{"id":614276,"date":"2026-09-28T12:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/614276\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:10:14","slug":"raye-makes-solo-debut-at-2026-mtv-vmas-absolute-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/614276\/","title":{"rendered":"Raye makes solo debut at 2026 MTV VMAs: \u2018Absolute cinema&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/684029_1988951_updates.jpg\" alt=\"Raye makes solo debut at 2026 MTV VMAs: \u2018Absolute cinema\u2019\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Raye makes solo debut at 2026 MTV VMAs: \u2018Absolute cinema\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Raye made her solo debut at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards with theatrical energy. <\/p>\n<p>Bringing her powerhouse vocals to the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, September 27, the Escapism hitmaker delivered a live rendition of an exciting. <\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, the British singer, whose real name is Rachel Agatha Keen, performed I Will Overcome before seamlessly moving into her breakout hit WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!<\/p>\n<p>The performance blended intimate strings with high-energy pop, while the record producer delivered the set barefoot<\/p>\n<p>In addition to her playful nod to Funkytown, the 28-year-old featured a spoken interlude from her grandmother about love, giving the performance an intimate and personal touch.<\/p>\n<p>RAYE\u2019s vocal versatility quickly became a talking point among viewers, with fans praising her ability to reinvent her songs while keeping the performances fresh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI swear\u2026. She can sing her songs a million and one different ways. I love her mind,\u201d one fan raved, while another pondered over how she \u201ckeeps finding new ways to sing WIMH.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The performance came during a major night for RAYE, who received two nominations at the 2026 VMAs: Song of the Year for WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! and Best Visual Effects for Click Clack Symphony, featuring Hans Zimmer.<\/p>\n<p>She also joined the star-studded tribute to George Michael during the ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Raye makes solo debut at 2026 MTV VMAs: \u2018Absolute cinema\u2019 Raye made her solo debut at the 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-614276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}