Raynachelle:Incognito

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Raynachelle:Incognito, formerly/interchangeably known as Raynachelle, is an unreleased and cancelled album by French-British singer Beastette that would have been released via Fusion Records. The tracks record for the album were mainly written by Beastette and her sister Stephanie Kesh while Beastette worked with a variety of producers. Unlike her previous material, which were of the alternative/indie pop genre, Raynachelle:Incognito focused mainly on an urban and pop sound with hints of dance-pop and club music.

The album was pushed back numerous times for a variety of unknown reasons by Beastette's management and Beastette herself. The album was initially supposed to be released in June 2012 and then was rescheduled numerous times for release in October 2012, November 2012, January 2013, and finally July 2013. In a final press statement, Beastette initially confirmed the album would be pushed back for a late summer or early autumn 2013 release.

The initial lead single for the album was supposed to "She Ain't About To Do That" which features urban singer Aurora Reed rapping the middle eight. After constant delays and poor promotion, "She Ain't About To Do That" charted only at #12 on the UK Singles Chart, failing to chart within the top ten, becoming Beastette's first single to do so. After it's poor chart performance, the single was taken off the album. Another single titled "Orangutan" was slated to be the lead single, slated for release in July 2013. Due to numerous issues and controversies, mainly that song had sampled "Ain't Got Shit" by Bella-May without permission and had to be remixed to avoid legal action, it too was cancelled.

In late June 2013, Beastette announced her tumblr blog and Twitter account that the album would not be released and would be shelved. She also announced that she would be starting over fresh and working on a second incarnation of her sophomore album, though she admitted that some of the tracks used during the first set of sessions for the sophomore album would be on the second and confirmed sessions for the album. Beastette's label, Fusion Records, has since confirmed that the album has been shelved and that she has begun work re-recording what will be her second album. It has been confirmed that the re-recorded second album will be known as Incognito.