Ray BLK announces long-awaited debut album with Kaash Paige collaboration "MIA"

"MIA" is Ray BLK's first new single since releasing "Dark Skinned" in May, and sees her team up with US singer Kaash Paige.

Ray BLK says of the song, ""MIA" is my summer anthem as we’re released from lockdown. It’s just about escaping, or being with someone who feels like an escape, like you’re on holiday and just at peace, away from the noise. After being in lockdown for so long and being overwhelmed or feeling low, I’m ready to be out with the people I love the most in our element with this playing in the background as the soundtrack to our summer."

The new single arrives alongside news of Ray BLK's debuut album ACCESS DENIED, which will feature appearances from Giggs ("Games"), Stefflon Don, Kojey Radical and Suburban Plaza across the 14 tracks.

Speaking about the album, Ray BLK says, "I’ve been looking forward to this moment of releasing my debut album since I was 13 in the studio with MNEK learning how to write songs and knew for certain I wanted to be a singer. ACCESS DENIED is for those who like myself, know disappointment too well and have learned to create boundaries as a coping mechanism for self protection. I’ve opened up about how the childhood I had made me guarded, how disappointing relationships made me fear love and how being told no so many times in the music industry kicked me down, but I got back up. I want people to listen to this record and value themselves enough to deny access to those who are undeserving, and to also value themselves enough to keep believing in themselves when they’re denied access to certain spaces and say yes to themselves when the world tells them no."

Tracklist:

1. BLK MADONNA
2. Lovesick
3. Smoke (feat. Kojey Radical)
4. 25
5. Lauren's Skit
6. Access Denied
7. Baggage
8. Games (feat. Giggs)
9. If I Die
10. MIA (feat. Kaash Paige)
11. Mine
12. Dark Skinned
13. Go-go Girl (feat. Suburban Plaza)
14. Over You (feat. Stefflon Don)