A freak refuses to meet your mom, but has your dad on speed dial—so you better not disappoint. She’s on the floor, “arse up titty out,” and the neighbors are pissed because she’s too loud. Does she give a shit? Of course not. This the world of Shygirl’s “Freak,” the London artist’s first solo single of 2020, produced by NUXXE labelmate Sega Bodega. It’s a cool dare for another round of sex, meant for the type of foggy club space where everything blurs, and no one knows whose limbs are whose. Bodega’s thumping, industrial beat accelerates as Shygirl moans, then drops to foreground her nimble, focused rapping: “I hear they call me shy,” she smirks. As anyone who’s mouthed along to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion recently may know, it only takes declaring yourself a “freak” to become one.