Shygirl
SWALLOW!
Album · Alternative · 2026 · Because Music Ltd. · Właśnie wprowadzono! Słuchaj teraz
The four years following Shygirl’s debut album, 2022’s Nymph, were a beautiful whirlwind: In that time, the South London club queen released a pair of EPs (Club Shy and Club Shy Room 2), opened for Charli xcx and Beyoncé, and collaborated with the likes of PinkPantheress and Björk. Meanwhile, she was patiently conceptualizing her sophomore album, which she describes as both a coming-of-age record and a reintroduction.
On SWALLOW!, the vocalist/songwriter departs from the bawdy anthems of her debut to embrace the sounds of the second half of the ’90s—think Ray of Light-era Madonna and Björk circa Homogenic, plus The Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, and Massive Attack. Working closely with producer Karma Kid and composer Casey MQ, Shygirl introduced guitars and piano into her electronic palette to channel newly heady feelings—namely, the parallel processes of finding true love and self-acceptance.
“Lucky[Hymn],” a jangly trip-hop slow burn, is simultaneously softer and more direct than Shygirl’s been before, while “Mantra” finds a groove somewhere between Clams Casino and UK hardcore to celebrate freedom through total vulnerability: “And I am, and I can/And I do, and I’m real/And I touch, and I cry/And I love what I feel.”
On SWALLOW!, the vocalist/songwriter departs from the bawdy anthems of her debut to embrace the sounds of the second half of the ’90s—think Ray of Light-era Madonna and Björk circa Homogenic, plus The Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, and Massive Attack. Working closely with producer Karma Kid and composer Casey MQ, Shygirl introduced guitars and piano into her electronic palette to channel newly heady feelings—namely, the parallel processes of finding true love and self-acceptance.
“Lucky[Hymn],” a jangly trip-hop slow burn, is simultaneously softer and more direct than Shygirl’s been before, while “Mantra” finds a groove somewhere between Clams Casino and UK hardcore to celebrate freedom through total vulnerability: “And I am, and I can/And I do, and I’m real/And I touch, and I cry/And I love what I feel.”
SWALLOW!
Shygirl
The four years following Shygirl’s debut album, 2022’s Nymph, were a beautiful whirlwind: In that time, the South London club queen released a pair of EPs (Club Shy and Club Shy Room 2), opened for Charli xcx and Beyoncé, and collaborated with the likes of PinkPantheress and Björk. Meanwhile, she was patiently conceptualizing her sophomore album, which she describes as both a coming-of-age record and a reintroduction.
On SWALLOW!, the vocalist/songwriter departs from the bawdy anthems of her debut to embrace the sounds of the second half of the ’90s—think Ray of Light-era Madonna and Björk circa Homogenic, plus The Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, and Massive Attack. Working closely with producer Karma Kid and composer Casey MQ, Shygirl introduced guitars and piano into her electronic palette to channel newly heady feelings—namely, the parallel processes of finding true love and self-acceptance.
“Lucky[Hymn],” a jangly trip-hop slow burn, is simultaneously softer and more direct than Shygirl’s been before, while “Mantra” finds a groove somewhere between Clams Casino and UK hardcore to celebrate freedom through total vulnerability: “And I am, and I can/And I do, and I’m real/And I touch, and I cry/And I love what I feel.”
On SWALLOW!, the vocalist/songwriter departs from the bawdy anthems of her debut to embrace the sounds of the second half of the ’90s—think Ray of Light-era Madonna and Björk circa Homogenic, plus The Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, and Massive Attack. Working closely with producer Karma Kid and composer Casey MQ, Shygirl introduced guitars and piano into her electronic palette to channel newly heady feelings—namely, the parallel processes of finding true love and self-acceptance.
“Lucky[Hymn],” a jangly trip-hop slow burn, is simultaneously softer and more direct than Shygirl’s been before, while “Mantra” finds a groove somewhere between Clams Casino and UK hardcore to celebrate freedom through total vulnerability: “And I am, and I can/And I do, and I’m real/And I touch, and I cry/And I love what I feel.”
