{"id":1974315,"date":"2025-08-22T12:50:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T12:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1974315"},"modified":"2025-08-22T12:50:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T12:50:29","slug":"fakeminks-sugar-high-rap-and-the-weeks-best-new-tracks-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/fakeminks-sugar-high-rap-and-the-weeks-best-new-tracks-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Fakemink\u2019s sugar-high rap and the week\u2019s best new tracks | Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>From <\/strong>London<br \/><strong>Recommended if you like <\/strong>Nettspend, Bladee, Crystal Castles<strong><br \/>Up next <\/strong>New album coming early 2026Twenty-year-old London rapper Vincenzo Camille, better known as Fakemink, makes disorienting sugar-high electroclash rap, delivered with a voice that sounds like it\u2019s barely broken. On paper, it sounds as if he should be of a piece with the 2020s class of overstimulating Gen Z internet rappers such as Nettspend and OsamaSon. But although he is, in some sense, part of that scene, his music is also far more linear and melodic, and more indebted to the past. His best songs, many of which were produced by the American electronic duo Suzy Sheer, utilise beats that sound like fast, euphoric flips of songs from the Skins soundtrack; the viral hit Easter Pink could pass for a mid-2000s indie dance hit if not for Fakemink\u2019s fast, very 2020s rapping, while Makka, a collab with Mechatok and Ecco2k, contains echoes of Bloc Party\u2019s Intimacy, thanks to an insistent, extremely melodic guitar line.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"7a54825f-f5fa-4ed7-ba14-048ad56c0f0c\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.VideoYoutubeBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\">\n<div data-component=\"youtube-embed\" class=\"dcr-1y1vf5o\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/KB5TKob9PeA?wmode=opaque&amp;feature=oembed\" title=\"fakemink - Easter Pink (Prod Suzy Sheer)\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Drake recently brought him on stage at Wireless in London, and he\u2019s beginning to play more headline shows, but not much is known about Fakemink. He seems like a true character, making his music in a blacked-out bedroom decorated with candles and stuffed toys; he is Muslim and doesn\u2019t drink, but songs like Makka would suggest he\u2019s partial to cough syrup and cocaine; he is deeply inspired by the creative philosophy of Alexander McQueen. It\u2019s this combination of adrenaline-rush pop and outsized quirkiness that\u2019s behind Fakemink\u2019s rise. <em>Shaad D\u2019Souza<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"this-weeks-best-new-tracks\" class=\"dcr-n4qeq9\">This week\u2019s best new tracks<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"6ad859ff-e02e-44b0-bcae-38818193bd9a\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-fd61eq\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">KeiyaA.<\/span> Photograph: PR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>KeiyaA \u2013 Stupid Prizes<br \/><\/strong>Her album Forever, Ya Girl got us through the first Covid lockdown with its liberated take on R&amp;B, and this return single has the same freedom and jazz sensibility as KeiyaA longs to thrive, not merely survive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Glaive \u2013 Appalachia<br \/><\/strong>One of the doyens of hyperpop picks up an old recording of American folk standard The House Carpenter then crashes it through the walls of a warehouse nightclub, resulting in a heavy, distorted trance rager.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>\u200bMakaya McCraven \u2013 Imafan<br \/><\/strong>Of the four new tracks this week from the jazz drummer and bandleader, each taken from four upcoming EPs, Imafan is the most plainly gorgeous, with supple bass and joyous vibraphone soloing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"5b448ca9-1f61-4b50-a82d-26185ad5415d\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.VideoYoutubeBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\">\n<div data-component=\"youtube-embed\" class=\"dcr-13aa88h\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ihZ_EaYQj2s?wmode=opaque&amp;feature=oembed\" title=\"Been Stellar - Always On My Mind (Live) (Official Video)\" height=\"480\" width=\"854\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Been Stellar \u2013 Always On My Mind<br \/><\/strong>No, not that Always On My Mind, but rather a grunge ballad from the New Yorkers with a burnt-sugar coating of shoegaze haze. Catch them at Reading and Leeds this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Jae Stephens \u2013 Afterbody<br \/><\/strong>Tinashe-worthy dance-pop here from the American singer. The high tempo, and lyrics about a raunchy meeting in a packed nightclub, demand your most expertly drilled dance moves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Flock of Dimes \u2013 Afraid<br \/><\/strong>Jenn Wasner is a collaborator with Bon Iver and co-wrote <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2025\/aug\/15\/yingtuitives-dream-logic-electronics-plus-the-weeks-best-tracks\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">last week\u2019s playlist topper<\/a>, Higher! by Dijon. The latest from her own project is a simple, stirring ballad about not being cowed by one\u2019s past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Cut Worms \u2013 Evil Twin<br \/><\/strong>Produced by Wilco\u2019s Jeff Tweedy and featuring him and Wilco bandmate Glenn Kotche in the backing band, this jangling pop-Americana number feels like it has evening sunlight filtering through it.<br \/><em>Ben Beaumont-Thomas<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Subscribe to the Guardian\u2019s rolling Add to Playlist selections on Spotify.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"7ee185fc-1b1d-4396-af9e-6efe7a424648\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.SpotifyBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\"><gu-island name=\"SpotifyBlockComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;embedUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/48kgn15Mrg6XC859pVtZj5?utm_source=oembed&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:352,&quot;width&quot;:456,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Add to playlist: the Guardian\u2019s favourite new tracks&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:10,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:3},&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Spotify&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;inline&quot;,&quot;isTracking&quot;:false,&quot;isMainMedia&quot;:false,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;Spotify&quot;,&quot;sourceDomain&quot;:&quot;open.spotify.com&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/48kgn15Mrg6XC859pVtZj5?utm_source=oembed\" title=\"Add to playlist: the Guardian\u2019s favourite new tracks\" height=\"352\" width=\"456\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/gu-island><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.theguardian.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From LondonRecommended if you like Nettspend, Bladee, Crystal CastlesUp next New album coming early 2026Twenty-year-old London rapper Vincenzo Camille, better known as Fakemink, makes disorienting sugar-high electroclash rap, delivered with a voice that sounds like it\u2019s barely broken. On paper, it sounds as if he should be of a piece with the 2020s class of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1974316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1974315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fakeminks-sugar-high-rap-and-the-weeks-best-new-tracks.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1974315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1974316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1974315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1974315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}