Raye has shared a very public tribute to her past heartbreak in a hilarious TikTok video.
The Where Is My Husband singer posted a clip of herself showing off a blue plaque at The Nightingale pub on Nightingale Lane in South London.
The blue plaque, traditionally installed on buildings in the UK to commemorate a connection between that location and a famous person, reads ‘RAYE experienced the greatest heartbreak she has ever known here 27 February 2019’.
The video shows the laughing star, clad in a fur coat and carrying a Chanel bag, clutching a pint of beer as she points out the sign, with the caption reading: ‘put a nice plaque on my ex’s fav pub so he’ll never forget.’
She added it is ‘my dramatic era #cheers’ and soundtracked the video with a snippet of her new song.
Fans were delighted with the move, with fellow singer-songwriter Absolutely quipping: ‘Being the ex of a songwriter is not for the weak. Never mind the world’s best songwriter.’
Raye’s new single Nightingale Lane, from her upcoming album This Music May Contain Hope, is an ode to the Tooting street near where she grew up, with the intro declaring: ‘This is a song about the greatest heartbreak I have ever known.’
The chorus flows into the pain of saying goodbye to her ‘first love’ as Raye sings: ‘It was right there, in June, next to Old Park Avenue, standing in the rain, I watched him walk away.’
Raye hasn’t named the ‘first love’ and is known for keeping her love life private.
But in her September 2025 cover story with Vogue she made some rare comments about the heartbreak, admitting that since that relationship ended two years ago she has been ‘single for so long’.
‘My last devastating break-up was four, five years ago. I was like, “I’m gonna marry him”,’ she admitted.
‘We was together for two years and it ended up not working out. I have never experienced a more crippling emotion.
‘It took me three, four years to get over him. Like, I can’t allow myself to fall in love again until it’s safe.’
When it comes to any potential suitors, Raye said what she looks for in a man has ‘changed significantly over the years’.
The hitmaker previously revealed her deeply sensitive experiences with sexual assault and addiction in her debut album My 21st Century Blues.
Her new album, which includes her smash hit, number one single Where Is My Husband, will be released on March 27.
