Raye began her set on the main stage just after 9pm, performing a range of her most-loved tracks.
The stage was laid out similarly to what has been seen at her other shows, featuring an orchestra and backing singers.
She kicked the 90 min set off with a powerful performance of Escapism, followed by Worth It and a track from her latest album, Beware…The South London Loverboy.
During the performance, Raye took time to interact with the crowd, picking out her favourite banners, outfits and speaking with fans.
Following the high-energy start, Raye went on to play some slower tracks, which was arguably not to everyone in the crowd’s taste, as I heard the people around me suggest heading to the dance tent for “something more upbeat”.
In this section of the show, Raye also paid tribute to Prince, performing a rendition of Purple Rain – the entire stage flooded in purple lights.
The tail-end of her performance is when the park really came alive.
A sign on stage which had previously read Raye was replaced with a V to become Rave, as laser lights and smoke filled the park.
To round off an incredible first day and her headline performance, Raye sang what everyone had been waiting for – Where is your Husband?
The entire set showed off Raye’s incredible vocals with the staging and lighting a perfect backdrop to this.
Although not to everyone’s taste, I felt Raye brought something a bit different to Pride and had a good variety of pop favourites and more reflective, emotional moments.