RAIGN

Working as a vocalist and songwriter, in 2009 she self-released a demo in the UK under her full name.[14] By 2010, she was performing original music with a mix of blues, folk, and pop in the Kingston area, at venues such as the Bull's Head.[12] She played her first show in the United States at the Viper Room in Los Angeles, where she performed a one-hour acoustic set with an accompanying guitarist.[12] Also in the early 2010s she played festivals and venues in Leicester,[12] and in 2011 she performed at the Mint in Los Angeles.[15]

In May 2014, RAIGN released her first solo single as RAIGN, titled "Don't Let Me Go",[3] which debuted on episode 110 of The Vampire Diaries.[4] Her second solo single as RAIGN, a cover of "Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak, was released on 7 October 2014 as an electropop number.[3] The New York-based electronic duo Mysto & Pizzi mixed the song.[11] At that point Mysto & Pizzi, also known for their work with Avicii and Justin Timberlake,[16] were helping produce much of her work.[2][16] In February 2015, her original track "Empire of Our Own" was included on an episode of The 100.[2]

She released the EP Knocking on Heavens Door in March 2015, which included three of her previous tracks and the new song "Knocking on Heaven's Door." Her cover of "Knocking on Heavens Door" was included on the soundtrack of the finale to season 2 finale of The 100 in March 2015.[2] In its first week of release the lead single reached No. 116 on the US iTunes pop charts.[2] In 2015, the use of "Knocking on Heavens Door" in The 100 was voted Best Use of Music by audiences in the Entertainment Weekly TV Season Finale Awards.[7]

On 31 March 2016 Raign announced that her second EP When It's All Over would be released on 14 April 2016 and the lead single would premiere on The Vampire Diaries on 1 April.[4]

On January 19, 2018, RAIGN announced via social media that her third EP Born Again would be released on January 26 via Millionaire London Records and would feature four new songs produced with movie soundtracks in mind, including an orchestral remake of One Thing Leads To Another, originally recorded by pop band The Fixx.[17]

"Out Of Time" was released on August 10, 2018 and premiered by Clash magazine. "It's about having a feeling inside that you can do something magical, but you have to move fast or the magic moment will go and if you don't do it now, you'll always regret it. Personal alchemy."[18]

Raign's debut full-length album Sign (stylized as SIGN) was released on September 6, 2018, and two singles were released "Who Are You" and "Now I Can Fly", which premier on the TV shows Legacies and Grey's Anatomy and on the trailer for the netflix original movie Tall Girl.[19] The album features orchestral performances, "charged vocal performances", as well as "dark, bass synth" and songs influenced by Dance music.[20] Gig Soup described the album as "Pop romanticism".[21] Rabin states SIGN is "a life’s work coming together." With some of the songs being written over the course of five years and describes the lyrics for this album as sometimes having "multiple meanings."[22] RAIGN co-produced much of the record and decided to record the tracks "the old-fashioned way," recording musicians live in a studio.[22]