Singer Raye has said her songbooks stolen last year when her car was broken into, meaning her album two plans had to be put on hold, have been found.

The star had been working on the follow-up to her multi-Brit Award-winning debut My 21st Century Blues.

But in an Instagram post last year, she revealed the vehicle containing the books had been robbed – on her birthday no less – meaning there would be “no second album any time soon”.

But this week she revealed the car had actually been found several months later, along with the “untouched” material, which she described as a “rollercoaster journey” to have been on.

She first shared the news of the car theft online along with a picture of a birthday cake with the the words “sorry ur car got stolen” written on it.

In an update given to Capital Radio breakfast show host Will Manning, she explained: “So it was a rollercoaster journey, but what I didn’t tell everyone is that the police called me, maybe like two, three months ago, and they were like, ‘we found your car’.

“And I got it back, and not only did I get it back, not one thing had been taken out of the car and all my songwriting books were there untouched.”

The rediscovered material is likely to feature on her upcoming, as-yet unnamed follow-up record, which was announced last month along with a tour next year.

Raye previously told the same station that the album was “not even remotely done” despite already being available for pre-order.

She compared it to completing your school homework at the last minute. “With music I want it to be incredible, and I want it to be the best thing it can be,” she continued.

Earlier this month the singer released a new pop-funk track called Where Is My Husband?, which she performed during her recent half-time performance at an NFL match at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Speaking to the BBC’s Mark Savage last month, she explained she had a five-year plan to put out new music and then start a family.

“I’ll put out an album in first half of next year – although I need to finish it first – then I’ll tour with my sisters,” she said of her fellow singing siblings.

“Ideally, around that time, it would be nice to meet my husband. So like, maybe 2027? Then we get married and have a baby.”

She added: “And I want to do enough groundwork in the next two years that I can take a year off and my career’s not gone down the toilet.”

Raye is perhaps best known for her single Escapism, the break-out hit from her debut album.

She has also appeared on a string of other top 10 hits, such as Bed (a collaboration with Joel Corry and David Guetta), Prada (with Cassö and D-Block Europe) and Secrets (with Regard).

Her music contains a mix of pop, R&B, soul, jazz, dance, and hip-hop, as anyone watching her dazzling Glastonbury performance in the summer will have seen.

She made history at the Brit Awards last year when she won six of the seven prizes she was nominated for.

But it took a long time to get there. In 2021, five years after she was signed, her label was still refusing to release her debut, prompting the singer to ask to be freed from her contract.

The south Londoner was allowed to keep the songs she had written, and ultimately found huge success as a solo artist after Escapism became a viral hit.

In the years leading up to her debut album’s eventual release, Raye also collaborated with Mabel, Jax Jones, Rudimental and Disclosure.

She will embark on a continental tour – titled This Tour May Contain New Music – from January 2026, arriving in the UK in February.