1. RAY, a Japa… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least four artists with the name of Ray.
1. RAY, a Japanese shoegaze idol group formed in 2019. Based in Tokyo, they are considered sucessors to ・・・・・・・・・ (Dots), being managed by the same team and playing similar music. Members Uchiyama Yua (former Dots), Kai Marino (former Niji no Conquistador), Tsukihi (former RYUKYU IDOL) and Kotoyama Shizuku (former Avandoned) also promote many solo performances and activities. Their musical focus is on the fusion of "minor genres", such as shoegaze, noise pop, and IDM. The first album Pink was released in May 2020, containing 12 original songs and covers of two Dots songs, "Slide" and "Satellite".
In February 2021, founding member Shirakawa Sayaka graduated from the group. In July 2021, Kotoyama Shizuku joined the group. Their second album, Green, was released in May 2022 featuring a cover of Dots' "Shizuka no Umi". New members joined in September 2022: Ami, Tsukiumi Mao, and Tsumugi Mikoto. Third album Camellia is set to release in October 2023.
2. 中山怜香 (Nakayama Reika, born October 14, 1990), better known by her stage name Ray, is a Japanese singer and radio personality from Hokkaido. She signed to Geneon Universal Entertainment.
Ray originally worked as a gravure idol, performing at a singing audition event sponsored by Avex and Usen called a-motion2007, and releasing a DVD called Peach Collection and a second DVD called Pure Smile in 2008. She tried out for the All-Japan Anime Song Grand Prix in 2010. She also covered songs under the moniker Clione (クリオネちゃ).
She made her debut as a singer in 2012, performing the opening theme song "Sign" for the anime Waiting in the Summer. Her second single "Rakuen Project" (楽園PROJECT Paradise Project) was released on October 24, 2012, which is used as the opening theme to the 2012 anime television series To Love-Ru Darkness. Her third single "Recall" was released on February 6, 2013, which is used as the ending theme to the 2013 anime television series Amnesia.
On a blog post posted on January 25, 2017, Ray announced her retirement from singing to pursue other unspecified activities.
3. RAY - RUSSIAN HARDCORE band, formed in the end of 2004 in Moscow, Russia. They play old school hardcore with lots of melodies and breakdowns. They say they are trying to bring hardcore what it should be with messages to express their personal feelings and beliefs, to reveal what they feel are social and ethical problems of this world.
In spring/summer of 2010, RAY disbanded.
4. Ray, the japanese singer and vocalist in Galactica Phantom and yaiba.
5. A band from New York, an early project of Hugo Stanley from Palm
MAKING
Ray Lyrics
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Well
Im one in the making
Hell
Like one in the lineup
Yuh
Know somebody shaking
Yuh
Nah
Its mine for the taking
Take it
Take it
Gonna take it
Gotta first fake it
Till I make it
Earth Quake it
N its shaking
Gawd damn
Cookin Bacon
N I gotta eat it too when I make it
And my head been spinning like a fan son
Gotta go out collect the ransom
Gotta speed it up like my name Cranston
Oh Danny don't stop you'z a phantom
I know how I kill this
Muh fu**ah gotta pop pills with
Me
Just too keep up
You feel this
In ya head N ya chest
I have been saying that I am the best
Don't stop me
just watch G
I know that in cocky
I am a legend
Well
Im one in the making
Hell
Like one in the lineup
Yuh
Know somebody shaking
Yuh
Don't run In the family
Nah
Its mine for the taking
Take it
Take it
Took it Bi**H
Look at this
Im too slick to ever get on S**T
Book it quick
Im that kid
Gonna go N kill this track 26
Ya I'm back
On attack
Ya I went out here N spit dat fact
Im that one
Like a gun
A-K sprayin shit just foh fun
I ain't done
Silver tongue
I ain't a devil N I ain't a nun
Still know what
I came to stunt n I'm ready to hunt
I want the smoke like I'm hitting the blunt
Ready or not man I'm still wit the
Stun
The lyrics to Ray's song "Making" express the heartache of unrequited love. The singer is painfully aware that the person they love does not reciprocate their feelings and that they are unlikely to ever have a chance at a true relationship. Despite this, they cannot help but hold onto the hope that they might someday be able to be with that person. The repetition of the phrase "making believe" underscores the futility of this hope and the fact that the singer is living in a fantasy world. They cannot hold the person they love, and they cannot make them love them back. They are resigned to spending their life in a state of unrequited love.
The imagery in the lyrics is particularly poignant. The singer tries to "hold" the person they love, but they are not there, and they are somebody else's love. They are left alone with only their dreams to keep them company. This imagery reinforces the sense of isolation and loneliness that the singer feels. The repetition of the phrase "making believe" also suggests a sense of fantasy and unreality. The singer is clinging to an illusion because they cannot bear to face the truth.
In summary, the lyrics of Ray's song "Making" are a poignant expression of the anguish of unrequited love. The singer is trapped in a world of fantasy, unable to let go of their unfulfilled dreams. The repetition of the phrase "making believe" underscores the sense of futility and suggests that the singer is living in a world of illusion.
Line by Line Meaning
Making believe that you still love me
Pretending that your love for me hasn't faded away
It's leaving me alone and so blue
Your absence is making me feel lonely and sad
But I'll always dream, still I'll never own you
I will always imagine a life with you but it will never be a reality
Making believe, it's all I can do
Pretending is the only way for me to cope with the reality
Can't hold you close when you're not with me
I long for your presence but you are with someone else
You're somebody's love, you'll never be mine
You belong to someone else and can never be mine
Making believe, I'll spend my lifetime
Pretending will be a part of my life forever
Loving you, making believe
I will continue to love you through my imaginary world
Making believe that I never lost you
Faking the idea that you never left in the first place
But my happy hours I find are so few
My joyous moments without you are rare
My plans for the future will never come true
My aspirations of being with you will never become a reality
Making believe, what else can I do
Pretending is the only option I have left
Can't hold you close when you're not with me
Your love is intangible as you are not by my side
You're somebody's love, you'll never be mine
You are committed elsewhere and I will never be able to have you
Making believe, I'll spend my lifetime
Pretending will be the way for me to survive through life
Loving you, making believe
In my mind, my love for you is eternal even though we are not together
Lyrics © DistroKid
Written by: Taylor Francisco
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Ray took 15 years and Bessie took over 20 years
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Bessie has been "22 years in the making."
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