How many of the crowd understood, from what was likely their first time hearing it, that the “Amy” Raye namechecked was the late Amy Winehouse? The one made between Raye and Winehouse, who died in 2011, aged 27, has certainly been persistent. (Before the rise of the fast-fashion website she might have been branded the “Poundland Amy Winehouse”.) Youthful, untarnished panache: Amy Winehouse in 2004. Hurt permeated Winehouse’s music; Raye’s output is also heartfelt, but it can be more outward-facing, more meta.

Source: The Irish Times March 28, 2026 14:30 UTC