Little Simz shares cryptic new message, fans speculate a new album is on the way

Little Simz has shared a cryptic message, leading many fans to speculate a new album is on the way.

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The English-Nigerian rapper has not released a studio album since ‘NO THANK YOU’ in December 2022, but she closed out 2024 with new single ‘Hello, Hi’ and hinted that there would be more to come in 2025.

Now, she has shared a series of new pics of herself on her Instagram page with the cryptic caption: “LOADING.”

The post got her fans excited with many of them speculating that new album is set to drop, in the comments section.

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“Does this mean there’s an album coming,” one wrote while another added: “New Simz drop to shake the whole shit up?”

A third added: “We’re album ready.”

NME awarded ‘NO THANK YOU’ four stars in 2022, writing: “‘NO THANK YOU’s quiet, understated release provides parallels to Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Untitled Unmastered’ release from 2016, a series of leftovers from his ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ sessions. That too had a certain looseness and freedom to the tracks, and, much like Lamar, a clear-headed Simz has something to say urgently. The case for Simz to be recognised as a true modern great has only been strengthened with this release.”

Despite not releasing a new album in recent years, Simz has still been active, appearing on the recent Coldplay single ‘We Pray’, Sampha’s ‘Satellite Business 2.0’ and on Wretch 32’s comeback track ‘Black And British’.

She also joined forces with the Tate Modern last year to curate an evening of late-night sessions of music, workshops and conversations.

Last November, Simz was also on hand to present Busta Rhymes with the Global Icon Award at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Manchester.

More recently, she was nominated in the Hip-hop/Grime/Rap Act category for the forthcoming BRIT Awards 2025 alongside Stormzy, Central Cee, DAVE and Ghetts, which is one of five categories set to be decided for the first time ever by fans in a BRITs WhatsApp chat.

This year’s awards will take place at The O2 in London on Saturday March 1, and broadcast exclusively on ITV1 and ITVX. Comedian and actor Jack Whitehall has been announced as the returning host, making it his fifth time presenting the ceremony after doing so in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.

Voting is open until 11:59pm on Friday, February 14 and votes can be cast in each category once per day here.

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