“Feels too convenient”: Netizens react as RAYE reveals her stolen car has been found a year later with all songwriting books still intact

British singer-songwriter RAYE says the car that was stolen last year, with her prized songwriting notebooks inside, has been recovered, and nothing was taken.

Speaking to Capital FM’s Will Manning on October 27, 2025, the Where’s My Husband? singer revealed,

"The police called me maybe like two or three months ago, and they were like, ‘We found your car.’ And I got it back, not one thing had been taken out of it, and all my songwriting books were there untouched."

The recovery marks the end of a saga that began exactly a year earlier, when RAYE’s vehicle, containing the handwritten lyrics for her second album, was stolen on her 27th birthday.

While the singer is excited and relieved at getting her notebooks and car back, some social media users do not seem to be to convinced with the "story."

However, most fans are excited and grateful for the lucky turn of events and are looking forward to new music from the artist.

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Back in October 2024, BBC reported that RAYE’s car was stolen while she was working on the follow-up to her breakout debut album, My 21st Century Blues. The notebooks in the trunk reportedly contained early drafts of songs meant for her second record.

At the time, the loss seemed catastrophic for an artist whose lyricism is deeply personal. BBC noted that RAYE, born Rachel Keen, had only recently come off a career-defining year.

After years of label disputes, she independently released My 21st Century Blues in early 2023, winning six BRIT Awards in 2024 and becoming the most decorated artist in a single ceremony. Her rise followed years of setbacks. Signed at 17, the singer reportedly spent half a decade fighting for creative control before breaking away from her label in 2021.

In her Capital FM interview, the singer described how she kept the news of the car’s recovery private for months.

"It was a rollercoaster journey. But what I didn’t tell everyone is that the police found it, and everything was still there."

The car’s discovery came just in time, as the artist is now completing work on her long-delayed second studio album, announced in September 2025.

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As reported by Rolling Stone on September 18, 2025, the project is being previewed through her latest single, Where Is My Husband!, which she debuted live at the 2025 Glastonbury music festival.

RAYE performing at the Glastonbury Festival 2025 - Day Four (Image via Getty)

Rolling Stone described the track as “the brassiest, most assertive piece of music RAYE has ever released,” produced with longtime collaborator Mike Sabath. It reportedly blends R&B horns and hip-hop rhythms.

The singer told Capital Buzz, a sister brand of Capital FM, that the new album era feels “unfinished” because she’s still recording.

"Despite announcing the album, it’s not actually complete yet"

As Rolling Stone reported, RAYE’s recovery story now coincides with her next major step: a 40-date world tour across Europe and North America, set to begin in January 2026.

The singer will headline arenas including London’s O2, Paris’s Accor Arena, and Radio City Music Hall in New York. The tour, titled This Tour May Contain New Music, will also feature her sisters, artists Absolutely and Amma.

The tour will start in Lodz, Poland, on January 22, 2026, and conclude in Los Angeles, California, on May 12, 2025, according to Rolling Stone. More details about the venues and dates can be found on the artist's website.

Edited by Devangee