Beyoncé thinks RAYE is that girl — and so are Sienna Spiro and Olivia Dean.
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Queen Bey praised the three rising stars, two of whom she has personal connections to, in an interview with i-D published Wednesday (Nov. 11). While on the topic of launching her Cecred hair-care brand in the U.K., she said she loves the country’s music scene before naming a few examples.
“I’ve watched Sienna Spiro grow up from a beautiful young girl to an extraordinarily talented young woman,” Bey told the publication. “I’ve known her family well for quite some time. I heard her sing when she was a kid discovering her voice, and I can’t articulate the pride she brings me. What a God-given talent!”
The 35-time Grammy winner is linked to the Spiro family by way of Sienna’s father, jeweler Glenn Spiro, who’s been curating and designing pieces for Bey for years. In 2018, she made headlines for donating an eye-catching butterfly ring gifted to her by Jay-Z and designed by Mr. Spiro to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Also in the interview, the Destiny’s Child alum shouted out RAYE, who worked for years as a songwriter penning hits for stars such as Bey before breaking out in 2023 with independent smash “Escapism.” “I’m also so proud of RAYE, who wrote some of the songs on The Gift,” Bey said. “She has had such an anointing. You hear the vulnerability and wisdom in her voice.”
“I also love and respect Olivia Dean,” the haircare mogul added. “These beautiful women are all kind, have grace and write and produce their own music. It gives me goosebumps. I just burst with pride when I see them.”
Like Spiro and RAYE, Dean has experienced a major rise in the past couple of years. She took home best new artist at the Grammys in 2026, an award for which RAYE was nominated the year prior, and for which Spiro is highly anticipated to be up for in 2027.
As the three Brits have dominated in 2025 and 2026, Bey has kept a low profile musically. She hasn’t dropped an album since 2024’s two-week Billboard 200-topper Cowboy Carter, though fans are holding out hope that her long-awaited Act III is coming any day now.
See Bey for i-D below.
