Her early works seem to hold a special place in people’s hearts, including her 2006 hit, “Like a Star,” which is listed as one of the ten most popular classic wedding songs, according to The Classic Swing Band . Bailey Rae told Blavity that the song was written in the very early stages of her relationship with her first husband, Jason Rae, who died in 2008.

“I actually remember writing it on my guitar at [Jason’s] house. Often that moment comes to me when I’m on stage singing it. It was a new relationship — just thinking about that — everything was sort of all-encompassing, bright and cosmic,” she said. “It really makes you think about the universe when you have that early love — your world is just taken over by another person.”

She continues to perform the song, although she admits it does feel heavy these days.

“Now when I sing it, it has an extra weight to it because he’s since passed away. It really complicates the song for me because it’s early love, and it’s the thing of a mature relationship where you’re working through your difficulties, but then it’s also a relationship that I can’t work on anymore, I can’t continue to have. I have to continue to have a relationship with the memory of this person and go back to those moments.”

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Corinne Bailey Rae

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