In 2026, choosing a Bible app over Instagram is apparently a headline. And honestly - it should be.
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter RAYE revealed in a new interview with The Times that she has stepped away from social media and now turns to a Bible app instead of Instagram when she is looking for answers. Her exact words: "I look for answers in a Bible app, not cruising Instagram."
RAYE explained that avoiding online commentary has helped her escape the constant pressure and criticism that comes with life as a public figure. "I think since I've come offline it's been much better. Ignorance is bliss," she said. "If someone said I look awful in a dress, it'd make me sad. If I don't know someone said I look awful in a dress - so I'm really big on being offline."
For anyone who knows RAYE's story, this is not a publicity move. It is the next page of a testimony that has been building for years.
RAYE, whose real name is Rachel Keen, grew up singing in the choir at a Pentecostal church in South London. Her father was the musical director and taught her to play worship songs after services. From 2014 to 2021, she was locked in a record label deal that produced zero albums. The stress led her to self-medicate with drugs and alcohol. She has spoken openly about how close to the edge she came - and how faith pulled her back.
RAYE's sophomore album This Music May Contain Hope was recently released through her independent label, with the singer-songwriter also reflecting on how her Christian faith sustained her through some of the hardest seasons of her career. She also said she pushed herself "as hard as I can" over recent years and is now focused on balance - stepping back from the pressure of constant output and the unending demand to stay visible online.
There is something quietly countercultural about a Grammy-winning artist at the peak of her career saying the most useful thing on her phone is not her follower count - it is Scripture. In a cultural moment where visibility feels like survival, RAYE is choosing something older and quieter.
She joked that she will not write a third album until she falls in love. Until then, she is offline, in the Word, and apparently doing just fine.
The Church has been saying this for centuries. It is just nice when someone with five million Instagram followers says it too.
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