By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com
It is a pleasure to welcome international recording artist Victor Ray to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.
Born in Uganda and raised in Newcastle, England, Victor started busking in high school and soon began writing songs rooted in his autobiographical yet resonant storytelling. Over the years, he’s amassed a global following and earned major acclaim from the likes of The Observer (“a muscular yet vulnerable voice aching with heartbreak”), Clash (“his star shines brighter with every subsequent release”), and BET (“one of the most breathtaking young talents of today”).
With his passionate powerhouse vocals and gift for evocative storytelling, Victor Ray is known to make an impression both in the studio and onstage. Over the past year, he’s steadily been playing bigger and bigger venues abroad, including his sold-out European tour and a support slot on Teddy Swims’s Spring 2024 tour.
He entered 2025 as an MTV Push UK Artist to Watch, with spots on Amazon Music UK’s 2025 Artists to Watch and The Independent’s Ones to Watch 2025 roundups. Recently, Victor released his latest EP, I WILL, a fourth in a series of thematically interconnected EPs documenting different facets of Victor’s life story and personal growth to date. To that end, his acclaimed debut EP i was. offered an up-close look at loss, 2023’s I felt explored themes of loneliness, and 2024’s I TRIED leaned toward a newfound sense of hope. The previous installment was released last June and includes standouts like his viral hit “Comfortable” and the spellbinding duet “Falling into Place” featuring Debbie– a piano-driven slow-burner that VIBE likened to a “shooting star blazing into our orbit.”
This month, Victor Ray will bring his I AM tour to North America after legs in the United Kingdom, Australia, and France. He will perform in Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, and Brooklyn.
On this episode of The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast, Victor Ray revealed how Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, and the Weeknd inspired him as a recording artist, shared I WILL’s recording process, and the stories behind some of his most-streamed songs on Spotify.
For more information about Victor Ray, visit his website.
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