuing their Christmas celebrations, RAYE then goes to 'Uncle' Rob's, one of her good neighbours, where they have more cheese! Sounds perfect!
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When it comes to Christmas presents, RAYE admitted that she leaves it to the last minute, but she did say, "If I'm getting you a present, I'M GETTING YOU A PRESENT!"
She also went on to admit she'd love to release her album in time for Christmas, but unfortunately it wasn't to be. "I want to be able to put it out, but we're getting there. I'm feeling really excited about it," RAYE explained.
"I've figured out what my sound is going to be, because consistency is so key, especially when I am mixed race. From loads of different cultures, I love dance music, I love EDM, I love hip hop, I love R'n'B, I love pop, so it's been so tricky pinning myself down."
Sounds like fans have quite the treat in store when it's finally released.
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