RAIGN

Rachel Sarah Rabin, also known by her stagename Raign (stylised as RAIGN), is an English singer-songwriter and record producer.

In March 2015, RAIGN’s third single, ‘Knocking on Heavens Door’, from her debut EP of the same title, was featured in the TV series The 100 and reached No. 116 on the US iTunes pop charts. In 2020 she released a deluxe version of the album, retitled SIGN From Above and has released a live album titled RAIGN, Live at the Village Studios, Los Angeles in June 2024.

Early life and education Rachel Rabin

In 2013, she released a single under the name Rachel Rabin, "Raise the Dead", which premiered in season one of The Originals.

Early singles and debut EP (2014–2015) In May 2014, RAIGN released her first solo single as RAIGN, titled "Don't Let Me Go", which debuted on episode 110 of The Vampire Diaries. Later that year she co-wrote and performed vocals on "Dark Lights", a single by UK Drum ‘n’ Bass DJ Dimension, which was played heavily on BBC Radio 1.

Born Again EP (2018) On January 19, 2018, RAIGN announced via social media that her third EP Born Again would be released on January 26 via Millionaire London Records and would feature four new songs produced with film soundtracks in mind, including an orchestral remake of "One Thing Leads to Another", originally recorded by the Fixx and an orchestral mix of "Empire Of Our Own".

"Out of Time" (2018) Her single "Out of Time" was released on 10 August 2018 and premiered in Clash magazine. It was released as the lead single for her upcoming studio album. RAIGN said that the song was about "having a feeling inside that you can do something magical, but you have to move fast or the magic moment will go and if you don't do it now, you'll always regret it. Personal alchemy."

Debut album SIGN and other singles (2018–2019) RAIGN's debut full-length album SIGN was released on September 6, 2018, and two singles were released "Who Are You" and "Now I Can Fly", which premiered on the TV shows Legacies and Grey's Anatomy and on the trailer for the Netflix original movie Tall Girl. The album features orchestral tracks with, "dark, bass synth" as well as songs influenced by electronic Dance music and includes the track "to Heaven Alone", written with French house DJ Fred Faulke. Gig Soup described the album as "Pop romanticism". Rabin said that SIGN represented "a life’s work coming together", with the songs having been written over the course of five years. She described the album's lyrics as sometimes having "multiple meanings". RAIGN co-produced many of the tracks along with British record producer, Robbie Lamond, and decided to record the tracks "the old-fashioned way," recording musicians live in a studio.

In 2022, RAIGN released the single "Spaceman", a cover of the 1996 song by Babylon Zoo. In 2023, she released the Neo-Classical single "Please (My God)", which premiered in the first season of The Morning Show on Apple TV. That year, she also collaborated with BBC Radio1 DJ René LaVice on the Drum ‘n’ Bass single "Fall From The Dark" and performed with her band at the Venice West in Los Angeles in July. Her 2016 single "When It's All Over" was also remixed by Ralphie B and Frank Waanders and released on Black Hole Recordings in 2023.

RAIGN, Live at The Village Studios EP and recent works (2024–present) In June 2024, Rabin's song "Empire of Our Own (Orchestral Version)", from her EP Born Again, was used in promotional material for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. Later that month, she released the live EP RAIGN (Live at The Village Studios, Los Angeles, 2024 which was recorded with a twelve piece orchestra and included six orchestral versions of six of her most well known singles from Film and TV soundtracks, all performed live.

In February 2025, RAIGN’s 2015 track "Knocking on Heaven’s Door" was featured in the penultimate episode of the first season of Paradise. Later that year she released "Back to Life", a cover of the Soul II Soul song, which was featured in the British television programme Celebrity Traitors.

Style and influences Rabin has self-described the style of her material as "pop romanticism," She explored the band scene in psychedelic rock and found inspiration from artists such as Pink Floyd, including their record The Dark Side of the Moon, and also local London bands. She also experimented with grooves and tempos from Drum ‘n’ Bass and U.K. Garage styles. Will Sparks and Priyanka Chopra Rachel Rabin Tyrone Griffin (Ty Dolla Sign) Toby Gad Pryanka Chopra Will Sparks