Raye Performs "Where Is My Husband?" at 2026 MTV VMAs, Song of the Year Nominee

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Raye Brings Her Search for Romance to 2026 MTV VMAs With ‘Where Is My Husband?’

The singer-songwriter introduced the performance with "I Will Overcome" before launching into "Where Is My Husband!," which is up for the coveted Song of the Year award at this year's show

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Charisma Madarang , Larisha Paul September 27, 2026

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One thing Raye will never pass up is an opportunity to bring big band back to big stages. The singer and songwriter hit the stage at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards for the first time as a soloist with a six-piece string section and more than a dozen additional musicians. She sure knows how to make an entrance.

Raye opened her set with “I Will Overcome,” which references the legacy of the late Amy Winehouse, while draped in a luscious, floor-length white fur coat. When the garment dropped away, the 28-year-old launched into “Where Is My Husband?” in a glimmering red dress. As always, she traded high heels for high notes and delivered the performance barefoot.

The performance included an updated recording from her grandmother, whose voice is featured on the original studio version of the track. “I know you have been promoting this song for a long time,” she says. “But be patient, my granddaughter. Your husband is coming.” And just for the hell of it, Raye slipped an interpolation of the disco-funk hit “Funkytown” into her set.

It’s been a big year for Raye, who released her second studio album, This Music May Contain Hope , in March. The acclaimed album featured lead single and global breakthrough, “Where Is My Husband!” In a Rolling Stone review for the album, Rob Sheffield observed, “The south London belter has a story to tell on This Music May Contain Hope, and it’s an epic autobiography of romantic despair and nonstop emotional turmoil. Her mighty pipes are as unstoppable as her flair for mascara-melting melodrama.”

Raye is up for the coveted Song of the Year award for her hit “Where Is My Husband,” which peaked at Number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. Raye is up against Madonna and Carpenter’s “Bring Your Love,” BTS’ “Swim,” Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas,” Huntr/x’s “Golden,” Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need,” and PinkPantheress and Zara Larsson’s “Stateside” remix for the award.

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_Originally reported by [Rolling Stone](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/raye-where-is-my-husband-vmas-performance-1235631991/)._