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Ravyn Lenae Washington (born January 22, 1999) is an American R&B singer and songwriter from Chicago, currently signed to Atlantic Records and the Three Twenty Three Music Group. She is also a member of the musical collective Zero Fatigue. Her debut Extended play, Moon Shoes, was released independently in 2015 and it was later reissued by Atlantic Records in 2016. Her follow up EP, Midnight Moonlight, was released in 2017. She has performed at several music festivals and in 2017 toured with SZA on her Ctrl Tour and Noname on her Telefone Tour.
She released her debut album, Hypnos, on May 20, 2022, and her second album, Bird's Eye, on August 9, 2024, to critical acclaim. The latter spawned her breakout hit, "Love Me Not", which peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked within the top 50 of the music charts in several countries.
She released her second EP Midnight Moonlight on March 3, 2017. Later that month, she performed at SXSW, was featured on Smino's "Glass Flows," and was listed by Rolling Stone as one of "10 New Artists You Need to Know." In the following three months, she would go on to perform at several other festivals, including Mamby on the Beach in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood and Culture Shock in Purchase, New York. Beginning in August 2017, Lenae opened for SZA on her Ctrl the Tour. The tour ended in December 2017. On February 9, she released her third EP, entirely produced by Steve Lacy, titled Crush.
On February 1, 2022, she released "Skin Tight" with Steve Lacy, the first single of her debut album, Hypnos. Following, she released her debut album on May 20, 2022, which featured vocals and production from Monte Booker, Steve Lacy, Kaytranada, Fousheé, Mereba, Smino, Sango, Luke Titus, IAmNobodi, Phoelix and Teo Halm. She announced a tour spanning 16 cities beginning at Neumos in Seattle, Washington, with special guest, Unusual Demont, opening for some concerts on the tour.
Lenae released singles "Love Me Not" and "Love Is Blind" on May 3, 2024. These releases were the first of four songs released in the lead up to her second album, Bird's Eye, with "Dream Girl" with Ty Dolla Sign and "One Wish" featuring Childish Gambino following soon after.
On August 9, 2024, Lenae released her sophomore album, Bird's Eye, through Atlantic Records. Working closely with executive producer Dahi, Lenae would begin to expand her sound beyond the R&B roots of her debut album. This project embraces elements of downtempo guitar, reggae-pop, and experimental production while still retaining Lenae's trademark soprano vocal presence.
The album's lead single, "Love Me Not", had a resurgence in popularity in early 2025 after a user-generated mash-up featuring Solange's "Losing You" went viral on TikTok. The track would go on to enter the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 81 in April and would go on to climb into the Top 10.
The single's momentum would push Lenae to embark on a headline tour during the fall of 2025, where she'd perform across the U.S., U.K., and Europe, with festival appearances such as Coachella. This phase of her career is described as a breakout moment, marking her transition from underground darling to broader mainstream recognition.
On February 27, 2025, Lenae announced that she would be joining artists Olivia Dean and Amber Mark on an extra leg of Sabrina Carpenter's Short n' Sweet Tour. This coincided with the viral success of "Love Me Not" in early 2025, which became Lenae's Billboard Hot 100 chart entry on April 12. That month, she also appeared at Coachella 2025.
Comparing Lenae's two EPs, Mosi Reeves of Rolling Stone said Midnight Moonlight "delves into more romantic concerns with the same quiet grace" first heard on Moon Shoes in which she "sings about life as a dreamy, sometimes-melancholy teenager in a softly assertive voice." Marcus J. Moore's Pitchfork review of Midnight Moonlight noted that it "carries a methodical late-night vibe suitable for Quiet storm radio" particularly when compared to the "far brighter" energy on Moon Shoes.
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