Rai first started writing music as a child. Poetry and prose were her escape from an extremely abusive and violent childhood. She lived a rollercoaster life with undiagnosed CPTSD, never quite understanding what was ‘wrong‘ with her until she finally attended an ACES (Adverse Childhood Experiences) workshop and was able to fully understand herself. Rai is the former lead singer and songwriter for Barcelona based duo ‘Raquel & The Professor’ and stepped out solo for the first time in September 2021. Her new album ‘Arise’ has been written over the past 8 years, when her creative journey began again and documents her awful love life, her fight with CPTSD and a co-dependency masked as hyper independence. Rai hopes that her story will help others in uncovering their own traumas and help them on the path to healing and self-love.
Rai Reid
