Nymph | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 30 September 2022 | |||
Recorded | 2021 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 32:31 | |||
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Shygirl chronology | ||||
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Singles from Nymph | ||||
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Nymph is the debut studio album by British rapper and singer Shygirl. It was released on 30 September 2022 on vinyl, CD, cassette and digital download, [2] through Because Music. [3] [4] The album was announced alongside the release of its lead single "Firefly" on 10 May 2022. [5] The second single "Come for Me" was released on 7 June 2022. [6] The album was shortlisted for the 2023 Mercury Prize. [7]
Nymph is primarily a pop album, [1] through critics have noted that the album resists strict genre classification. [8] [9] "Firefly", "Heaven", and "Coochie (A Bedtime Story)" are all hyperpop songs with the latter incorporating trap beats. [9] [10] [11] [12] UK garage and 2-step are present on both "Firefly" and "Wildfire", while "Nike" and "Missing U" incorporate rap music. [11] [12] "Poison" is a Europop-inspired blog house track "with a raucous accordion hook and club-ready bass squelches". [8] [12] "Honey" merges jungle breakbeats and liquid drum 'n' bass into a "sultry" R&B ballad. [10] [11] The Arca-produced "Come for Me" has been described as a "mutant" reggaetón song containing "sparse, militant drum patterns sound like they’ve been swallowed by broken subwoofers." [11] [12]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 84/100 [13] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Crack | 8/10 [12] |
The Line of Best Fit | 9/10 [8] |
NME | [1] |
The Observer | [14] |
Pitchfork | 8.0/10 [15] |
The Skinny | [9] |
The Telegraph | [11] |
Nymph was met with universal acclaim upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 84, based on 10 reviews. [16] Cameron Cook of Pitchfork praised the album, stating that each track unveiled "some new aspect of Shygirl’s persona, musicality, or, most often, both", and finding that her "siren song" enticed a listener "toward somewhere brighter and more introspective." [15]
The Guardian's Ammar Kalia further noted her "experimenting with its more irreverent aspects" with the record, in comparison to her earlier work having "explored the darker side of the dancefloor", [10] whereas Dhruva Balram of NME found that the album generated "a gleaming collage of club sounds, with each element wholly unique in its execution." [1] Writing for The Skinny, Abbie Aitken found that Nymph "slithers through a jungle of sound" and essentially "created an entire genre". [9]
Credits adapted from the album's official liner notes.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Woe" |
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| 3:40 |
2. | "Come for Me" |
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| 3:44 |
3. | "Shlut" |
| 2:12 | |
4. | "Little Bit" |
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| 1:20 |
5. | "Firefly" |
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| 3:18 |
6. | "Coochie (A Bedtime Story)" |
|
| 3:02 |
7. | "Heaven" |
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| 2:44 |
8. | "Nike" |
|
| 2:07 |
9. | "Poison" |
|
| 2:48 |
10. | "Honey" |
| 3:40 | |
11. | "Missin U" |
|
| 1:00 |
12. | "Wildfire" |
|
| 2:56 |
Total length: | 32:31 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Crush" (live edit) (featuring Erika de Casier) |
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| 3:03 |
2. | "Shlut" (live edit) |
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| 2:53 |
3. | "Coochie (A Bedtime Story)" (VIP mix) |
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| 3:40 |
4. | "BB Trek" ( DJ Zinc Mashup) (bonus track) |
| Sega Bodega | 2:31 |
Total length: | 12:07 |
Notes
Sample credits
Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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Australian Hitseekers Albums ( ARIA) [18] | 9 |
Scottish Albums ( OCC) [19] | 12 |
UK Albums ( OCC) [20] | 34 |
UK Dance Albums ( OCC) [21] | 1 |
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard) [22] | 10 |
US Top Album Sales ( Billboard) [23] | 64 |
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums ( Billboard) [24] | 7 |
Nymph_o | ||||
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Remix album by | ||||
Released | 14 April 2023 | |||
Length | 32:17 | |||
Label |
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Producer |
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Shygirl chronology | ||||
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Singles from Nymph_o | ||||
A deluxe edition/ remix album, titled Nymph_o, was announced on 28 February 2023, and released on 14 April 2023. [25] It features new songs, as well as remixes of the album's tracks.
It was preceded by the single releases of "Poison (Club Shy mix)", [26] and a remix of "Heaven", featuring American singer Tinashe. [27] Björk's remix of "Woe" was released as a single on 21 March, [28] followed by "Playboy/Positions" on 4 April. [29]
Additionally, "Unconditional" was originally released in June 2020 exclusively on Bandcamp to raise funds for Black Lives Matter during the George Floyd protests. [30]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Angel" (with Fatima Al Qadiri) |
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| 3:49 |
2. | "Heaven" (featuring Tinashe) |
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| 2:18 |
3. | "Crush" (featuring Erika de Casier) |
| 2:53 | |
4. | "Woe (I See It from Your Side)" ( Björk remix) |
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| 3:44 |
5. | "Shlut" (featuring Sevdaliza) |
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| 2:09 |
6. | "Nike" (featuring Deto Black) |
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| 2:44 |
7. | "Playboy/Positions" |
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| 2:34 |
8. | "Poison" (Club Shy mix) |
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| 3:35 |
9. | "Firefly" (Kingdom edit) |
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| 3:31 |
10. | "Wildfire" ( Eartheater remix) |
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| 2:58 |
11. | "Unconditional" (with Arca) |
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| 2:02 |
Total length: | 32:22 |
Notes
Nymph | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 30 September 2022 | |||
Recorded | 2021 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 32:31 | |||
Label |
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Producer |
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Shygirl chronology | ||||
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Singles from Nymph | ||||
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Nymph is the debut studio album by British rapper and singer Shygirl. It was released on 30 September 2022 on vinyl, CD, cassette and digital download, [2] through Because Music. [3] [4] The album was announced alongside the release of its lead single "Firefly" on 10 May 2022. [5] The second single "Come for Me" was released on 7 June 2022. [6] The album was shortlisted for the 2023 Mercury Prize. [7]
Nymph is primarily a pop album, [1] through critics have noted that the album resists strict genre classification. [8] [9] "Firefly", "Heaven", and "Coochie (A Bedtime Story)" are all hyperpop songs with the latter incorporating trap beats. [9] [10] [11] [12] UK garage and 2-step are present on both "Firefly" and "Wildfire", while "Nike" and "Missing U" incorporate rap music. [11] [12] "Poison" is a Europop-inspired blog house track "with a raucous accordion hook and club-ready bass squelches". [8] [12] "Honey" merges jungle breakbeats and liquid drum 'n' bass into a "sultry" R&B ballad. [10] [11] The Arca-produced "Come for Me" has been described as a "mutant" reggaetón song containing "sparse, militant drum patterns sound like they’ve been swallowed by broken subwoofers." [11] [12]
Aggregate scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 84/100 [13] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Crack | 8/10 [12] |
The Line of Best Fit | 9/10 [8] |
NME | [1] |
The Observer | [14] |
Pitchfork | 8.0/10 [15] |
The Skinny | [9] |
The Telegraph | [11] |
Nymph was met with universal acclaim upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 84, based on 10 reviews. [16] Cameron Cook of Pitchfork praised the album, stating that each track unveiled "some new aspect of Shygirl’s persona, musicality, or, most often, both", and finding that her "siren song" enticed a listener "toward somewhere brighter and more introspective." [15]
The Guardian's Ammar Kalia further noted her "experimenting with its more irreverent aspects" with the record, in comparison to her earlier work having "explored the darker side of the dancefloor", [10] whereas Dhruva Balram of NME found that the album generated "a gleaming collage of club sounds, with each element wholly unique in its execution." [1] Writing for The Skinny, Abbie Aitken found that Nymph "slithers through a jungle of sound" and essentially "created an entire genre". [9]
Credits adapted from the album's official liner notes.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | "Woe" |
|
| 3:40 |
2. | "Come for Me" |
|
| 3:44 |
3. | "Shlut" |
| 2:12 | |
4. | "Little Bit" |
|
| 1:20 |
5. | "Firefly" |
|
| 3:18 |
6. | "Coochie (A Bedtime Story)" |
|
| 3:02 |
7. | "Heaven" |
|
| 2:44 |
8. | "Nike" |
|
| 2:07 |
9. | "Poison" |
|
| 2:48 |
10. | "Honey" |
| 3:40 | |
11. | "Missin U" |
|
| 1:00 |
12. | "Wildfire" |
|
| 2:56 |
Total length: | 32:31 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | "Crush" (live edit) (featuring Erika de Casier) |
|
| 3:03 |
2. | "Shlut" (live edit) |
|
| 2:53 |
3. | "Coochie (A Bedtime Story)" (VIP mix) |
|
| 3:40 |
4. | "BB Trek" ( DJ Zinc Mashup) (bonus track) |
| Sega Bodega | 2:31 |
Total length: | 12:07 |
Notes
Sample credits
Chart (2022) | Peak position |
---|---|
Australian Hitseekers Albums ( ARIA) [18] | 9 |
Scottish Albums ( OCC) [19] | 12 |
UK Albums ( OCC) [20] | 34 |
UK Dance Albums ( OCC) [21] | 1 |
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard) [22] | 10 |
US Top Album Sales ( Billboard) [23] | 64 |
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums ( Billboard) [24] | 7 |
Nymph_o | ||||
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Remix album by | ||||
Released | 14 April 2023 | |||
Length | 32:17 | |||
Label |
| |||
Producer |
| |||
Shygirl chronology | ||||
| ||||
Singles from Nymph_o | ||||
A deluxe edition/ remix album, titled Nymph_o, was announced on 28 February 2023, and released on 14 April 2023. [25] It features new songs, as well as remixes of the album's tracks.
It was preceded by the single releases of "Poison (Club Shy mix)", [26] and a remix of "Heaven", featuring American singer Tinashe. [27] Björk's remix of "Woe" was released as a single on 21 March, [28] followed by "Playboy/Positions" on 4 April. [29]
Additionally, "Unconditional" was originally released in June 2020 exclusively on Bandcamp to raise funds for Black Lives Matter during the George Floyd protests. [30]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | "Angel" (with Fatima Al Qadiri) |
|
| 3:49 |
2. | "Heaven" (featuring Tinashe) |
|
| 2:18 |
3. | "Crush" (featuring Erika de Casier) |
| 2:53 | |
4. | "Woe (I See It from Your Side)" ( Björk remix) |
|
| 3:44 |
5. | "Shlut" (featuring Sevdaliza) |
|
| 2:09 |
6. | "Nike" (featuring Deto Black) |
|
| 2:44 |
7. | "Playboy/Positions" |
|
| 2:34 |
8. | "Poison" (Club Shy mix) |
|
| 3:35 |
9. | "Firefly" (Kingdom edit) |
|
| 3:31 |
10. | "Wildfire" ( Eartheater remix) |
|
| 2:58 |
11. | "Unconditional" (with Arca) |
|
| 2:02 |
Total length: | 32:22 |
Notes