“Escapism” is a trip-hop-inspired song about coping with emotional pain by pursuing hedonism. After a breakup, Raye consumes coke, gets drunk and sleeps with men rather than face her feelings. She ends the song by saying that she has no regrets about her self-destructive episode, because she has forgotten the pain of the heart.
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Raye: her real name is Rachel Agatha Keen, she was born in 1997, and has Ghanaian, Swiss and English blood, and with her single Escapism she impressed the critics and hit the charts. The single in collaboration with 070 Shake has in fact managed to reach the top of the UK chart, an unprecedented result for this young and talented girl.
070 Shake is the new voice of rap - She's in his early twenties, and from the suburbs of New Jersey he skipped the apprenticeship to enter under the protective wing of Kanye West. 070 Shake, born in 1997 (but some even say 1998)
