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Nymph
Studio album by
Shygirl
Released30 September 2022 (2022-09-30)
Recorded2021
Genre
Length32:31
Label
Producer
Shygirl chronology
Alias
(2020) 		Nymph
(2022) 		Nymph_o
(2023)
Singles from Nymph
  1. "Firefly"
    Released: 10 May 2022
  2. "Come for Me"
    Released: 7 June 2022
  3. "Coochie (A Bedtime Story)"
    Released: 20 July 2022
  4. "Nike"
    Released: 1 September 2022
  5. "Shlut"
    Released: 27 September 2022

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]

Composition

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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic84/100 [13]
Review scores
SourceRating
Crack8/10 [12]
The Line of Best Fit9/10 [8]
NME [1]
The Observer [14]
Pitchfork8.0/10 [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]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's official liner notes.

Nymph track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Woe"
  • Shygirl
  • Karma Kid
  • Sega Bodega
3:40
2."Come for Me"
  • Shygirl
  • Arca
3:44
3."Shlut"
  • Shygirl
  • BloodPop
  • Sega Bodega
2:12
4."Little Bit"
  • Shygirl
  • Sega Bodega
  • Shygirl
  • Sega Bodega
1:20
5."Firefly"
  • Shygirl
  • Kingdom
  • Sega Bodega
  • Cecile Believe [a]
3:18
6."Coochie (A Bedtime Story)"
  • Shygirl
  • Karma Kid
  • Mura Masa
  • Sega Bodega
3:02
7."Heaven"
  • Shygirl
  • Mura Masa
  • Kingdom
  • Sega Bodega [a]
2:44
8."Nike"
  • Shygirl
  • Mura Masa
  • Oscar Scheller
  • Shygirl
  • Mura Masa
  • Scheller
2:07
9."Poison"
  • Shygirl
  • Harle
  • Sega Bodega
  • Shygirl
  • Harle
  • Sega Bodega [a]
2:48
10."Honey"
  • Shygirl
  • Vegyn
  • Mura Masa [a]
  • Sega Bodega [a]
3:40
11."Missin U"
  • Shygirl
  • Sega Bodega
  • Shygirl
  • Sega Bodega
1:00
12."Wildfire"
  • Shygirl
  • Sega Bodega
  • BloodPop
  • Goldstein
2:56
Total length:32:31
Nymph in the Wild track listing [17]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Crush" (live edit) (featuring Erika de Casier)
  • Shygirl
  • de Casier
  • Casey MQ
3:03
2."Shlut" (live edit)
  • Shygirl
  • BloodPop
2:53
3."Coochie (A Bedtime Story)" (VIP mix)
  • Shygirl
  • Cosha
  • Karma Kid
  • Mura Masa
  • Sega Bodega
  • Shygirl
  • Karma Kid
  • Mura Masa
  • Sega Bodega
3:40
4."BB Trek" ( DJ Zinc Mashup) (bonus track)
  • Shygirl
  • Sega Bodega
Sega Bodega2:31
Total length:12:07

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer
  • "Shlut" features additional vocals by Cosha and Sega Bodega.
  • "Firefly" features additional vocals by Cecile Believe.

Sample credits

Charts

Chart performance for Nymph
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

Nymph_o
Remix album by
Shygirl
Released14 April 2023 (2023-04-14)
Length32:17
Label
Producer
Shygirl chronology
Nymph
(2022) 		Nymph_o
(2023) 		Club Shy
(2024)
Singles from Nymph_o
  1. "Poison (Club Shy mix)"
    Released: 5 December 2022
  2. "Heaven (featuring Tinashe)"
    Released: 28 February 2023
  3. "Woe (I See It From Your Side) ( Björk Remix)"
    Released: 21 March 2023
  4. "Playboy/Positions"
    Released: 4 April 2023

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.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Angel" (with Fatima Al Qadiri)
  • Shygirl
  • Fatima Al Qadiri
  • Kingdom
  • Shygirl
  • Fatima Al Qadiri
  • Kingdom
3:49
2."Heaven" (featuring Tinashe)
  • Shygirl
  • Mura Masa
  • Kingdom
  • Sega Bodega
2:18
3."Crush" (featuring Erika de Casier)
  • Shygirl
  • Casey MQ
  • de Casier
2:53
4."Woe (I See It from Your Side)" ( Björk remix)
  • Shygirl
  • Karma Kid
  • Mura Masa
  • Sega Bodega
  • Björk
  • Cosha
  • Shygirl
  • Karma Kid
  • Mura Masa
  • Sega Bodega
  • Björk
3:44
5."Shlut" (featuring Sevdaliza)
  • Shygirl
  • BloodPop
  • Sega Bodega
  • Sevdaliza
  • Cosha
  • Shygirl
  • Sega Bodega
2:09
6."Nike" (featuring Deto Black)
  • Shygirl
  • Scheller
  • Mura Masa
  • Deto Black
  • Shygirl
  • Scheller
  • Mura Masa
2:44
7."Playboy/Positions"
  • Shygirl
  • Mura Masa
  • Karma Kid
  • Cosha
  • Shygirl
  • Mura Masa
  • Karma Kid
2:34
8."Poison" (Club Shy mix)
  • Shygirl
  • Harle
  • Sega Bodega
  • Shygirl
  • Harle
  • Sega Bodega
3:35
9."Firefly" (Kingdom edit)
  • Shygirl
  • Kingdom
  • Mura Masa
  • Sega Bodega
  • Harle
  • Shygirl
  • Kingdom
  • Mura Masa
  • Sega Bodega [a]
3:31
10."Wildfire" ( Eartheater remix)
  • Shygirl
  • Sega Bodega
  • Goldstein
  • Eartheater
2:58
11."Unconditional" (with Arca)
  • Shygirl
  • Arca
  • Shygirl
  • Arca
2:02
Total length:32:22

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer.
  • "Playboy/Positions" features additional vocals by Obongjayar.

References

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