Single Review: Raya Max – Classy Lady

Disco may have canonically died on July 12th 1979 but recent years has only seen more and more new stars attempting to get dancers underneath the disco ball and save the genre from its seemingly irrevocable fate. One such name is Raya Max, a breakout disco diva refusing to let the feel-good sound of the seventies be lost to the annals of musical history – her latest track ‘Classy Lady’ is a grand mission statement with style.

The track very much proves lightning can indeed strike the same place twice. Raya’s first single, ‘Starlight’, made its way onto BAFTA award-winning comedy ‘Alma’s Not Normal’ – a well-earnt launch pad for the diva to begin her rise to stardom. In keeping with the debut single’s own glitz and glamour, ‘Classy Lady’ collides worlds as the contemporary dancehall beats and groove-laden bass is met by Raya’s gospel deliveries – stemming from her Ghanian heritage for a rich and dynamic soundscape.

Raya also has no issue in making you think – as well as dance – as the track provokes an anti-materialistic stance against the general consensus of what it means to be “classy”; Raya instead offers something far more in keeping with the modern world.

“Are you loyal, are you truthful, do you appreciate your loved ones, are you there for them when they’re down, do you lift people up? This is the kind of classy lady I want to be this is the kind of classy ladies I have as my soul sister girlfriends and I’m so grateful 💜 this song is for you ladies!” – Raya Max

With far more sentiment than we’re perhaps used to hearing paired with a disco beat, Raya Max has set herself up to champion the genre’s second wind; here’s hoping it’s not a mere passing phase, but the start of a new chapter.