Rayden has announced this Thursday that he will leave music “forever” after more than twenty years of career. “There comes a day when you know. A voice within you says that the work is complete. That you already got it. That you have already left your mark. That already… ”, he has shared in a statement in which he has also announced the dates of what will be his farewell tour. He tour it will begin on April 21 in Huesca, coinciding with the launch of his new and latest album; and will culminate in Barcelona on March 1, 2024.
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“It’s hard to listen to that voice when the rest of the world tells you that you’re living ‘your prime.’ When you have the best possible band. When you have a loyal audience, which fills and sells out more and more venues. And, even less, when there is less than a month left for you to listen to one of the albums that I am most proud of, ”he added.
The album, titled the impossible victory It will feature 14 songs that will include collaborations with artists such as Dani Fernández, Beatriz Fernández, Travis Birds, Álvaro de Luna and Tarque.
“I’m leaving music”, he has indicated categorically, “at least, from this side. (From now on I will embrace her in a different way while I write my novels)”. Thus, the artist has shown that he will continue the path started with his debut in this format. The close up on cactus woman and balloon man, which he published at the beginning of the year. A very tender book that works as a song to the poles that do not know how to manage that they are attracted. Previously, she had already released several collections of poems such as wounded daily (2015), The world is a cat playing with Australia (2019). y Mulled (2022); along with seven studio albums.
“I say goodbye to records, songs and stages forever, but grateful for life”, he assured, “I say goodbye to the world that has given me so much, but not before doing a farewell tour so that it is impossible to forget us of this dream and to leave the songs in the best hands: yours”.
It’s hard to write (from the heart) a farewell letter without going overboard — or sensationalizing — when all you want to express is gratitude.
❤️🩹FAREWELL TOUR❤️🩹
“I WANT US TO SEE AGAIN FOR THE LAST TIME”
(Tomorrow at 12 noon 🎟️ the sale) pic.twitter.com/DrnSAZ3L8a— RAYDEN (@soyRayden) March 23, 2023
Rayden has influenced his words in pointing out the difficulty that making the decision has entailed for him at the point in which he is in his career. “Maybe the impossible victory is about this. To know how to win and sing victory ”, he has reflected himself.
More than two decades of experience
David Martínez Álvarez, known as Rayden, was born in Alcalá de Henares in 1985. The singer was champion of the Red Bull Batalla de los Gallos in 2006, an event in which he stopped participating in 2009 after reaching his semifinal. In 2010 his first LP arrived It was writtenwho followed Mosaic in 2012 and in soul and bone in 2014; volume that rose to seventh place on sales lists in Spain.
His first album with Warner Music was published in 2017, Antonymwhich they followed Synonymous (2019) y Namesake (2021). In his career he has collaborated with artists such as Bely Basarte, Pablo López, Leiva, Rozalén, Sidecars, tanjugueirasIvan Ferreiro, Andrew Suarez and Fran Perea.
In 2022 he applied to represent Spain in Eurovision with The Calle de la Llorería. The song was selected to participate in the first Benidorm Fest, which ended winning chanel. Her proposal ranked fourth, behind the interpreter of SloMoRigoberta Bandini and Tanxuguerias.
