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Laila Ray on Self-Belief, Setbacks and What’s Next

A conversation about the years between the first single and the breakthrough.

MixShow PrimeSeptember 10, 20266 min read
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Independence used to mean doing without. Now it means building the machine yourself — the team, the calendar, the relationships with the DJs who actually break records.

Radio still matters. Not as a monolith, but as a network of people: mixshow DJs, music directors and programmers who decide, week by week, what a city hears.

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