“Free” by Little Simz

"Free" arrived on 6 June 2025 as part of Lotus, Little Simz's sixth album, released through AWAL: a hip-hop record shot through with jazz, punk and funk, and the first she made without Inflo, the longtime collaborator who had produced and co-written her previous three, Grey Area, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert and No Thank You.

Here the credits read like a live band. Miles James produced and recorded the track and plays drums and piano, Alex Bonfanti adds bass and backing vocals, and Wired Strings bring the strings, which Ben Baptie engineered before capturing Simz's lead vocal and mixing the whole thing. The writing credit goes to Simbiatu Ajikawo, Josh Arcé, Bonfanti and James.

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