Hi, I’m Raye Williams. I’ve spent most of my life trying to make something beautiful out of the hard stuff—usually with a song, a story, or a long drive into the sunset. For years, I thought I had to overcome my story to get where I was going. Turns out, the story was the way there.
True Stories. Original Songs.
A narrative storytelling series by Raye Williams
Every chapter begins with a true story from my life and ends with the song that came out of it.
CHAPTER 1: SUNSET CHASER
Where do we look for the people we’ve lost?
A story about grief, the people we carry with us, and the places we still find them.
Listen to Episode 1 on:
Watch on Video Episode on YouTube
Listen to the song, "Sunset Chaser":
CHAPTER 2: LIKE WE WERE NEVER KIDS
What happens when the person you grew up beside becomes the person you can’t seem to reach?
A story about sisters, the roles we learn as kids, a six-week silence, and the apology that became a song.
Listen to Episode 2:
Watch the Video Episode on YouTube
Listen to the song, "Like We Were Never Kids:
Why This Exists
I spent more than twenty-five years writing songs. Eventually, I realized the stories I was trying to tell had become bigger than three minutes.
Like We Were Never Kids is where those stories finally found a home.
Every episode begins with a true story. Every story ends with an original song. Some will make you laugh. Some will break your heart. Most will probably do a little of both.
Because life doesn't happen one emotion at a time. Neither do the stories that shape us. If something here reminds you of your own life… I'm really glad you're here.
Featured Song
Sunset Chaser
The song behind Episode 1
Every episode of Like We Were Never Kids ends with an original song - written and performed by me.
Sunset Chaser is the song that closes Episode 1, carrying the story somewhere words alone couldn't quite reach.
Produced by Ved Kapic
(Also available wherever you stream music)
Meet Raye
If you've only known me through music...
this is probably the first time we're really meeting.
For years, my songs told pieces of my story.
This series is everything that lived between them.
The people who raised me. The places that shaped me. The grief that changed me. The joy that somehow found me again.
I'm still writing songs.
I'm just finally telling you the whole story.
So let's give the kid the mic.