Little Simz is back with the single “Free,” in which the UK rapper strips away the noise and reminds us why she’s one of music’s most engrossing artists. This track is a poem, a message, a movement.
Originally written as a poem, “Free” feels like a diary entry read aloud and laid over lush, cinematic sound textures that send every word into orbit. The production overseen by Miles Clinton James is lush and widescreen, with Axelrod-esque textures that sweep and cradle Simz’s voice like waves. It’s soft, orchestral, and peppered with little details that suck you further into her universe.
Simz rhymes her words, and they resonate. She threads propulsive themes of self-liberation and the healing properties of love into a beguiling lyrical blanket. “Free” is about feeling. It’s about prioritizing yourself, owning your truth, and letting love, romantic, and self-distributed be your guiding star.
This song asserts your attention with quiet authority. Simz is talking to the soul. Her delivery is mature, and her storytelling is graceful. You know you’re hearing someone who’s done the inner work and invited you to do the same. A taste of her soon-to-be-released album “Lotus,” by May 9th, “Free” raises the standard. If this track is anything to go by, “Lotus” already sounds like a spiritual evolution for Little Simz, both personal, cinematic, and fearless. “Free” is a declaration. And Little Simz, yet again, proves that she isn’t so much an artist as a movement.
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