Ravyn Lenae’s bathroom mirror is plastered with rainbow-coloured sticky notes. Written on each one is a different goal. Every morning, the 26-year-old US psychedelic-R&B singer stands before this gallery of ambition with her eyes closed, visualising her dreams into existence. And it’s working – many of those scribbles have become a reality in recent months. Her viral grungy summer anthem “Love Me Not” allowed her to cross off one milestone in particular: a US Top 10. Also checked off the list are a UK Top 10; a performance on Tonight with Jimmy Fallon; and a support slot on tour with reigning princess of pop Sabrina Carpenter.
“I’m never not going to write anything down ever again,” Lenae laughs, sitting cross-legged beside a watercooler at a north London rehearsal studio. “The physical act of putting your goals into the world is so powerful, and if I write it, that means I already believe it.”
