The multilingual, multinational world-pop artist Raissa released her new track “DO U RIDE” which is co-written by Raissa herself and Evan Voytas. Along with the single comes the announcement of her new DESIRE PATH EP coming out this summer, following the release of the Spanish-language heater, “MANZANA”, “GUAPA,” and her EP, Cute Threat.
Raissa adds: “In “DO U RIDE” I’m flexing with things I can back up. Flaunting yourself to the point of taunting your detractors, but always all in good fun, I was really inspired by the rhythms of Soca for this track.”
Raissa embodies the kind of bold contradictions that make for truly transcendent pop: she’s wildly inventive yet refined in musicality, sensitive yet self-possessed, fiercely intelligent yet deeply attuned to the sensory pleasures of melody and groove.
A creative force unlike any other in music today, Raissa embodies the kind of bold contradictions that make for truly transcendent pop: she’s wildly inventive yet refined in musicality, sensitive yet self-possessed, fiercely intelligent yet deeply attuned to the sensory pleasures of melody and groove. Not only the outcome of her global upbringing—a journey that includes being born in Spain, then spending her childhood in Beijing, Sydney, and Kuala Lumpur—the Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter/producer’s potent originality stems from her limitless imagination and eclectic mix of influences (early-millennium hip-hop, ’80s art-pop, tropicália, West African dance music, and much more). Newly signed to Neon Gold Records, Raissa is now set to deliver a new body of work affirming the depth and power of her one-of-a-kind vision.
Born in Spain, Raissa inherited a mastery of French and Spanish from her parents and a love of songwriting from Leonard Cohen. She spent her childhood between Beijing, Sydney, Kuala Lumpur, and London – as a result, she draws from a deep well of creative influences, everything from antique Gothic literature to vintage anime.
